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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Ramsey County, Minnesota

Download an Excel file* of this document: ramsey_county_minnesota.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 485,765 511,035 x x
Total Persons in Household 470,830 493,509 476,715 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 248,175 260,287 234,458 3,570
Total Workers, Place of Work 293,656 316,370 304,823 8,366
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.18 1.22 1.30 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 293,656 100.0 316,370 100.0 NA 304,823 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 220,077 74.9 247,660 78.3 0.3 248,094 81.4 1.2 Yes
2-person carpool 30,362 10.3 28,825 9.1 0.2 20,913 6.9 0.8 Yes
3-person carpool 3,770 1.3 3,575 1.1 0.1 3,077 1.0 0.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,578 1.2 2,720 0.9 0.1 1,506 0.5 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 16,130 5.5 12,800 4.0 0.2 11,099 3.6 0.7 No
Walked 10,702 3.6 9,945 3.1 0.1 5,701 1.9 0.5 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,289 0.8 2,825 0.9 0.1 3,271 1.1 0.3 No
Worked at home 6,748 2.3 8,035 2.5 0.1 11,162 3.7 0.5 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 286,908 100.0 308,335 100.0 NA 293,661 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 34,160 11.9 33,515 10.9 0.2 27,632 9.4 0.9 Yes
10 to 14 45,625 15.9 44,740 14.5 0.3 39,315 13.4 1.1 Yes
15 to 19 53,433 18.6 51,840 16.8 0.3 45,920 15.6 1.1 Yes
20 to 24 54,581 19.0 57,230 18.6 0.3 51,596 17.6 1.1 No
25 to 29 24,053 8.4 24,995 8.1 0.2 23,534 8.0 0.7 No
30 to 34 35,690 12.4 42,735 13.9 0.3 44,653 15.2 1.1 Yes
35 to 44 16,207 5.6 20,725 6.7 0.2 23,915 8.1 0.7 Yes
45 to 59 13,751 4.8 18,160 5.9 0.2 21,744 7.4 0.7 Yes
60 or more 9,408 3.3 14,395 4.7 0.2 15,352 5.2 0.7 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.5 (X) 23.8 (X) NA 23.9 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 286,908 100.0 308,335 100.0 NA 293,661 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 11,306 3.9 15,505 5.0 0.2 16,151 5.5 0.6 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 14,844 5.2 18,245 5.9 0.2 16,460 5.6 0.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 31,350 10.9 33,205 10.8 0.2 29,717 10.1 0.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 44,016 15.3 40,240 13.1 0.3 38,864 13.2 1.0 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 56,562 19.7 55,290 17.9 0.3 47,607 16.2 0.8 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 35,642 12.4 40,690 13.2 0.3 39,141 13.3 1.0 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 18,532 6.5 18,010 5.8 0.2 24,804 8.4 0.8 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 70,158 24.5 76,745 24.9 0.3 74,745 25.5 1.4 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 4,498 1.6 6,260 2.0 0.1 6,172 2.1 0.4 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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