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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Salt Lake County, Utah

Download an Excel file* of this document: salt_lake_county_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 725,956 898,387 x x
Total Persons in Household 716,371 884,007 933,416 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 329,238 438,627 464,044 5,492
Total Workers, Place of Work 350,543 489,780 522,793 6,265
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.06 1.12 1.13 0.03

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 350,543 100.0 489,780 100.0 NA 522,793 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 267,561 76.3 375,535 76.7 0.3 403,342 77.2 1.0 No
2-person carpool 39,046 11.1 51,465 10.5 0.2 52,238 10.0 0.8 No
3-person carpool 5,319 1.5 8,015 1.6 0.1 7,898 1.5 0.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 3,040 0.9 4,675 1.0 0.1 3,250 0.6 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 11,989 3.4 17,760 3.6 0.1 20,846 4.0 0.5 No
Walked 8,262 2.4 9,405 1.9 0.1 7,884 1.5 0.4 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 4,888 1.4 5,980 1.2 0.1 7,705 1.5 0.2 No
Worked at home 10,438 3.0 16,950 3.5 0.1 19,630 3.8 0.4 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 340,105 100.0 472,830 100.0 NA 503,163 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 41,904 12.3 49,450 10.5 0.2 52,566 10.4 0.9 No
10 to 14 53,791 15.8 64,695 13.7 0.2 71,845 14.3 0.9 No
15 to 19 67,659 19.9 81,995 17.3 0.3 96,340 19.1 0.9 Yes
20 to 24 69,711 20.5 87,455 18.5 0.3 94,488 18.8 1.0 No
25 to 29 24,694 7.3 35,085 7.4 0.2 42,172 8.4 0.8 Yes
30 to 34 44,770 13.2 72,030 15.2 0.2 68,605 13.6 0.9 Yes
35 to 44 13,658 4.0 27,560 5.8 0.2 28,856 5.7 0.6 No
45 to 59 13,066 3.8 28,865 6.1 0.2 29,347 5.8 0.6 No
60 or more 10,852 3.2 25,690 5.4 0.2 18,944 3.8 0.4 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.8 (X) 24.5 (X) NA 21.9 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 340,105 100.0 472,830 100.0 NA 503,163 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 12,203 3.6 25,150 5.3 0.2 26,686 5.3 0.6 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 13,861 4.1 25,510 5.4 0.2 25,969 5.2 0.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 34,035 10.0 45,640 9.7 0.2 48,366 9.6 0.6 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 47,110 13.9 57,480 12.2 0.2 54,232 10.8 0.7 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 63,712 18.7 73,760 15.6 0.3 76,166 15.1 0.8 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 50,269 14.8 64,710 13.7 0.2 72,084 14.3 0.7 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 25,639 7.5 32,990 7.0 0.2 45,133 9.0 0.9 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 87,001 25.6 129,755 27.4 0.3 140,426 27.9 1.2 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 6,275 1.8 12,515 2.6 0.1 14,101 2.8 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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