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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Waukesha city, Wisconsin

Download an Excel file* of this document: waukesha_city_wisconsin.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 56,958 64,825 x x
Total Persons in Household 54,915 62,380 62,690 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 30,703 35,224 34,468 2,654
Total Workers, Place of Work 39,307 39,075 42,485 3,556
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.28 1.11 1.23 0.21

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 39,307 100.0 39,075 100.0 NA 42,485 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 32,918 83.7 33,105 84.7 0.8 35,681 84.0 2.8 No
2-person carpool 3,226 8.2 2,670 6.8 0.6 4,335 10.2 3.2 Yes
3-person carpool 366 0.9 270 0.7 0.2 592 1.4 1.2 No
4-or-more-person carpool 99 0.3 200 0.5 0.2 201 0.5 0.5 No
Public Transportation 473 1.2 670 1.7 0.3 105 0.2 0.3 Yes
Walked 1,398 3.6 1,185 3.0 0.4 782 1.8 0.8 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 367 0.9 300 0.8 0.2 177 0.4 0.4 No
Worked at home 460 1.2 675 1.7 0.3 612 1.4 0.9 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 38,847 100.0 38,400 100.0 NA 41,873 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 6,963 17.9 6,255 16.3 0.8 5,714 13.6 2.4 Yes
10 to 14 7,363 19.0 6,905 18.0 0.9 6,529 15.6 2.7 No
15 to 19 6,564 16.9 5,880 15.3 0.8 6,564 15.7 3.5 No
20 to 24 5,983 15.4 5,855 15.2 0.8 8,258 19.7 4.1 Yes
25 to 29 3,065 7.9 3,000 7.8 0.6 3,808 9.1 2.1 No
30 to 34 4,602 11.8 5,130 13.4 0.8 4,515 10.8 1.9 Yes
35 to 44 1,923 5.0 2,285 6.0 0.5 3,659 8.7 3.3 No
45 to 59 1,462 3.8 1,690 4.4 0.5 1,861 4.4 1.3 No
60 or more 922 2.4 1,400 3.6 0.4 965 2.3 0.9 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.4 (X) 21.6 (X) NA 21.0 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 38,847 100.0 38,400 100.0 NA 41,873 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,334 6.0 2,390 6.2 0.5 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,243 5.8 2,395 6.2 0.5 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 5,267 13.6 4,975 13.0 0.8 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 5,452 14.0 4,920 12.8 0.8 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 7,361 18.9 6,625 17.3 0.9 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 4,128 10.6 4,465 11.6 0.7 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,220 5.7 1,615 4.2 0.5 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 9,016 23.2 9,085 23.7 1.0 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 826 2.1 1,270 3.3 0.4 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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