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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: West Valley City city, Utah


Download an Excel file* of this document: west_valley_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 86,976 108,896 x x
Total Persons in Household 86,753 108,401 119,795 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 39,239 50,957 55,976 4,375
Total Workers, Place of Work 23,307 46,800 52,095 3,984
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.59 0.92 0.93 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 23,307 100.0 46,800 100.0 781 52,095 100.0 3,984 Yes
Drove alone 18,375 78.8 37,375 79.9 749 42,583 81.7 3,593 Yes
2-person carpool 2,463 10.6 5,135 11.0 334 4,369 8.4 1,159 No
3-person carpool 407 1.7 790 1.7 134 1,165 2.2 703 No
4-or-more-person carpool 96 0.4 450 1.0 101 278 0.5 273 No
Public Transportation 498 2.1 735 1.6 129 868 1.7 480 No
Walked 349 1.5 515 1.1 108 382 0.7 342 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 240 1.0 620 1.3 119 491 0.9 408 No
Worked at home 879 3.8 1,175 2.5 163 1,959 3.8 1,319 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 22,428 100.0 45,625 100.0 779 50,136 100.0 4,042 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 3,167 14.1 4,240 9.3 305 3,984 7.9 974 No
10 to 14 3,997 17.8 5,695 12.5 351 7,754 15.5 1,879 Yes
15 to 19 4,908 21.9 8,395 18.4 421 9,514 19.0 1,704 No
20 to 24 4,907 21.9 9,385 20.6 443 11,355 22.6 1,806 Yes
25 to 29 1,524 6.8 3,775 8.3 289 4,550 9.1 1,232 No
30 to 34 2,282 10.2 6,825 15.0 382 7,327 14.6 1,703 No
35 to 44 601 2.7 2,435 5.3 233 1,814 3.6 661 No
45 to 59 578 2.6 2,545 5.6 238 2,077 4.1 711 No
60 or more 464 2.1 2,320 5.1 228 1,761 3.5 626 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.8 (X) 24.5 (X) NA 21.4 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 22,428 100.0 45,625 100.0 779 50,136 100.0 4,042 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 987 4.4 3,135 6.9 264 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 975 4.3 2,865 6.3 253 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 2,228 9.9 4,605 10.1 318 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 2,741 12.2 5,845 12.8 356 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 4,000 17.8 6,575 14.4 376 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 3,183 14.2 5,545 12.2 347 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,651 7.4 2,565 5.6 239 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 6,043 26.9 12,335 27.0 500 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 620 2.8 1,480 3.2 183 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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