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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: South Bend city, Indiana


Download an Excel file* of this document: south_bend_city_indiana.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 105,536 107,789 x x
Total Persons in Household 103,386 104,972 97,070 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 46,767 46,154 42,451 3,333
Total Workers, Place of Work 71,537 63,850 58,643 2,868
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.53 1.38 1.38 0.13

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 71,537 100.0 63,850 100.0 771 58,643 100.0 2,868 Yes
Drove alone 57,578 80.5 54,025 84.6 785 50,566 86.2 2,920 Yes
2-person carpool 6,309 8.8 5,075 7.9 333 3,729 6.4 964 Yes
3-person carpool 776 1.1 850 1.3 139 353 0.6 215 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 326 0.5 400 0.6 95 154 0.3 186 Yes
Public Transportation 1,617 2.3 904 1.4 143 825 1.4 589 No
Walked 3,512 4.9 970 1.5 148 605 1.0 329 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 774 1.1 525 0.8 109 1,185 2.0 574 Yes
Worked at home 645 0.9 1,095 1.7 157 1,226 2.1 544 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 70,892 100.0 62,755 100.0 774 57,417 100.0 2,831 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 11,164 15.7 7,965 12.7 411 9,131 15.9 1,356 No
10 to 14 14,123 19.9 11,515 18.3 485 8,357 14.6 1,348 Yes
15 to 19 15,874 22.4 12,645 20.1 505 11,398 19.9 1,494 No
20 to 24 12,018 17.0 11,795 18.8 490 11,597 20.2 1,619 No
25 to 29 4,054 5.7 4,055 6.5 299 4,449 7.7 1,105 No
30 to 34 6,820 9.6 6,805 10.8 382 5,574 9.7 1,115 Yes
35 to 44 2,244 3.2 2,710 4.3 246 2,144 3.7 655 No
45 to 59 2,326 3.3 2,680 4.3 244 2,789 4.9 959 No
60 or more 2,269 3.2 2,580 4.1 240 1,978 3.4 694 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.0 (X) 21.9 (X) NA 20.3 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 70,892 100.0 62,755 100.0 774 57,417 100.0 2,831 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,078 4.3 4,140 6.6 302 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,623 5.1 3,715 5.9 286 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,003 11.3 6,935 11.1 385 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,615 12.2 7,585 12.1 402 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 14,196 20.0 12,295 19.6 499 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 8,971 12.7 7,660 12.2 403 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,001 5.6 2,780 4.4 249 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 18,740 26.4 15,250 24.3 547 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,665 2.3 1,905 3.0 207 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.

Updated: 6/27/2017
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