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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska

Download an Excel file* of this document: matanuska_susitna_borough_alaska.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 39,683 59,322 x x
Total Persons in Household 39,167 58,337 75,001 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 15,570 24,649 33,395 1,533
Total Workers, Place of Work 9,983 16,670 21,798 1,635
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.64 0.68 0.65 0.10

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 9,983 100.0 16,670 100.0 NA 21,798 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 7,346 73.6 12,100 72.6 1.3 16,499 75.7 3.6 No
2-person carpool 981 9.8 1,630 9.8 0.8 2,537 11.6 2.8 No
3-person carpool 111 1.1 385 2.3 0.4 471 2.2 2.0 No
4-or-more-person carpool 50 0.5 95 0.6 0.2 181 0.8 0.9 No
Public Transportation 19 0.2 120 0.7 0.2 50 0.2 0.4 Yes
Walked 325 3.3 520 3.1 0.5 673 3.1 1.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 339 3.4 275 1.6 0.4 329 1.5 0.9 No
Worked at home 812 8.1 1,545 9.3 0.8 1,058 4.9 1.9 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 9,171 100.0 15,125 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 2,556 27.9 3,090 20.4 1.2 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 1,929 21.0 2,830 18.7 1.2 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 1,695 18.5 2,725 18.0 1.1 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 1,134 12.4 1,970 13.0 1.0 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 274 3.0 735 4.9 0.6 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 682 7.4 1,425 9.4 0.9 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 156 1.7 540 3.6 0.6 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 237 2.6 690 4.6 0.6 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 508 5.5 1,115 7.4 0.8 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.4 (X) 22.8 (X) NA 18.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 9,171 100.0 15,125 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 313 3.4 440 2.9 0.5 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 397 4.3 515 3.4 0.5 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 722 7.9 990 6.5 0.7 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 968 10.6 1,650 10.9 0.9 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 1,581 17.2 2,935 19.4 1.2 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 1,542 16.8 1,920 12.7 1.0 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 784 8.5 1,400 9.3 0.9 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 2,717 29.6 4,955 32.8 1.4 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 147 1.6 335 2.2 0.4 NA NA NA NA

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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