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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Milwaukee city, Wisconsin

Download an Excel file* of this document: milwaukee_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 628,088 596,974 x x
Total Persons in Household 609,755 580,571 556,948 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 269,401 249,889 224,682 6,894
Total Workers, Place of Work 314,960 285,360 260,210 7,176
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.17 1.14 1.16 0.05

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 314,960 100.0 285,360 100.0 NA 260,210 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 223,601 71.0 211,275 74.0 0.4 202,237 77.7 1.1 Yes
2-person carpool 33,345 10.6 26,070 9.1 0.2 19,634 7.5 0.9 Yes
3-person carpool 4,182 1.3 4,270 1.5 0.1 2,383 0.9 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 1,951 0.6 2,300 0.8 0.1 2,309 0.9 0.4 No
Public Transportation 28,371 9.0 22,615 7.9 0.2 14,807 5.7 0.8 Yes
Walked 16,223 5.2 11,600 4.1 0.2 9,462 3.6 0.8 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,861 0.9 2,860 1.0 0.1 4,066 1.6 0.4 Yes
Worked at home 4,426 1.4 4,370 1.5 0.1 5,312 2.0 0.4 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 310,534 100.0 280,990 100.0 NA 254,898 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 33,196 10.7 28,125 10.0 0.2 26,280 10.3 1.1 No
10 to 14 47,102 15.2 40,845 14.5 0.3 34,808 13.7 1.1 No
15 to 19 60,990 19.6 51,325 18.3 0.3 48,041 18.8 1.5 No
20 to 24 61,049 19.7 52,310 18.6 0.3 47,327 18.6 1.4 No
25 to 29 23,614 7.6 21,990 7.8 0.2 19,515 7.7 0.8 No
30 to 34 41,808 13.5 38,910 13.8 0.3 35,295 13.8 1.3 No
35 to 44 16,308 5.3 17,000 6.1 0.2 17,242 6.8 0.8 No
45 to 59 15,676 5.0 16,690 5.9 0.2 15,771 6.2 0.7 No
60 or more 10,791 3.5 13,800 4.9 0.2 10,619 4.2 0.5 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.8 (X) 24.2 (X) NA 22.9 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 310,534 100.0 280,990 100.0 NA 254,898 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 15,481 5.0 17,015 6.1 0.2 18,942 7.4 0.9 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 19,483 6.3 18,115 6.4 0.2 15,978 6.3 0.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 37,335 12.0 30,210 10.8 0.3 29,114 11.4 0.9 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 42,705 13.8 37,355 13.3 0.3 34,146 13.4 1.2 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 54,531 17.6 48,395 17.2 0.3 40,009 15.7 1.1 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 37,244 12.0 35,065 12.5 0.3 28,621 11.2 1.1 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 19,865 6.4 14,720 5.2 0.2 18,215 7.1 0.8 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 78,264 25.2 69,660 24.8 0.4 63,657 25.0 1.6 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 5,626 1.8 7,205 2.6 0.1 6,216 2.4 0.5 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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