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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Dane County, Wisconsin

Download an Excel file* of this document: dane_county_wisconsin.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 367,085 426,526 x x
Total Persons in Household 351,763 410,719 442,336 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 204,399 242,542 249,107 4,094
Total Workers, Place of Work 215,983 266,370 284,027 5,707
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.06 1.10 1.14 0.04

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 215,983 100.0 266,370 100.0 NA 284,027 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 147,642 68.4 198,820 74.6 0.3 218,413 76.9 0.8 Yes
2-person carpool 22,620 10.5 22,720 8.5 0.2 21,844 7.7 0.7 Yes
3-person carpool 3,598 1.7 3,000 1.1 0.1 1,369 0.5 0.2 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 2,897 1.3 2,140 0.8 0.1 4,061 1.4 0.5 Yes
Public Transportation 9,164 4.2 9,669 3.6 0.1 9,303 3.3 0.6 No
Walked 17,190 8.0 15,075 5.7 0.2 12,190 4.3 0.6 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 5,533 2.6 5,665 2.1 0.1 7,331 2.6 0.5 No
Worked at home 7,339 3.4 9,280 3.5 0.1 9,516 3.4 0.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 208,644 100.0 257,090 100.0 NA 274,511 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 37,293 17.9 39,940 15.5 0.3 39,020 14.2 1.1 Yes
10 to 14 37,542 18.0 42,925 16.7 0.3 38,854 14.2 1.1 Yes
15 to 19 40,374 19.4 45,885 17.8 0.3 47,559 17.3 1.1 No
20 to 24 35,598 17.1 43,210 16.8 0.3 46,340 16.9 1.0 No
25 to 29 13,234 6.3 19,750 7.7 0.2 22,264 8.1 0.8 No
30 to 34 21,314 10.2 28,055 10.9 0.2 35,785 13.0 1.1 Yes
35 to 44 8,543 4.1 13,100 5.1 0.2 15,431 5.6 0.5 No
45 to 59 7,861 3.8 12,515 4.9 0.2 16,351 6.0 0.7 Yes
60 or more 6,885 3.3 11,705 4.6 0.2 12,907 4.7 0.5 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.5 (X) 22.1 (X) NA 22.3 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 208,644 100.0 257,090 100.0 NA 274,511 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 8,275 4.0 12,540 4.9 0.2 13,888 5.1 0.6 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 9,060 4.3 13,190 5.1 0.2 16,663 6.1 0.7 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 22,769 10.9 27,040 10.5 0.2 32,713 11.9 0.9 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 31,572 15.1 34,295 13.3 0.3 38,070 13.9 1.2 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 43,248 20.7 49,580 19.3 0.3 47,459 17.3 1.0 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 26,952 12.9 35,680 13.9 0.3 37,031 13.5 1.0 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 12,238 5.9 13,270 5.2 0.2 18,924 6.9 0.7 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 51,156 24.5 62,950 24.5 0.3 64,371 23.4 1.2 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,374 1.6 6,030 2.3 0.1 5,392 2.0 0.4 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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