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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Federal Way city, Washington

Download an Excel file* of this document: federal_way_city_washington.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 67,554 83,259 x x
Total Persons in Household 67,088 82,787 83,164 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 37,085 41,259 41,162 4,770
Total Workers, Place of Work 25,027 29,520 29,729 3,652
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.67 0.72 0.72 0.18

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 25,027 100.0 29,520 100.0 NA 29,729 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 20,343 81.3 23,295 78.9 1.1 22,943 77.2 5.0 No
2-person carpool 2,213 8.8 2,825 9.6 0.8 1,701 5.7 2.3 Yes
3-person carpool 311 1.2 485 1.6 0.4 441 1.5 0.9 No
4-or-more-person carpool 159 0.6 420 1.4 0.3 299 1.0 0.8 No
Public Transportation 323 1.3 550 1.9 0.4 1,082 3.6 2.0 No
Walked 649 2.6 520 1.8 0.4 685 2.3 2.0 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 267 1.1 235 0.8 0.2 490 1.6 1.5 No
Worked at home 762 3.0 1,190 4.0 0.5 2,088 7.0 4.0 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 24,265 100.0 28,330 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 3,676 15.1 3,490 12.3 0.9 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 4,246 17.5 4,700 16.6 1.1 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 3,585 14.8 4,230 14.9 1.0 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 3,426 14.1 3,370 11.9 0.9 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 1,650 6.8 1,990 7.0 0.7 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 3,435 14.2 4,355 15.4 1.0 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 1,595 6.6 1,995 7.0 0.7 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 1,587 6.5 2,365 8.3 0.8 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 1,065 4.4 1,830 6.5 0.7 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.1 (X) 25.3 (X) NA 24.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 24,265 100.0 28,330 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,189 4.9 1,470 5.2 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,252 5.2 1,515 5.3 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 2,129 8.8 2,400 8.5 0.8 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 2,478 10.2 3,295 11.6 0.9 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 3,600 14.8 4,550 16.1 1.0 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 3,178 13.1 3,330 11.8 0.9 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,958 8.1 2,380 8.4 0.8 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 7,820 32.2 8,580 30.3 1.3 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 661 2.7 790 2.8 0.5 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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