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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Omaha city, Nebraska

Download an Excel file* of this document: omaha_city_nebraska.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 335,795 390,007 x x
Total Persons in Household 327,621 379,426 373,215 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 166,449 196,801 186,556 4,864
Total Workers, Place of Work 236,125 273,785 274,857 5,528
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.42 1.39 1.47 0.07

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 236,125 100.0 273,785 100.0 NA 274,857 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 189,314 80.2 228,865 83.6 0.3 230,170 83.7 0.7 No
2-person carpool 24,675 10.4 23,600 8.6 0.2 22,436 8.2 0.9 No
3-person carpool 3,077 1.3 3,775 1.4 0.1 3,763 1.4 0.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,812 0.8 1,955 0.7 0.1 1,919 0.7 0.3 No
Public Transportation 5,755 2.4 3,720 1.4 0.1 3,546 1.3 0.3 No
Walked 5,537 2.3 4,780 1.7 0.1 4,446 1.6 0.4 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,838 0.8 2,050 0.7 0.1 2,364 0.9 0.3 No
Worked at home 4,117 1.7 5,035 1.8 0.1 6,213 2.3 0.3 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 232,008 100.0 268,750 100.0 NA 268,644 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 30,453 13.1 32,320 12.0 0.3 30,847 11.5 1.0 No
10 to 14 41,884 18.1 46,700 17.4 0.3 44,143 16.4 1.1 No
15 to 19 50,924 21.9 58,445 21.7 0.4 56,446 21.0 1.1 No
20 to 24 46,753 20.2 57,895 21.5 0.4 53,070 19.8 1.0 Yes
25 to 29 16,149 7.0 18,740 7.0 0.2 21,796 8.1 0.8 Yes
30 to 34 24,830 10.7 29,290 10.9 0.3 32,299 12.0 0.9 Yes
35 to 44 7,238 3.1 8,150 3.0 0.1 10,816 4.0 0.5 Yes
45 to 59 7,355 3.2 7,980 3.0 0.1 9,635 3.6 0.5 Yes
60 or more 6,422 2.8 9,230 3.4 0.2 9,592 3.6 0.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.5 (X) 20.8 (X) NA 20.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 232,008 100.0 268,750 100.0 NA 268,644 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 8,849 3.8 12,230 4.6 0.2 12,450 4.6 0.7 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 11,145 4.8 13,505 5.0 0.2 15,827 5.9 0.8 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 26,337 11.4 28,615 10.6 0.3 30,419 11.3 0.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 34,394 14.8 38,640 14.4 0.3 37,943 14.1 0.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 47,933 20.7 54,120 20.1 0.3 49,799 18.5 1.0 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 28,833 12.4 35,630 13.3 0.3 32,361 12.0 1.0 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 13,197 5.7 13,795 5.1 0.2 18,705 7.0 0.8 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 57,136 24.6 63,960 23.8 0.4 64,359 24.0 1.2 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 4,184 1.8 5,870 2.2 0.1 6,781 2.5 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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