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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Yakima County, Washington

Download an Excel file* of this document: yakima_county_washington.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 188,823 222,581 x x
Total Persons in Household 185,017 218,844 227,809 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 75,938 86,583 96,621 3,592
Total Workers, Place of Work 74,430 86,250 94,638 4,019
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.98 1.00 0.98 0.08

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 74,430 100.0 86,250 100.0 NA 94,638 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 55,442 74.5 67,160 77.9 0.7 75,937 80.2 1.8 Yes
2-person carpool 7,402 9.9 8,740 10.1 0.5 10,583 11.2 2.5 No
3-person carpool 1,870 2.5 2,020 2.3 0.2 1,116 1.2 0.6 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 1,732 2.3 1,285 1.5 0.2 1,277 1.3 0.8 No
Public Transportation 522 0.7 395 0.5 0.1 186 0.2 0.3 No
Walked 2,967 4.0 2,335 2.7 0.3 1,944 2.1 0.7 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,419 1.9 1,265 1.5 0.2 1,015 1.1 0.5 No
Worked at home 3,076 4.1 3,050 3.5 0.3 2,580 2.7 0.9 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 71,354 100.0 83,200 100.0 NA 92,058 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 17,457 24.5 16,000 19.2 0.7 18,637 20.2 2.5 No
10 to 14 16,497 23.1 18,025 21.7 0.7 17,351 18.8 2.5 Yes
15 to 19 16,172 22.7 18,190 21.9 0.7 21,770 23.6 2.6 No
20 to 24 8,344 11.7 11,900 14.3 0.6 15,420 16.8 2.7 No
25 to 29 2,744 3.8 3,770 4.5 0.3 4,548 4.9 1.3 No
30 to 34 5,862 8.2 7,715 9.3 0.5 8,760 9.5 2.0 No
35 to 44 1,303 1.8 2,380 2.9 0.3 1,737 1.9 0.7 Yes
45 to 59 1,723 2.4 2,410 2.9 0.3 2,294 2.5 0.8 No
60 or more 1,252 1.8 2,825 3.4 0.3 1,541 1.7 0.6 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 15.8 (X) 19.1 (X) NA 16.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 71,354 100.0 83,200 100.0 NA 92,058 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 4,330 6.1 5,815 7.0 0.4 8,409 9.1 1.8 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,256 6.0 5,775 6.9 0.4 7,347 8.0 1.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,353 11.7 9,890 11.9 0.5 12,957 14.1 2.1 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 10,958 15.4 11,315 13.6 0.6 12,652 13.7 1.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 14,444 20.2 15,200 18.3 0.6 15,813 17.2 2.2 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 8,625 12.1 9,755 11.7 0.5 7,940 8.6 1.3 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,665 5.1 3,865 4.6 0.3 3,847 4.2 1.1 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 15,005 21.0 18,175 21.8 0.7 20,395 22.2 2.9 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,718 2.4 2,880 3.5 0.3 2,698 2.9 0.8 No

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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