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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Tempe city, Arizona

Download an Excel file* of this document: tempe_city_arizona.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 141,865 158,625 x x
Total Persons in Household 137,211 153,383 166,171 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 78,616 89,233 93,310 7,722
Total Workers, Place of Work 97,256 149,160 162,260 7,953
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.24 1.67 1.74 0.30

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 97,256 100.0 149,160 100.0 NA 162,260 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 73,678 75.8 114,920 77.0 0.5 129,649 79.9 0.2 Yes
2-person carpool 10,980 11.3 16,930 11.4 0.4 13,441 8.3 1.6 Yes
3-person carpool 1,202 1.2 2,515 1.7 0.2 3,373 2.1 1.0 No
4-or-more-person carpool 517 0.5 1,255 0.8 0.1 1,266 0.8 0.3 No
Public Transportation 743 0.8 2,484 1.7 0.2 4,804 3.0 0.9 Yes
Walked 3,013 3.1 3,625 2.4 0.2 2,075 1.3 0.6 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 5,191 5.3 4,600 3.1 0.2 4,784 2.9 0.9 No
Worked at home 1,932 2.0 2,820 1.9 0.2 2,868 1.8 0.7 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 95,324 100.0 146,340 100.0 NA 159,392 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 11,712 12.3 13,815 9.4 0.4 16,602 10.4 2.5 No
10 to 14 15,119 15.9 18,615 12.7 0.4 18,198 11.4 1.8 No
15 to 19 18,112 19.0 23,345 16.0 0.5 20,204 12.7 1.1 Yes
20 to 24 16,966 17.8 23,940 16.4 0.5 25,015 15.7 1.6 No
25 to 29 6,742 7.1 10,375 7.1 0.3 10,389 6.5 0.9 No
30 to 34 12,976 13.6 23,970 16.4 0.5 25,991 16.3 1.8 No
35 to 44 5,160 5.4 11,315 7.7 0.3 14,665 9.2 1.4 Yes
45 to 59 5,547 5.8 13,330 9.1 0.4 16,624 10.4 1.9 No
60 or more 2,990 3.1 7,635 5.2 0.3 11,704 7.3 1.5 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.5 (X) 25.6 (X) NA 26.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 95,324 100.0 146,340 100.0 NA 159,392 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 6,410 6.7 12,345 8.4 0.3 15,033 9.4 1.4 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 5,524 5.8 9,540 6.5 0.3 12,837 8.1 1.1 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 10,001 10.5 14,855 10.2 0.4 16,052 10.1 1.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 12,507 13.1 16,795 11.5 0.4 17,444 10.9 1.4 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 16,629 17.4 22,925 15.7 0.5 23,069 14.5 1.7 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 12,893 13.5 18,210 12.4 0.4 17,261 10.8 1.3 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,390 5.7 8,745 6.0 0.3 11,247 7.1 1.3 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 23,393 24.5 35,795 24.5 0.5 36,945 23.2 2.2 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,577 2.7 5,570 3.8 0.2 9,504 6.0 1.6 Yes

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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