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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Salt Lake City city, Utah

Download an Excel file* of this document: salt_lake_city_city_utah.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 159,936 181,743 x x
Total Persons in Household 155,538 177,170 182,670 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 74,588 90,187 92,635 4,699
Total Workers, Place of Work 186,230 221,810 221,937 8,010
Employment-Residence Ratio 2.50 2.46 2.40 0.21

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 186,230 100.0 221,810 100.0 NA 221,937 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 139,753 75.0 167,855 75.7 0.4 170,952 77.0 1.7 No
2-person carpool 22,817 12.3 24,520 11.1 0.3 21,868 9.9 1.2 No
3-person carpool 2,937 1.6 3,705 1.7 0.1 3,110 1.4 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,937 1.0 1,935 0.9 0.1 1,677 0.8 0.3 No
Public Transportation 8,966 4.8 12,760 5.8 0.2 14,719 6.6 0.9 No
Walked 4,684 2.5 4,775 2.2 0.1 3,571 1.6 0.4 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,022 1.6 3,350 1.5 0.1 3,730 1.7 0.4 No
Worked at home 2,114 1.1 2,915 1.3 0.1 2,310 1.0 0.3 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 184,116 100.0 218,895 100.0 NA 219,627 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 15,886 8.6 16,625 7.6 0.3 16,472 7.5 1.2 No
10 to 14 24,761 13.4 25,725 11.8 0.3 25,762 11.7 1.0 No
15 to 19 35,024 19.0 33,980 15.5 0.4 38,608 17.6 1.3 Yes
20 to 24 40,042 21.7 39,840 18.2 0.4 39,488 18.0 1.3 No
25 to 29 15,765 8.6 17,650 8.1 0.3 21,146 9.6 1.2 Yes
30 to 34 28,249 15.3 37,890 17.3 0.4 34,205 15.6 1.3 Yes
35 to 44 9,179 5.0 15,935 7.3 0.3 16,428 7.5 1.1 No
45 to 59 8,394 4.6 16,860 7.7 0.3 17,008 7.7 1.0 No
60 or more 6,816 3.7 14,395 6.6 0.3 10,510 4.8 0.7 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.6 (X) 26.8 (X) NA 24.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 184,116 100.0 218,895 100.0 NA 219,627 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 6,350 3.4 11,860 5.4 0.2 13,865 6.3 0.9 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 7,888 4.3 12,400 5.7 0.2 12,038 5.5 1.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 19,053 10.3 23,180 10.6 0.3 22,693 10.3 1.0 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 26,572 14.4 27,330 12.5 0.3 24,280 11.1 0.9 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 36,393 19.8 35,145 16.1 0.4 31,623 14.4 1.1 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 28,016 15.2 29,620 13.5 0.3 29,356 13.4 1.1 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 13,637 7.4 14,605 6.7 0.3 19,826 9.0 1.1 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 42,881 23.3 56,240 25.7 0.4 58,806 26.8 2.2 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,326 1.8 5,970 2.7 0.2 7,140 3.3 0.8 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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