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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Southfield city, Michigan

Download an Excel file* of this document: southfield_city_michigan.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 75,728 78,296 x x
Total Persons in Household 74,992 77,073 75,053 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 38,948 38,877 35,979 3,524
Total Workers, Place of Work 89,945 94,570 92,876 5,344
Employment-Residence Ratio 2.31 2.43 2.58 0.34

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 89,945 100.0 94,570 100.0 NA 92,876 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 78,935 87.8 83,635 88.4 0.5 82,826 89.2 1.0 No
2-person carpool 6,635 7.4 5,905 6.2 0.3 4,294 4.6 1.2 Yes
3-person carpool 676 0.8 990 1.0 0.1 839 0.9 0.7 No
4-or-more-person carpool 269 0.3 635 0.7 0.1 331 0.4 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 1,573 1.7 1,380 1.5 0.2 1,961 2.1 1.6 No
Walked 692 0.8 590 0.6 0.1 708 0.8 0.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 476 0.5 525 0.6 0.1 683 0.7 0.4 No
Worked at home 689 0.8 920 1.0 0.1 1,234 1.3 0.6 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 89,256 100.0 93,650 100.0 NA 91,642 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 5,429 6.1 4,600 4.9 0.3 6,806 7.4 2.0 Yes
10 to 14 8,784 9.8 8,230 8.8 0.4 8,878 9.7 1.9 No
15 to 19 14,061 15.8 12,720 13.6 0.5 11,126 12.1 1.7 No
20 to 24 17,198 19.3 15,010 16.0 0.5 13,543 14.8 1.8 No
25 to 29 7,895 8.8 7,435 7.9 0.4 7,069 7.7 1.7 No
30 to 34 15,902 17.8 17,100 18.3 0.6 15,444 16.9 2.0 No
35 to 44 8,381 9.4 9,805 10.5 0.4 9,543 10.4 1.5 No
45 to 59 7,660 8.6 11,325 12.1 0.5 10,665 11.6 1.8 No
60 or more 3,946 4.4 7,425 7.9 0.4 8,568 9.3 2.2 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.9 (X) 30.1 (X) NA 29.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 89,256 100.0 93,650 100.0 NA 91,642 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,565 1.8 2,575 2.7 0.2 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,508 2.8 3,430 3.7 0.3 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 5,787 6.5 6,655 7.1 0.4 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 9,713 10.9 10,725 11.5 0.5 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 17,129 19.2 17,050 18.2 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 18,083 20.3 17,475 18.7 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 12,173 13.6 9,865 10.5 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 21,576 24.2 22,110 23.6 0.6 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 722 0.8 1,085 1.2 0.2 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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