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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Dakota County, Minnesota

Download an Excel file* of this document: dakota_county_minnesota.xls.

W1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS, 1990, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics1 1990 2000 2005 ACS 2005 ACS MOE3
  Includes GQ Pop Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons 275,227 355,904 x x
Total Persons in Household 273,429 353,583 381,267 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 151,620 197,794 208,277 3,658
Total Workers, Place of Work 112,188 154,525 160,450 5,573
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.74 0.78 0.77 0.05

W2. MODE TO WORK1

  1990 2000 2005 ACS Sig. Diff. In Percents2000-2005
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent MOE (%) Number Percent MOE (%)
Total Workers 112,188 100.0 154,525 100.0 NA 160,450 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 91,321 81.4 128,435 83.1 0.4 132,720 82.7 1.0 No
2-person carpool 10,196 9.1 11,820 7.6 0.3 10,972 6.8 1.2 No
3-person carpool 1,425 1.3 1,750 1.1 0.1 2,240 1.4 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 751 0.7 750 0.5 0.1 800 0.5 0.2 No
Public Transportation 1,036 0.9 1,245 0.8 0.1 1,101 0.7 0.4 No
Walked 2,054 1.8 2,095 1.4 0.1 2,706 1.7 0.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 883 0.8 1,360 0.9 0.1 2,452 1.5 0.6 Yes
Worked at home 4,522 4.0 7,060 4.6 0.2 7,459 4.6 0.8 No
 

W3. TRAVEL TIME TO WORK (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1

Workers (Did not work at home) 107,666 100.0 147,465 100.0 NA 152,991 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 20,112 18.7 23,915 16.2 0.4 24,487 16.0 1.8 No
10 to 14 20,408 19.0 25,620 17.4 0.4 23,879 15.6 1.4 Yes
15 to 19 18,959 17.6 25,290 17.1 0.4 26,522 17.3 1.4 No
20 to 24 16,714 15.5 23,585 16.0 0.4 25,462 16.6 1.4 No
25 to 29 7,265 6.7 10,465 7.1 0.3 10,373 6.8 1.0 No
30 to 34 10,925 10.1 16,580 11.2 0.4 15,482 10.1 1.2 No
35 to 44 5,506 5.1 8,375 5.7 0.3 9,934 6.5 0.8 No
45 to 59 4,505 4.2 7,510 5.1 0.3 9,806 6.4 1.2 Yes
60 or more 3,272 3.0 6,125 4.2 0.2 7,046 4.6 0.6 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.5 (X) 21.8 (X) NA 21.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 107,666 100.0 147,465 100.0 NA 152,991 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,297 4.0 7,735 5.2 0.3 7,721 5.0 0.7 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 6,003 5.6 8,850 6.0 0.3 11,787 7.7 1.1 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 12,241 11.4 17,215 11.7 0.4 18,900 12.4 1.3 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 14,642 13.6 19,650 13.3 0.4 19,176 12.5 1.5 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 20,620 19.2 26,705 18.1 0.4 23,267 15.2 1.2 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 12,832 11.9 16,765 11.4 0.4 17,691 11.6 1.2 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 6,774 6.3 8,555 5.8 0.3 11,269 7.4 1.5 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 28,305 26.3 37,845 25.7 0.5 39,140 25.6 2.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,952 1.8 3,470 2.4 0.2 4,040 2.6 0.7 No

Notes:
1. Please read notes.cfm
2. Total Employed includes Civilian Employed and those working in the Armed Forces.
3. MOE: Margin of Error. Please see notes.cfm. MOE could not be calculated for Total Employed.
4. x: Cannot be calculated. NA: Not calculated.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau - 1990 STF1, 1990 STF3, 1990 CTPP, 2000 CTPP, 2000 SF1, 2000 SF3, and 2005 ACS.

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Updated: 6/27/2017
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