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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Madison city, Wisconsin

Download an Excel file* of this document: madison_city_wisconsin.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 191,262 208,054 x x
Total Persons in Household 178,214 195,221 203,704 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 105,887 119,707 115,700 5,077
Total Workers, Place of Work 155,457 174,340 178,460 6,166
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.47 1.46 1.54 0.12

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 155,457 100.0 174,340 100.0 NA 178,460 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 103,481 66.6 125,390 71.9 0.5 134,891 75.6 1.7 Yes
2-person carpool 16,838 10.8 15,635 9.0 0.3 13,584 7.6 0.8 Yes
3-person carpool 2,596 1.7 1,860 1.1 0.1 996 0.6 0.2 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 2,475 1.6 1,685 1.0 0.1 2,091 1.2 0.4 No
Public Transportation 8,695 5.6 8,999 5.2 0.2 7,893 4.4 0.8 No
Walked 13,952 9.0 12,305 7.1 0.3 8,893 5.0 0.8 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 4,576 2.9 4,800 2.8 0.2 6,113 3.4 0.7 No
Worked at home 2,844 1.8 3,675 2.1 0.2 3,999 2.2 0.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 152,613 100.0 170,665 100.0 NA 174,461 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 21,387 14.0 21,200 12.4 0.4 19,127 11.0 1.2 Yes
10 to 14 27,586 18.1 29,145 17.1 0.4 25,459 14.6 1.4 Yes
15 to 19 31,479 20.6 32,365 19.0 0.4 30,896 17.7 1.5 No
20 to 24 27,827 18.2 30,370 17.8 0.4 31,635 18.1 1.4 No
25 to 29 10,028 6.6 13,420 7.9 0.3 14,621 8.4 1.0 No
30 to 34 16,459 10.8 18,680 10.9 0.3 23,190 13.3 1.2 Yes
35 to 44 6,570 4.3 8,950 5.2 0.2 10,355 5.9 0.7 No
45 to 59 5,986 3.9 8,530 5.0 0.2 10,460 6.0 0.9 Yes
60 or more 5,291 3.5 8,000 4.7 0.2 8,718 5.0 0.6 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.2 (X) 22.6 (X) NA 23.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 152,613 100.0 170,665 100.0 NA 174,461 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 5,136 3.4 6,950 4.1 0.2 7,270 4.2 0.8 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 6,169 4.0 7,595 4.5 0.2 9,635 5.5 1.0 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 15,877 10.4 16,640 9.8 0.3 19,711 11.3 1.2 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 22,924 15.0 22,025 12.9 0.4 22,509 12.9 1.6 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 31,332 20.5 32,860 19.3 0.4 30,078 17.2 1.2 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 20,502 13.4 25,115 14.7 0.4 25,082 14.4 1.4 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 9,525 6.2 9,660 5.7 0.2 13,789 7.9 0.9 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 38,839 25.4 44,405 26.0 0.5 42,935 24.6 1.6 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,309 1.5 3,560 2.1 0.2 3,452 2.0 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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