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2005 Transportation Profiles

Geographic Area¹: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Columbia, T
TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, 1990, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics1	1990	2000	2005 ACS	2005 ACS MOE 3
Persons in Household	1,070,715	1,343,053	1,459,401	*****4
Households	420,173	536,666	595,586	+/-4,960
Persons per household	2.55	2.50	2.45	*****
	Includes GQ pop		Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons	1,103,028	1,381,287	na	na
Total Employed2	557,450	703,264	740,939	*****
Workers at Work	549,027	690,091	721,487	+/-7,228
Mode to work1	1990		2000		2005 ACS
	Includes GQ pop				Does not include GQ Pop
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	MOE (%)
Total Workers	549,027	100.0	690,091	100.0	721,487	100.0	---
Drove alone	432,513	78.8	556,313	80.6	600,383	83.2	+/- 0.8
2-person carpool	62,201	11.3	70,461	10.2	55,764	7.7	+/- 0.6
3-person carpool	9,665	1.8	11,725	1.7	10,245	1.4	+/- 0.3
4-person carpool	3,166	0.6	4,363	0.6	3,079	0.4	+/- 0.2
5-or-6-person carpool	1,537	0.3	2,295	0.3	1,611	0.2	+/- 0.1
7-or-more-person carpool	1,581	0.3	1,274	0.2	1,921	0.3	+/- 0.1
Bus or trolley bus	8,058	1.5	5,555	0.8	4,944	0.7	+/- 0.2
Streetcar or trolley car	46	0.0	6	0.0	0	0.0	+/- 0.0
Subway or elevated	0	0.0	56	0.0	200	0.0	+/- 0.0
Railroad	7	0.0	7	0.0	72	0.0	+/- 0.0
Ferryboat	20	0.0	15	0.0	0	0.0	+/- 0.0
Bicycle	450	0.1	651	0.1	790	0.1	+/- 0.1
Walked	10,522	1.9	10,063	1.5	9,269	1.3	+/- 0.3
Taxicab	645	0.1	476	0.1	333	0.0	+/- 0.0
Motorcycle	582	0.1	457	0.1	822	0.1	+/- 0.1
Other means	3,462	0.6	4,571	0.7	6,858	1.0	+/- 0.3
Worked at home	14,572	2.7	21,803	3.2	25,196	3.5	+/- 0.4
Travel time to work (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1
Workers (Did not work at home)	534,455	100.0	668,288	100.0	696,291	100.0	---
Less than 5 minutes	15,501	2.9	14,807	2.2	17,868	2.6	+/- 0.4
5 to 9	52,723	9.9	58,820	8.8	62,172	8.9	+/- 0.7
10 to 14	77,783	14.6	88,499	13.2	86,691	12.5	+/- 0.7
15 to 19	96,417	18.0	105,489	15.8	108,630	15.6	+/- 0.9
20 to 29	120,451	22.5	147,293	22.0	155,139	22.3	+/- 0.9
30 to 44	108,467	20.3	151,005	22.6	158,747	22.8	+/- 0.8
45 to 59	37,327	7.0	59,908	9.0	65,276	9.4	+/- 0.5
60 or more	25,786	4.8	42,467	6.4	41,768	6.0	+/- 0.6
Mean travel time (minutes)	22.8	(X)	26.1	(X)	25.5	(X)	+/- 0.61
Departure Time to Work1
Workers (Did not work at home)	534,455	100.0	668,288	100.0	696,291	100.0	---
5:00 - 5:59 a.m.	38,267	7.2	56,272	8.4	62,914	9.0	+/- 0.6
6:00 - 6:59 a.m.	135,999	25.4	162,360	24.3	169,942	24.4	+/- 0.9
7:00 - 7:59 a.m.	172,820	32.3	207,131	31.0	199,795	28.7	+/- 1.0
8:00 - 8:59 a.m.	64,843	12.1	80,668	12.1	89,411	12.8	+/- 0.8
9:00 - 10:59 a.m.	30,227	5.7	42,128	6.3	48,329	6.9	+/- 0.5
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.	42,854	8.0	50,671	7.6	51,874	7.5	+/- 0.6
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.	49,445	9.3	69,058	10.3	74,026	10.6	+/- 0.7

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. ***** Cannot be calculated.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau - 1990 STF1, 1990 STF3, 2000 SF1, 2000 SF3, 2005 ACS.

Geographic Area¹: Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Columbia, T
TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, 2000 & 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)²

TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, PERCENT OF WORKERS, 2000 and 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)²

Notes:
1. Please read notes.cfm
2. ACS did not include group quarter population. For more information, Please read notes.cfm
3. Includes streetcar/trolley car, subway/elevated, railroad, and ferryboat.
4. Includes bicycle, walk, motorcycle, taxicab, or other means.
SSS: Not shown because weighted total by mode is less than 500.
***** Cannot be calculated.