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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Story County, Iowa

Download an Excel file* of this document: story_county_iowa.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 74,252 79,981 x x
Total Persons in Household 63,525 70,369 70,480 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 38,909 43,861 40,308 1,364
Total Workers, Place of Work 40,316 45,010 42,519 1,931
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.04 1.03 1.05 0.09

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 40,316 100.0 45,010 100.0 NA 42,519 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 25,679 63.7 32,145 71.4 0.8 32,607 76.7 3.7 Yes
2-person carpool 3,879 9.6 3,660 8.1 0.5 2,397 5.6 1.8 Yes
3-person carpool 632 1.6 470 1.0 0.2 626 1.5 0.7 No
4-or-more-person carpool 409 1.0 310 0.7 0.1 0 0.0 0.6 Yes
Public Transportation 2,022 5.0 1,759 3.9 0.3 2,790 6.6 2.3 Yes
Walked 5,205 12.9 4,225 9.4 0.5 2,195 5.2 1.9 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 859 2.1 890 2.0 0.2 692 1.6 0.9 No
Worked at home 1,631 4.0 1,550 3.4 0.3 1,212 2.9 1.0 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 38,685 100.0 43,460 100.0 NA 41,307 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 11,483 29.7 11,560 26.6 0.8 10,395 25.2 5.0 No
10 to 14 9,727 25.1 11,020 25.4 0.8 10,794 26.1 3.8 No
15 to 19 6,712 17.4 7,325 16.9 0.7 7,861 19.0 2.9 No
20 to 24 4,396 11.4 4,975 11.4 0.6 4,484 10.9 2.4 No
25 to 29 1,518 3.9 1,960 4.5 0.4 1,664 4.0 1.1 No
30 to 34 2,363 6.1 3,040 7.0 0.5 2,817 6.8 2.2 No
35 to 44 770 2.0 1,235 2.8 0.3 1,379 3.3 1.0 No
45 to 59 1,002 2.6 1,240 2.9 0.3 1,153 2.8 1.3 No
60 or more 714 1.8 1,100 2.5 0.3 760 1.8 0.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 15.0 (X) 16.9 (X) NA 15.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 38,685 100.0 43,460 100.0 NA 41,307 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,068 2.8 1,495 3.4 0.3 1,728 4.2 1.6 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,162 3.0 1,610 3.7 0.3 1,714 4.1 1.3 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 3,000 7.8 3,895 9.0 0.5 3,039 7.4 1.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 4,668 12.1 4,650 10.7 0.5 4,851 11.7 1.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 8,989 23.2 9,645 22.2 0.7 7,564 18.3 2.6 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 5,440 14.1 5,730 13.2 0.6 6,421 15.5 2.6 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,314 6.0 2,550 5.9 0.4 3,363 8.1 2.2 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 11,369 29.4 13,220 30.4 0.8 11,476 27.8 3.9 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 675 1.7 790 1.8 0.2 1,151 2.8 1.3 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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