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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Kansas City city, Kansas

Download an Excel file* of this document: kansas_city_city_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 149,768 146,866 x x
Total Persons in Household 148,267 145,518 142,341 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 63,223 61,601 61,277 2,458
Total Workers, Place of Work 73,299 71,720 77,049 4,691
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.16 1.16 1.26 0.11

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 73,299 100.0 71,720 100.0 NA 77,049 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 59,198 80.8 59,525 83.0 0.6 64,686 84.0 1.2 No
2-person carpool 8,363 11.4 7,050 9.8 0.5 5,630 7.3 1.4 Yes
3-person carpool 1,139 1.6 1,195 1.7 0.2 513 0.7 0.5 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 462 0.6 565 0.8 0.1 279 0.4 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 1,077 1.5 774 1.1 0.2 756 1.0 0.7 No
Walked 1,488 2.0 830 1.2 0.2 1,083 1.4 0.7 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 670 0.9 560 0.8 0.1 2,571 3.3 1.7 Yes
Worked at home 902 1.2 1,210 1.7 0.2 1,531 2.0 0.8 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 72,397 100.0 70,510 100.0 NA 75,518 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 7,604 10.5 6,930 9.8 0.5 8,114 10.7 2.5 No
10 to 14 9,350 12.9 9,065 12.9 0.6 11,524 15.3 2.1 Yes
15 to 19 13,854 19.1 11,850 16.8 0.6 12,713 16.8 3.1 No
20 to 24 14,046 19.4 12,610 17.9 0.6 13,302 17.6 2.3 No
25 to 29 5,549 7.7 6,070 8.6 0.5 6,190 8.2 1.2 No
30 to 34 10,993 15.2 10,860 15.4 0.6 10,176 13.5 2.5 No
35 to 44 3,682 5.1 4,230 6.0 0.4 4,928 6.5 1.5 No
45 to 59 3,987 5.5 4,610 6.5 0.4 4,386 5.8 1.6 No
60 or more 3,332 4.6 4,285 6.1 0.4 4,185 5.5 1.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 23.0 (X) 25.9 (X) NA 24.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 72,397 100.0 70,510 100.0 NA 75,518 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,031 5.6 4,805 6.8 0.4 6,008 8.0 2.2 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,176 5.8 4,670 6.6 0.4 5,729 7.6 1.5 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,600 11.9 9,135 13.0 0.6 9,701 12.8 2.3 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 10,354 14.3 9,540 13.5 0.6 9,176 12.2 1.6 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 13,812 19.1 11,655 16.5 0.6 12,176 16.1 2.2 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 8,800 12.2 8,050 11.4 0.5 9,022 11.9 2.7 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,723 5.1 2,925 4.1 0.3 3,310 4.4 1.1 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 16,931 23.4 16,355 23.2 0.7 18,031 23.9 3.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,970 2.7 2,600 3.7 0.3 2,365 3.1 1.0 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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