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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Southfield city, Michigan


Download an Excel file* of this document: southfield_city_michigan.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 75,728 78,296 x x
Total Persons in Household 74,992 77,073 75,053 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 38,948 38,877 35,979 3,524
Total Workers, Place of Work 89,945 94,570 92,876 5,344
Employment-Residence Ratio 2.31 2.43 2.58 0.34

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 89,945 100.0 94,570 100.0 X 92,876 100.0 5,344 NA
Drove alone 78,935 87.8 83,635 88.4 X 82,826 89.2 4,848 #VALUE!
2-person carpool 6,635 7.4 5,905 6.2 326 4,294 4.6 1,101 Yes
3-person carpool 676 0.8 990 1.0 138 839 0.9 639 No
4-or-more-person carpool 269 0.3 635 0.7 111 331 0.4 224 Yes
Public Transportation 1,573 1.7 1,380 1.5 163 1,961 2.1 1,478 No
Walked 692 0.8 590 0.6 107 708 0.8 426 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 476 0.5 525 0.6 101 683 0.7 399 No
Worked at home 689 0.8 920 1.0 133 1,234 1.3 533 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 89,256 100.0 93,650 100.0 X 91,642 100.0 5,352 NA
Less than 10 minutes 5,429 6.1 4,600 4.9 290 6,806 7.4 1,859 Yes
10 to 14 8,784 9.8 8,230 8.8 379 8,878 9.7 1,775 No
15 to 19 14,061 15.8 12,720 13.6 456 11,126 12.1 1,727 No
20 to 24 17,198 19.3 15,010 16.0 486 13,543 14.8 1,856 No
25 to 29 7,895 8.8 7,435 7.9 362 7,069 7.7 1,571 No
30 to 34 15,902 17.8 17,100 18.3 510 15,444 16.9 2,044 No
35 to 44 8,381 9.4 9,805 10.5 409 9,543 10.4 1,477 No
45 to 59 7,660 8.6 11,325 12.1 434 10,665 11.6 1,789 No
60 or more 3,946 4.4 7,425 7.9 362 8,568 9.3 2,115 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.9 (X) 30.1 (X) NA 29.7 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 89,256 100.0 93,650 100.0 X 91,642 100.0 5,352 NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,565 1.8 2,575 2.7 220 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,508 2.8 3,430 3.7 253 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 5,787 6.5 6,655 7.1 344 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 9,713 10.9 10,725 11.5 425 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 17,129 19.2 17,050 18.2 510 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 18,083 20.3 17,475 18.7 514 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 12,173 13.6 9,865 10.5 410 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 21,576 24.2 22,110 23.6 556 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 722 0.8 1,085 1.2 144 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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