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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Howard County, Indiana

Download an Excel file* of this document: howard_county_indiana.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 80,827 84,964 x x
Total Persons in Household 79,918 83,807 83,865 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 36,703 38,709 35,553 1,560
Total Workers, Place of Work 44,124 48,890 42,917 1,824
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.20 1.26 1.21 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 44,124 100.0 48,890 100.0 NA 42,917 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 37,671 85.4 42,105 86.1 0.7 38,268 89.2 1.1 Yes
2-person carpool 4,061 9.2 3,990 8.2 0.6 2,116 4.9 1.7 Yes
3-person carpool 377 0.9 485 1.0 0.2 314 0.7 0.7 No
4-or-more-person carpool 234 0.5 315 0.6 0.2 427 1.0 1.1 No
Public Transportation 22 0.0 68 0.1 0.1 93 0.2 0.3 No
Walked 695 1.6 580 1.2 0.2 560 1.3 0.8 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 335 0.8 480 1.0 0.2 272 0.6 0.5 No
Worked at home 729 1.7 865 1.8 0.3 867 2.0 1.0 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 43,395 100.0 48,025 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 8,760 20.2 9,545 19.9 0.9 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 9,952 22.9 10,025 20.9 0.9 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 8,808 20.3 9,415 19.6 0.9 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 5,330 12.3 5,960 12.4 0.7 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 1,923 4.4 2,145 4.5 0.5 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 2,923 6.7 3,640 7.6 0.6 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 1,810 4.2 2,460 5.1 0.5 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 2,008 4.6 2,500 5.2 0.5 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 1,881 4.3 2,330 4.9 0.5 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.9 (X) 20.6 (X) NA 19.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 43,395 100.0 48,025 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,678 8.5 3,835 8.0 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,746 8.6 3,475 7.2 0.6 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 5,100 11.8 5,280 11.0 0.7 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 5,080 11.7 5,505 11.5 0.7 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 6,674 15.4 7,425 15.5 0.8 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 4,014 9.2 4,600 9.6 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,138 4.9 1,835 3.8 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 12,105 27.9 13,945 29.0 1.0 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 860 2.0 1,760 3.7 0.4 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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