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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Dubuque County, Iowa

Download an Excel file* of this document: dubuque_county_iowa.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 86,403 89,143 x x
Total Persons in Household 82,374 84,597 86,626 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 41,584 45,167 45,203 1,376
Total Workers, Place of Work 47,535 52,330 51,158 2,091
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.14 1.16 1.13 0.08

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 47,535 100.0 52,330 100.0 NA 51,158 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 35,248 74.2 43,160 82.5 0.6 43,385 84.8 1.3 Yes
2-person carpool 4,457 9.4 3,790 7.2 0.4 3,261 6.4 1.5 No
3-person carpool 664 1.4 500 1.0 0.2 818 1.6 0.8 No
4-or-more-person carpool 860 1.8 339 0.6 0.1 438 0.9 0.4 No
Public Transportation 386 0.8 234 0.4 0.1 53 0.1 0.2 Yes
Walked 2,962 6.2 2,200 4.2 0.3 959 1.9 0.7 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 380 0.8 270 0.5 0.1 306 0.6 0.3 No
Worked at home 2,578 5.4 1,835 3.5 0.3 1,938 3.8 1.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 44,957 100.0 50,495 100.0 NA 49,220 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 11,687 26.0 12,515 24.8 0.7 13,156 26.7 4.0 No
10 to 14 10,935 24.3 12,815 25.4 0.7 13,118 26.7 3.0 No
15 to 19 8,477 18.9 9,025 17.9 0.6 8,521 17.3 3.2 No
20 to 24 5,417 12.0 5,795 11.5 0.5 5,583 11.3 2.2 No
25 to 29 1,679 3.7 2,050 4.1 0.3 1,733 3.5 1.0 No
30 to 34 2,868 6.4 3,790 7.5 0.4 2,595 5.3 1.4 Yes
35 to 44 1,379 3.1 1,600 3.2 0.3 1,847 3.8 1.1 No
45 to 59 1,345 3.0 1,530 3.0 0.3 1,152 2.3 0.9 No
60 or more 1,170 2.6 1,385 2.7 0.3 1,515 3.1 1.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.4 (X) 17.5 (X) NA 16.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 44,957 100.0 50,495 100.0 NA 49,220 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,902 6.5 4,265 8.4 0.5 3,817 7.8 1.5 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,798 6.2 3,110 6.2 0.4 3,024 6.1 1.5 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 6,744 15.0 6,255 12.4 0.5 6,338 12.9 2.3 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 5,156 11.5 5,715 11.3 0.5 5,186 10.5 2.0 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 7,078 15.7 8,605 17.0 0.6 9,364 19.0 2.7 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 5,089 11.3 5,480 10.9 0.5 4,660 9.5 1.8 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,171 4.8 1,840 3.6 0.3 2,381 4.8 1.2 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 12,054 26.8 13,250 26.2 0.7 12,240 24.9 2.4 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 965 2.1 1,675 3.3 0.3 2,210 4.5 1.5 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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