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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Wisconsin

Download an Excel file* of this document: 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 4,891,769 5,363,675 x x
Total Persons in Household 4,758,171 5,207,717 5,375,751 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 2,349,691 2,690,704 2,715,114 13,500
Total Workers, Place of Work 2,303,913 2,637,145 2,663,113 15,298
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.98 0.98 0.98 0.01

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 2,303,913 100.0 2,637,145 100.0 NA 2,663,113 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 1,718,714 74.6 2,094,800 79.4 0.1 2,158,814 81.1 0.4 Yes
2-person carpool 212,679 9.2 211,210 8.0 0.1 189,888 7.1 0.3 Yes
3-person carpool 29,972 1.3 31,210 1.2 0.0 28,807 1.1 0.1 No
4-or-more-person carpool 16,351 0.7 16,590 0.6 0.0 19,230 0.7 0.1 Yes
Public Transportation 54,678 2.4 49,885 1.9 0.0 39,682 1.5 0.1 Yes
Walked 129,705 5.6 100,040 3.8 0.0 79,191 3.0 0.2 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 27,647 1.2 28,010 1.1 0.0 43,464 1.6 0.1 Yes
Worked at home 114,167 5.0 105,395 4.0 0.0 104,037 3.9 0.1 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 2,189,746 100.0 2,531,750 100.0 NA 2,559,076 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 515,833 23.6 533,645 21.1 0.1 522,416 20.4 0.4 Yes
10 to 14 437,540 20.0 475,465 18.8 0.1 449,686 17.6 0.3 Yes
15 to 19 395,343 18.1 437,985 17.3 0.1 435,970 17.0 0.4 No
20 to 24 316,168 14.4 367,910 14.5 0.1 388,027 15.2 0.3 Yes
25 to 29 119,564 5.5 155,760 6.2 0.1 164,349 6.4 0.2 Yes
30 to 34 191,421 8.7 240,735 9.5 0.1 260,044 10.2 0.3 Yes
35 to 44 76,978 3.5 111,895 4.4 0.1 126,781 5.0 0.2 Yes
45 to 59 74,848 3.4 107,920 4.3 0.1 116,230 4.5 0.2 Yes
60 or more 62,051 2.8 100,440 4.0 0.0 95,573 3.7 0.2 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.8 (X) 20.3 (X) NA 19.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 2,189,746 100.0 2,531,750 100.0 NA 2,559,076 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 135,123 6.2 195,050 7.7 0.1 216,060 8.4 0.3 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 137,761 6.3 161,785 6.4 0.1 160,180 6.3 0.2 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 292,563 13.4 294,100 11.6 0.1 304,096 11.9 0.3 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 280,493 12.8 314,510 12.4 0.1 323,064 12.6 0.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 381,844 17.4 438,970 17.3 0.1 406,145 15.9 0.3 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 237,206 10.8 269,040 10.6 0.1 262,902 10.3 0.2 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 113,145 5.2 111,505 4.4 0.1 138,987 5.4 0.2 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 560,975 25.6 644,520 25.5 0.1 648,175 25.3 0.4 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 50,636 2.3 85,960 3.4 0.0 99,467 3.9 0.2 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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