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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Kansas City city, Missouri

Download an Excel file* of this document: kansas_city_city_missouri.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 435,141 441,545 x x
Total Persons in Household 426,124 432,449 440,885 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 208,733 208,554 216,029 6,247
Total Workers, Place of Work 317,397 311,320 292,989 6,899
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.52 1.49 1.36 0.06

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 317,397 100.0 311,320 100.0 NA 292,989 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 244,878 77.2 254,235 81.7 0.3 243,775 83.2 1.2 Yes
2-person carpool 36,643 11.5 30,305 9.7 0.2 21,584 7.4 0.9 Yes
3-person carpool 5,845 1.8 3,815 1.2 0.1 2,761 0.9 0.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,826 1.2 2,415 0.8 0.1 2,665 0.9 0.2 No
Public Transportation 13,181 4.2 8,425 2.7 0.1 6,750 2.3 0.6 No
Walked 5,890 1.9 4,540 1.5 0.1 4,672 1.6 0.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,453 0.8 2,230 0.7 0.1 3,119 1.1 0.4 No
Worked at home 4,681 1.5 5,355 1.7 0.1 7,663 2.6 0.4 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 312,716 100.0 305,965 100.0 NA 285,326 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 26,561 8.5 26,010 8.5 0.2 25,064 8.8 1.1 No
10 to 14 35,732 11.4 34,135 11.2 0.3 32,825 11.5 1.2 No
15 to 19 51,417 16.4 47,195 15.4 0.3 42,617 14.9 1.2 No
20 to 24 61,179 19.6 55,575 18.2 0.3 48,225 16.9 1.0 Yes
25 to 29 27,440 8.8 27,735 9.1 0.2 27,186 9.5 0.9 No
30 to 34 56,410 18.0 52,540 17.2 0.3 53,083 18.6 1.3 Yes
35 to 44 21,276 6.8 23,650 7.7 0.2 22,003 7.7 0.8 No
45 to 59 19,831 6.3 22,300 7.3 0.2 21,829 7.7 0.8 No
60 or more 12,870 4.1 16,820 5.5 0.2 12,494 4.4 0.6 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 24.1 (X) 26.3 (X) NA 24.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 312,716 100.0 305,965 100.0 NA 285,326 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 11,209 3.6 14,215 4.6 0.2 18,026 6.3 0.9 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 17,545 5.6 18,945 6.2 0.2 18,128 6.4 0.8 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 37,086 11.9 34,330 11.2 0.3 32,711 11.5 0.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 47,776 15.3 41,970 13.7 0.3 38,271 13.4 1.2 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 63,340 20.3 56,955 18.6 0.3 47,545 16.7 1.0 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 43,844 14.0 42,920 14.0 0.3 36,616 12.8 0.8 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 20,677 6.6 17,145 5.6 0.2 21,361 7.5 0.6 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 67,005 21.4 67,740 22.1 0.3 65,517 23.0 1.5 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 4,234 1.4 5,840 1.9 0.1 7,151 2.5 0.5 Yes

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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