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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Pennington County, South Dakota

Download an Excel file* of this document: pennington_county_south_dakota.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 81,343 88,565 x x
Total Persons in Household 79,754 86,140 91,040 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 39,391 44,988 44,323 1,731
Total Workers, Place of Work 37,818 50,690 50,424 2,374
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.96 1.13 1.14 0.09

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 37,818 100.0 50,690 100.0 NA 50,424 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 30,799 81.4 42,195 83.2 0.6 41,742 82.8 2.7 No
2-person carpool 3,274 8.7 4,330 8.5 0.5 4,476 8.9 2.6 No
3-person carpool 421 1.1 730 1.4 0.2 839 1.7 0.9 No
4-or-more-person carpool 260 0.7 445 0.9 0.2 661 1.3 1.1 No
Public Transportation 126 0.3 245 0.5 0.1 72 0.1 0.2 Yes
Walked 1,016 2.7 1,080 2.1 0.2 728 1.4 0.9 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 326 0.9 270 0.5 0.1 383 0.8 0.6 No
Worked at home 1,596 4.2 1,400 2.8 0.3 1,523 3.0 1.1 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 36,222 100.0 49,290 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 7,492 20.7 10,005 20.3 0.7 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 8,878 24.5 11,395 23.1 0.7 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 9,062 25.0 11,335 23.0 0.7 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 5,183 14.3 7,935 16.1 0.6 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 1,375 3.8 1,870 3.8 0.3 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 2,217 6.1 3,070 6.2 0.4 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 442 1.2 950 1.9 0.2 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 782 2.2 1,240 2.5 0.3 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 791 2.2 1,485 3.0 0.3 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.0 (X) 17.7 (X) NA NA (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 36,222 100.0 49,290 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,730 4.8 3,130 6.4 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,218 6.1 2,905 5.9 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 4,322 11.9 5,855 11.9 0.5 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 4,832 13.3 7,260 14.7 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 7,069 19.5 9,915 20.1 0.7 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 4,941 13.6 5,585 11.3 0.5 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,072 5.7 2,450 5.0 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 8,217 22.7 11,135 22.6 0.7 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 821 2.3 1,030 2.1 0.2 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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