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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Kalamazoo city, Michigan

Download an Excel file* of this document: kalamazoo_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 80,277 77,145 x x
Total Persons in Household 70,816 67,606 61,550 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 35,684 36,122 30,486 2,862
Total Workers, Place of Work 62,241 56,810 53,846 3,323
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.74 1.57 1.77 0.22

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 62,241 100.0 56,810 100.0 NA 53,846 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 49,692 79.8 46,625 82.1 0.7 45,184 83.9 1.8 No
2-person carpool 5,391 8.7 4,340 7.6 0.5 4,309 8.0 2.0 No
3-person carpool 541 0.9 465 0.8 0.2 874 1.6 0.8 No
4-or-more-person carpool 233 0.4 234 0.4 0.1 151 0.3 0.2 No
Public Transportation 803 1.3 920 1.6 0.2 323 0.6 0.4 Yes
Walked 3,964 6.4 2,605 4.6 0.4 1,445 2.7 1.2 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 737 1.2 470 0.8 0.2 690 1.3 0.7 No
Worked at home 880 1.4 1,155 2.0 0.3 870 1.6 0.7 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 61,361 100.0 55,655 100.0 NA 52,976 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 10,690 17.4 9,325 16.8 0.7 6,825 12.9 2.4 Yes
10 to 14 11,761 19.2 10,955 19.7 0.7 11,236 21.2 3.5 No
15 to 19 13,343 21.7 11,130 20.0 0.7 9,875 18.6 3.3 No
20 to 24 10,513 17.1 8,760 15.7 0.7 11,051 20.9 2.8 Yes
25 to 29 3,507 5.7 3,505 6.3 0.5 3,777 7.1 2.1 No
30 to 34 5,780 9.4 5,600 10.1 0.6 4,036 7.6 1.5 Yes
35 to 44 2,015 3.3 2,220 4.0 0.4 2,203 4.2 1.0 No
45 to 59 2,085 3.4 2,100 3.8 0.4 1,730 3.3 1.3 No
60 or more 1,667 2.7 2,055 3.7 0.4 2,243 4.2 1.4 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.5 (X) 20.4 (X) NA 20.0 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 61,361 100.0 55,655 100.0 NA 52,976 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,056 3.4 2,455 4.4 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,737 4.5 2,680 4.8 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 6,270 10.2 5,760 10.3 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 6,490 10.6 6,205 11.1 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 12,474 20.3 10,600 19.0 0.7 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 8,365 13.6 7,425 13.3 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,306 7.0 3,260 5.9 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 17,794 29.0 15,860 28.5 0.8 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 869 1.4 1,065 1.9 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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