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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Waterloo city, Iowa

Download an Excel file* of this document: waterloo_city_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 66,467 68,747 x x
Total Persons in Household 65,555 67,196 68,971 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 28,026 31,497 33,630 2,175
Total Workers, Place of Work 40,080 44,510 44,092 2,598
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.43 1.41 1.31 0.14

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 40,080 100.0 44,510 100.0 NA 44,092 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 34,115 85.1 39,090 87.8 0.6 38,973 88.4 3.0 No
2-person carpool 2,977 7.4 3,090 6.9 0.4 2,754 6.2 1.8 No
3-person carpool 407 1.0 310 0.7 0.1 151 0.3 0.3 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 315 0.8 165 0.4 0.1 445 1.0 0.6 Yes
Public Transportation 367 0.9 285 0.6 0.1 51 0.1 0.2 Yes
Walked 737 1.8 655 1.5 0.2 457 1.0 0.8 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 367 0.9 285 0.6 0.1 807 1.8 1.1 Yes
Worked at home 795 2.0 630 1.4 0.2 454 1.0 0.7 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 39,285 100.0 43,880 100.0 NA 43,638 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 7,052 18.0 7,625 17.4 0.7 6,731 15.4 2.4 No
10 to 14 9,086 23.1 10,965 25.0 0.8 10,317 23.6 3.1 No
15 to 19 9,051 23.0 9,795 22.3 0.7 10,101 23.1 2.8 No
20 to 24 5,960 15.2 6,100 13.9 0.6 6,200 14.2 2.4 No
25 to 29 1,723 4.4 1,995 4.5 0.4 2,635 6.0 1.5 No
30 to 34 3,007 7.7 3,165 7.2 0.5 3,156 7.2 1.3 No
35 to 44 1,166 3.0 1,425 3.2 0.3 1,764 4.0 1.3 No
45 to 59 1,113 2.8 1,450 3.3 0.3 1,744 4.0 1.2 No
60 or more 1,127 2.9 1,360 3.1 0.3 990 2.3 0.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.9 (X) 18.7 (X) NA 18.4 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 39,285 100.0 43,880 100.0 NA 43,638 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,081 7.8 4,190 9.5 0.5 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,443 8.8 3,015 6.9 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 5,299 13.5 5,015 11.4 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 4,539 11.6 4,845 11.0 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 6,328 16.1 7,540 17.2 0.7 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 4,147 10.6 4,640 10.6 0.5 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,952 5.0 1,740 4.0 0.3 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 9,855 25.1 11,085 25.3 0.8 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 641 1.6 1,390 3.2 0.3 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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