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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Detroit city, Michigan

Download an Excel file* of this document: detroit_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 1,027,974 951,270 x x
Total Persons in Household 1,012,427 931,569 836,056 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 325,054 319,449 265,852 8,097
Total Workers, Place of Work 366,424 319,020 299,583 10,142
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.13 1.00 1.13 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 366,424 100.0 319,020 100.0 NA 299,583 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 269,033 73.4 243,390 76.3 0.3 241,403 80.6 1.8 Yes
2-person carpool 40,557 11.1 30,365 9.5 0.2 20,199 6.7 0.7 Yes
3-person carpool 6,115 1.7 5,660 1.8 0.1 4,360 1.5 0.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,226 0.9 3,500 1.1 0.1 2,043 0.7 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 29,763 8.1 19,215 6.0 0.2 14,335 4.8 0.9 Yes
Walked 10,240 2.8 7,445 2.3 0.1 6,801 2.3 0.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 4,061 1.1 3,635 1.1 0.1 3,391 1.1 0.3 No
Worked at home 3,429 0.9 5,805 1.8 0.1 7,051 2.4 0.4 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 362,995 100.0 313,215 100.0 NA 292,532 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 22,497 6.2 19,155 6.1 0.2 19,354 6.6 0.8 No
10 to 14 32,752 9.0 28,430 9.1 0.2 24,211 8.3 0.9 No
15 to 19 53,720 14.8 41,970 13.4 0.3 36,407 12.4 1.3 No
20 to 24 64,822 17.9 54,410 17.4 0.3 46,169 15.8 1.3 Yes
25 to 29 30,482 8.4 24,235 7.7 0.2 24,672 8.4 1.3 No
30 to 34 69,238 19.1 56,555 18.1 0.3 53,067 18.1 1.3 No
35 to 44 31,649 8.7 27,595 8.8 0.2 28,432 9.7 1.0 No
45 to 59 33,538 9.2 31,485 10.1 0.2 30,916 10.6 0.9 No
60 or more 24,297 6.7 29,370 9.4 0.2 29,304 10.0 1.2 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 27.3 (X) 30.5 (X) NA 29.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 362,995 100.0 313,215 100.0 NA 292,532 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 18,252 5.0 18,655 6.0 0.2 18,908 6.5 0.9 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 18,432 5.1 17,005 5.4 0.2 14,071 4.8 0.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 36,134 10.0 28,480 9.1 0.2 26,698 9.1 1.1 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 43,979 12.1 35,130 11.2 0.2 36,565 12.5 1.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 60,973 16.8 49,860 15.9 0.3 42,743 14.6 1.5 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 51,197 14.1 40,880 13.1 0.3 34,851 11.9 1.0 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 33,825 9.3 20,335 6.5 0.2 22,948 7.8 0.9 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 92,527 25.5 87,325 27.9 0.4 86,401 29.5 1.4 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 7,676 2.1 9,340 3.0 0.1 9,347 3.2 0.6 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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