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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Linn County, Iowa

Download an Excel file* of this document: linn_county_iowa.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 168,767 191,701 x x
Total Persons in Household 164,646 186,648 193,749 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 86,550 102,234 100,763 2,625
Total Workers, Place of Work 93,245 114,715 113,761 2,948
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.08 1.12 1.13 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 93,245 100.0 114,715 100.0 NA 113,761 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 75,342 80.8 94,835 82.7 0.4 96,149 84.5 2.1 No
2-person carpool 8,423 9.0 9,875 8.6 0.3 7,829 6.9 1.1 Yes
3-person carpool 942 1.0 1,505 1.3 0.1 1,251 1.1 0.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 576 0.6 750 0.7 0.1 496 0.4 0.3 No
Public Transportation 1,186 1.3 967 0.8 0.1 598 0.5 0.3 No
Walked 3,045 3.3 2,675 2.3 0.2 3,570 3.1 1.1 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 802 0.9 1,095 1.0 0.1 1,246 1.1 0.5 No
Worked at home 2,929 3.1 3,000 2.6 0.2 2,622 2.3 0.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 90,316 100.0 111,715 100.0 NA 111,139 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 17,951 19.9 19,310 17.3 0.4 19,057 17.1 1.8 No
10 to 14 22,220 24.6 24,745 22.2 0.5 20,131 18.1 1.6 Yes
15 to 19 18,998 21.0 23,385 20.9 0.4 24,118 21.7 2.0 No
20 to 24 12,256 13.6 16,555 14.8 0.4 19,015 17.1 2.1 Yes
25 to 29 4,023 4.5 5,675 5.1 0.2 6,503 5.9 1.4 No
30 to 34 6,417 7.1 9,195 8.2 0.3 10,349 9.3 1.4 No
35 to 44 2,828 3.1 4,255 3.8 0.2 4,361 3.9 0.7 No
45 to 59 2,967 3.3 4,505 4.0 0.2 3,537 3.2 0.6 Yes
60 or more 2,656 2.9 4,095 3.7 0.2 4,068 3.7 0.9 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.6 (X) 19.9 (X) NA 19.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 90,316 100.0 111,715 100.0 NA 111,139 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,231 3.6 4,840 4.3 0.2 5,680 5.1 0.9 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,275 4.7 5,620 5.0 0.2 5,342 4.8 0.8 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 12,714 14.1 15,170 13.6 0.4 14,763 13.3 1.5 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 13,388 14.8 16,240 14.5 0.4 16,650 15.0 2.2 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 19,016 21.1 23,630 21.2 0.4 21,529 19.4 1.8 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 10,169 11.3 11,880 10.6 0.3 11,809 10.6 1.3 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,582 5.1 5,075 4.5 0.2 6,925 6.2 1.4 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 21,200 23.5 25,935 23.2 0.5 25,015 22.5 1.8 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,741 1.9 2,525 2.3 0.2 3,426 3.1 0.8 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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