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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: South Bend city, Indiana

Download an Excel file* of this document: south_bend_city_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 105,536 107,789 x x
Total Persons in Household 103,386 104,972 97,070 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 46,767 46,154 42,451 3,333
Total Workers, Place of Work 71,537 63,850 58,643 2,868
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.53 1.38 1.38 0.13

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 71,537 100.0 63,850 100.0 NA 58,643 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 57,578 80.5 54,025 84.6 0.7 50,566 86.2 2.6 No
2-person carpool 6,309 8.8 5,075 7.9 0.5 3,729 6.4 1.6 No
3-person carpool 776 1.1 850 1.3 0.2 353 0.6 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 326 0.5 400 0.6 0.1 154 0.3 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 1,617 2.3 904 1.4 0.2 825 1.4 1.0 No
Walked 3,512 4.9 970 1.5 0.2 605 1.0 0.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 774 1.1 525 0.8 0.2 1,185 2.0 1.0 Yes
Worked at home 645 0.9 1,095 1.7 0.2 1,226 2.1 0.9 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 70,892 100.0 62,755 100.0 NA 57,417 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 11,164 15.7 7,965 12.7 0.6 9,131 15.9 2.2 Yes
10 to 14 14,123 19.9 11,515 18.3 0.7 8,357 14.6 2.2 Yes
15 to 19 15,874 22.4 12,645 20.1 0.8 11,398 19.9 2.4 No
20 to 24 12,018 17.0 11,795 18.8 0.7 11,597 20.2 2.6 No
25 to 29 4,054 5.7 4,055 6.5 0.5 4,449 7.7 1.9 No
30 to 34 6,820 9.6 6,805 10.8 0.6 5,574 9.7 1.9 No
35 to 44 2,244 3.2 2,710 4.3 0.4 2,144 3.7 1.1 No
45 to 59 2,326 3.3 2,680 4.3 0.4 2,789 4.9 1.7 No
60 or more 2,269 3.2 2,580 4.1 0.4 1,978 3.4 1.2 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.0 (X) 21.9 (X) NA 20.3 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 70,892 100.0 62,755 100.0 NA 57,417 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,078 4.3 4,140 6.6 0.5 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,623 5.1 3,715 5.9 0.5 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,003 11.3 6,935 11.1 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,615 12.2 7,585 12.1 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 14,196 20.0 12,295 19.6 0.8 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 8,971 12.7 7,660 12.2 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,001 5.6 2,780 4.4 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 18,740 26.4 15,250 24.3 0.8 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,665 2.3 1,905 3.0 0.3 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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