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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Macomb County, Michigan

Download an Excel file* of this document: macomb_county_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 717,400 788,149 x x
Total Persons in Household 711,459 779,288 820,599 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 349,937 383,664 377,229 5,834
Total Workers, Place of Work 311,477 341,375 323,036 7,855
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.89 0.89 0.86 0.03

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 311,477 100.0 341,375 100.0 NA 323,036 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 268,360 86.2 295,250 86.5 0.3 279,956 86.7 0.6 No
2-person carpool 25,122 8.1 25,305 7.4 0.2 21,874 6.8 0.8 No
3-person carpool 3,090 1.0 3,665 1.1 0.1 2,956 0.9 0.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,648 0.5 1,850 0.5 0.1 1,492 0.5 0.2 No
Public Transportation 2,372 0.8 3,180 0.9 0.1 2,627 0.8 0.4 No
Walked 4,326 1.4 3,680 1.1 0.1 2,841 0.9 0.3 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,943 0.6 2,105 0.6 0.1 2,515 0.8 0.3 No
Worked at home 4,616 1.5 6,345 1.9 0.1 8,775 2.7 0.4 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 306,861 100.0 335,030 100.0 NA 314,261 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 41,286 13.5 39,525 11.8 0.2 40,800 13.0 1.1 Yes
10 to 14 47,185 15.4 46,575 13.9 0.3 45,234 14.4 0.9 No
15 to 19 51,836 16.9 54,105 16.1 0.3 45,846 14.6 1.0 Yes
20 to 24 50,455 16.4 54,805 16.4 0.3 50,771 16.2 0.9 No
25 to 29 21,210 6.9 23,140 6.9 0.2 18,844 6.0 0.6 Yes
30 to 34 41,258 13.4 45,155 13.5 0.3 43,905 14.0 0.9 No
35 to 44 18,351 6.0 23,130 6.9 0.2 23,438 7.5 0.7 No
45 to 59 21,320 6.9 26,630 7.9 0.2 26,395 8.4 1.0 No
60 or more 13,960 4.5 21,970 6.6 0.2 19,028 6.1 0.6 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.6 (X) 25.5 (X) NA 23.9 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 306,861 100.0 335,030 100.0 NA 314,261 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 20,216 6.6 25,975 7.8 0.2 25,999 8.3 0.9 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 19,225 6.3 20,720 6.2 0.2 20,951 6.7 0.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 37,046 12.1 34,030 10.2 0.2 30,608 9.7 0.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 36,814 12.0 37,395 11.2 0.2 34,761 11.1 0.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 42,622 13.9 48,390 14.4 0.3 39,136 12.5 0.8 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 34,179 11.1 39,135 11.7 0.2 34,702 11.0 0.8 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 23,430 7.6 20,505 6.1 0.2 25,892 8.2 0.7 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 85,646 27.9 94,725 28.3 0.3 93,021 29.6 1.5 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 7,683 2.5 10,940 3.3 0.1 9,191 2.9 0.6 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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