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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Salt Lake City city, Utah


Download an Excel file* of this document: salt_lake_city_city_utah.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 159,936 181,743 x x
Total Persons in Household 155,538 177,170 182,670 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 74,588 90,187 92,635 4,699
Total Workers, Place of Work 186,230 221,810 221,937 8,010
Employment-Residence Ratio 2.50 2.46 2.40 0.21

W2. MODE TO WORK1

  1990 2000 2005 ACS Sig. Diff.
in Number
2000-2005
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent MOE Number Percent MOE
Total Workers 186,230 100.0 221,810 100.0 X 221,937 100.0 8,010 NA
Drove alone 139,753 75.0 167,855 75.7 542 170,952 77.0 7,213 No
2-person carpool 22,817 12.3 24,520 11.1 696 21,868 9.9 2,734 No
3-person carpool 2,937 1.6 3,705 1.7 288 3,110 1.4 1,218 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,937 1.0 1,935 0.9 209 1,677 0.8 717 No
Public Transportation 8,966 4.8 12,760 5.8 521 14,719 6.6 2,008 No
Walked 4,684 2.5 4,775 2.2 326 3,571 1.6 917 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,022 1.6 3,350 1.5 274 3,730 1.7 881 No
Worked at home 2,114 1.1 2,915 1.3 256 2,310 1.0 720 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 184,116 100.0 218,895 100.0 X 219,627 100.0 7,946 NA
Less than 10 minutes 15,886 8.6 16,625 7.6 588 16,472 7.5 2,794 No
10 to 14 24,761 13.4 25,725 11.8 711 25,762 11.7 2,421 No
15 to 19 35,024 19.0 33,980 15.5 795 38,608 17.6 3,248 Yes
20 to 24 40,042 21.7 39,840 18.2 843 39,488 18.0 3,245 No
25 to 29 15,765 8.6 17,650 8.1 604 21,146 9.6 2,749 Yes
30 to 34 28,249 15.3 37,890 17.3 828 34,205 15.6 3,038 Yes
35 to 44 9,179 5.0 15,935 7.3 577 16,428 7.5 2,443 No
45 to 59 8,394 4.6 16,860 7.7 591 17,008 7.7 2,191 No
60 or more 6,816 3.7 14,395 6.6 551 10,510 4.8 1,529 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.6 (X) 26.8 (X) NA 24.7 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 184,116 100.0 218,895 100.0 X 219,627 100.0 7,946 NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 6,350 3.4 11,860 5.4 503 13,865 6.3 2,055 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 7,888 4.3 12,400 5.7 514 12,038 5.5 2,163 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 19,053 10.3 23,180 10.6 680 22,693 10.3 2,255 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 26,572 14.4 27,330 12.5 729 24,280 11.1 2,147 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 36,393 19.8 35,145 16.1 805 31,623 14.4 2,578 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 28,016 15.2 29,620 13.5 753 29,356 13.4 2,596 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 13,637 7.4 14,605 6.7 554 19,826 9.0 2,510 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 42,881 23.3 56,240 25.7 942 58,806 26.8 5,204 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,326 1.8 5,970 2.7 363 7,140 3.3 1,728 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.

Updated: 6/27/2017
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