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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Dearborn city, Michigan

Download an Excel file* of this document: dearborn_city_michigan.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 89,286 97,775 x x
Total Persons in Household 89,042 97,374 94,511 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 38,233 37,881 35,894 3,079
Total Workers, Place of Work 87,776 87,980 90,576 4,944
Employment-Residence Ratio 2.30 2.32 2.52 0.28

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 87,776 100.0 87,980 100.0 NA 90,576 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 76,891 87.6 77,090 87.6 0.5 81,663 90.2 2.4 Yes
2-person carpool 6,250 7.1 6,175 7.0 0.4 5,150 5.7 2.5 No
3-person carpool 600 0.7 745 0.8 0.1 777 0.9 0.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 358 0.4 475 0.5 0.1 701 0.8 0.5 No
Public Transportation 1,808 2.1 1,270 1.4 0.2 807 0.9 0.6 No
Walked 917 1.0 985 1.1 0.2 366 0.4 0.3 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 466 0.5 630 0.7 0.1 758 0.8 0.4 No
Worked at home 486 0.6 615 0.7 0.1 354 0.4 0.3 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 87,290 100.0 87,365 100.0 NA 90,222 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 7,420 8.5 7,155 8.2 0.4 6,760 7.5 1.8 No
10 to 14 11,565 13.2 10,515 12.0 0.5 8,965 9.9 2.1 No
15 to 19 13,165 15.1 11,635 13.3 0.5 12,033 13.3 1.4 No
20 to 24 13,905 15.9 12,140 13.9 0.5 11,715 13.0 1.6 No
25 to 29 6,858 7.9 6,975 8.0 0.4 8,049 8.9 2.9 No
30 to 34 15,068 17.3 15,020 17.2 0.6 15,710 17.4 1.8 No
35 to 44 7,998 9.2 9,085 10.4 0.5 11,235 12.5 2.0 No
45 to 59 6,552 7.5 8,440 9.7 0.4 9,664 10.7 1.9 No
60 or more 4,759 5.5 6,405 7.3 0.4 6,091 6.8 1.4 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.3 (X) 28.1 (X) NA 28.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 87,290 100.0 87,365 100.0 NA 90,222 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,873 5.6 4,330 5.0 0.3 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,797 5.5 4,815 5.5 0.3 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 10,012 11.5 8,760 10.0 0.4 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 11,874 13.6 11,965 13.7 0.5 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 14,496 16.6 14,565 16.7 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 10,893 12.5 11,930 13.7 0.5 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 6,329 7.3 5,770 6.6 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 22,108 25.3 21,895 25.1 0.6 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,908 2.2 1,925 2.2 0.2 NA NA NA NA

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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