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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Tucson city, Arizona

Download an Excel file* of this document: tucson_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 405,390 486,699 x x
Total Persons in Household 393,816 467,517 507,362 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 182,021 216,314 233,526 6,511
Total Workers, Place of Work 221,394 260,200 282,565 5,945
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.22 1.20 1.21 0.05

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 221,394 100.0 260,200 100.0 NA 282,565 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 161,936 73.1 192,270 73.9 0.4 216,506 76.6 1.6 Yes
2-person carpool 25,586 11.6 30,675 11.8 0.3 28,067 9.9 1.1 Yes
3-person carpool 3,691 1.7 5,525 2.1 0.1 4,283 1.5 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 1,340 0.6 2,465 0.9 0.1 2,787 1.0 0.4 No
Public Transportation 7,787 3.5 7,854 3.0 0.2 7,486 2.6 0.6 No
Walked 7,446 3.4 7,315 2.8 0.2 7,783 2.8 0.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 8,552 3.9 7,850 3.0 0.2 7,291 2.6 0.5 No
Worked at home 5,056 2.3 6,240 2.4 0.1 8,362 3.0 0.5 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 216,338 100.0 253,960 100.0 NA 274,203 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 28,095 13.0 28,505 11.2 0.3 30,001 10.9 1.2 No
10 to 14 37,055 17.1 38,585 15.2 0.3 37,579 13.7 1.1 Yes
15 to 19 44,974 20.8 46,650 18.4 0.4 49,396 18.0 1.4 No
20 to 24 40,768 18.8 46,330 18.2 0.4 53,767 19.6 1.4 No
25 to 29 15,004 6.9 18,745 7.4 0.2 21,689 7.9 1.0 No
30 to 34 28,406 13.1 38,210 15.0 0.3 41,753 15.2 1.1 No
35 to 44 8,096 3.7 13,440 5.3 0.2 16,338 6.0 0.7 No
45 to 59 7,124 3.3 12,940 5.1 0.2 14,355 5.2 0.6 No
60 or more 6,816 3.2 10,550 4.2 0.2 9,325 3.4 0.6 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.3 (X) 23.1 (X) NA 21.9 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 216,338 100.0 253,960 100.0 NA 274,203 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 9,984 4.6 16,015 6.3 0.2 19,756 7.2 0.8 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 11,623 5.4 13,980 5.5 0.2 17,252 6.3 0.8 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 22,593 10.4 24,395 9.6 0.3 28,631 10.4 1.0 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 27,250 12.6 30,345 11.9 0.3 32,859 12.0 1.2 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 38,106 17.6 41,345 16.3 0.4 41,326 15.1 1.2 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 29,625 13.7 34,165 13.5 0.3 31,904 11.6 0.8 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 15,526 7.2 15,345 6.0 0.2 16,541 6.0 0.8 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 57,709 26.7 68,755 27.1 0.4 74,566 27.2 1.5 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,922 1.8 7,250 2.9 0.2 11,368 4.1 0.6 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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