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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Troy city, Michigan

Download an Excel file* of this document: troy_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 72,884 80,959 x x
Total Persons in Household 72,867 80,724 83,958 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 38,722 41,434 41,065 2,743
Total Workers, Place of Work 89,377 105,545 97,388 5,467
Employment-Residence Ratio 2.31 2.55 2.37 0.32

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 89,377 100.0 105,545 100.0 NA 97,388 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 80,769 90.4 95,890 90.9 0.4 87,203 89.5 7.0 No
2-person carpool 5,991 6.7 5,530 5.2 0.3 5,408 5.6 1.8 No
3-person carpool 615 0.7 700 0.7 0.1 392 0.4 0.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 259 0.3 475 0.5 0.1 126 0.1 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 434 0.5 839 0.8 0.1 1,176 1.2 1.0 No
Walked 379 0.4 395 0.4 0.1 508 0.5 0.4 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 201 0.2 515 0.5 0.1 894 0.9 0.5 No
Worked at home 729 0.8 1,200 1.1 0.1 1,681 1.7 1.0 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 88,648 100.0 104,345 100.0 NA 95,707 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 5,779 6.5 6,015 5.8 0.3 6,010 6.3 1.0 No
10 to 14 9,126 10.3 9,175 8.8 0.4 8,341 8.7 1.2 No
15 to 19 13,353 15.1 12,510 12.0 0.4 14,250 14.9 2.1 Yes
20 to 24 15,352 17.3 16,045 15.4 0.5 13,742 14.4 1.5 No
25 to 29 7,268 8.2 7,510 7.2 0.4 5,184 5.4 1.0 Yes
30 to 34 15,934 18.0 19,100 18.3 0.5 17,387 18.2 2.4 No
35 to 44 8,897 10.0 11,230 10.8 0.4 10,364 10.8 1.6 No
45 to 59 8,193 9.2 13,410 12.9 0.5 12,676 13.2 1.4 No
60 or more 4,746 5.4 9,350 9.0 0.4 7,753 8.1 1.3 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 26.5 (X) 30.9 (X) NA 28.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 88,648 100.0 104,345 100.0 NA 95,707 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,929 3.3 4,015 3.8 0.3 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,399 5.0 4,740 4.5 0.3 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 9,458 10.7 9,305 8.9 0.4 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 11,985 13.5 12,785 12.3 0.4 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 17,125 19.3 18,120 17.4 0.5 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 14,573 16.4 18,150 17.4 0.5 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 9,050 10.2 8,975 8.6 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 18,186 20.5 24,095 23.1 0.6 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 943 1.1 1,535 1.5 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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