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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Porter County, Indiana

Download an Excel file* of this document: porter_county_indiana.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 128,932 146,798 x x
Total Persons in Household 125,265 143,268 154,188 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 60,571 72,441 73,052 2,413
Total Workers, Place of Work 46,341 56,140 57,112 3,450
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.77 0.77 0.78 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 46,341 100.0 56,140 100.0 NA 57,112 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 38,140 82.3 47,355 84.4 0.7 49,223 86.2 2.2 No
2-person carpool 4,038 8.7 3,970 7.1 0.5 2,929 5.1 1.4 Yes
3-person carpool 519 1.1 460 0.8 0.2 364 0.6 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 177 0.4 300 0.5 0.1 499 0.9 0.5 No
Public Transportation 137 0.3 95 0.2 0.1 0 0.0 0.5 No
Walked 1,497 3.2 1,535 2.7 0.3 835 1.5 0.7 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 402 0.9 590 1.1 0.2 763 1.3 0.9 No
Worked at home 1,431 3.1 1,830 3.3 0.4 2,499 4.4 1.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 44,910 100.0 54,310 100.0 NA 54,613 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 9,733 21.7 10,880 20.0 0.8 10,713 19.6 2.3 No
10 to 14 8,155 18.2 9,660 17.8 0.8 10,450 19.1 3.1 No
15 to 19 7,270 16.2 8,510 15.7 0.7 8,306 15.2 2.6 No
20 to 24 6,889 15.3 8,195 15.1 0.7 8,923 16.3 3.1 No
25 to 29 2,883 6.4 3,685 6.8 0.5 2,648 4.8 1.2 Yes
30 to 34 4,585 10.2 5,825 10.7 0.6 5,524 10.1 1.7 No
35 to 44 2,270 5.1 2,590 4.8 0.4 2,916 5.3 1.8 No
45 to 59 1,885 4.2 2,650 4.9 0.4 2,852 5.2 1.6 No
60 or more 1,240 2.8 2,310 4.3 0.4 2,281 4.2 1.3 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.0 (X) 20.9 (X) NA 20.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 44,910 100.0 54,310 100.0 NA 54,613 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,829 4.1 2,920 5.4 0.5 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,165 7.0 4,130 7.6 0.5 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 6,341 14.1 7,240 13.3 0.7 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 6,342 14.1 7,220 13.3 0.7 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 7,060 15.7 8,205 15.1 0.7 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 3,910 8.7 5,280 9.7 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,812 6.3 2,670 4.9 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 12,593 28.0 14,425 26.6 0.9 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 858 1.9 1,650 3.0 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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