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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Douglas County, Kansas

Download an Excel file* of this document: douglas_county_kansas.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 81,798 99,962 x x
Total Persons in Household 72,968 91,248 94,200 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 40,660 54,496 56,806 1,723
Total Workers, Place of Work 38,081 49,300 51,882 3,091
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.94 0.90 0.91 0.09

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 38,081 100.0 49,300 100.0 NA 51,882 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 27,123 71.2 37,395 75.9 0.9 40,727 78.5 4.1 No
2-person carpool 3,786 9.9 4,070 8.3 0.5 3,019 5.8 1.6 Yes
3-person carpool 615 1.6 605 1.2 0.2 141 0.3 0.2 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 247 0.6 365 0.7 0.2 172 0.3 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 546 1.4 459 0.9 0.2 355 0.7 0.5 No
Walked 3,325 8.7 3,565 7.2 0.5 3,975 7.7 3.1 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 868 2.3 825 1.7 0.3 900 1.7 0.8 No
Worked at home 1,571 4.1 2,005 4.1 0.4 2,593 5.0 1.4 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 36,510 100.0 47,295 100.0 NA 49,289 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 10,269 28.1 12,400 26.2 0.9 12,625 25.6 3.9 No
10 to 14 10,025 27.5 12,155 25.7 0.9 11,590 23.5 3.0 No
15 to 19 6,621 18.1 8,640 18.3 0.8 7,852 15.9 2.8 No
20 to 24 3,382 9.3 4,420 9.3 0.6 4,952 10.0 2.0 No
25 to 29 883 2.4 1,490 3.2 0.4 2,481 5.0 2.5 No
30 to 34 2,368 6.5 3,160 6.7 0.5 3,860 7.8 1.8 No
35 to 44 1,016 2.8 1,710 3.6 0.4 2,589 5.3 1.6 No
45 to 59 1,186 3.2 2,095 4.4 0.4 2,154 4.4 1.6 No
60 or more 760 2.1 1,235 2.6 0.3 1,186 2.4 0.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 15.4 (X) 17.2 (X) NA 16.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 36,510 100.0 47,295 100.0 NA 49,289 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 550 1.5 1,185 2.5 0.3 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 883 2.4 1,485 3.1 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 2,376 6.5 3,465 7.3 0.5 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 3,744 10.3 4,630 9.8 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 7,726 21.2 9,520 20.1 0.8 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 5,717 15.7 7,035 14.9 0.7 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,362 6.5 3,090 6.5 0.5 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 12,409 34.0 16,315 34.5 1.0 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 743 2.0 760 1.6 0.3 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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