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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Forsyth County, Georgia


Download an Excel file* of this document: forsyth_county_georgia.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 44,083 98,407 x x
Total Persons in Household 43,792 97,678 139,501 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 22,838 51,224 70,999 2,207
Total Workers, Place of Work 13,050 42,510 58,714 4,647
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.57 0.83 0.83 0.11

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 13,050 100.0 42,510 100.0 743 58,714 100.0 4,647 Yes
Drove alone 9,587 73.5 31,975 75.2 703 42,601 72.6 4,003 Yes
2-person carpool 1,567 12.0 3,995 9.4 296 4,137 7.0 1,149 No
3-person carpool 456 3.5 1,430 3.4 180 2,584 4.4 1,597 No
4-or-more-person carpool 263 2.0 1,380 3.2 176 1,609 2.7 1,462 No
Public Transportation 57 0.4 305 0.7 83 449 0.8 548 No
Walked 184 1.4 325 0.8 86 1,078 1.8 749 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 132 1.0 345 0.8 89 279 0.5 340 No
Worked at home 804 6.2 2,750 6.5 247 5,977 10.2 1,830 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 12,246 100.0 39,760 100.0 736 NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 2,165 17.7 3,550 8.9 280 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 2,241 18.3 4,985 12.5 329 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 1,955 16.0 5,560 14.0 346 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 1,597 13.0 5,025 12.6 330 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 611 5.0 2,365 5.9 230 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 1,783 14.6 6,100 15.3 362 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 576 4.7 3,005 7.6 258 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 765 6.2 4,460 11.2 312 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 553 4.5 4,710 11.8 320 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.1 (X) 30.2 (X) NA NA (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 12,246 100.0 39,760 100.0 736 NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 497 4.1 1,210 3.0 165 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 631 5.2 2,160 5.4 220 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 1,243 10.2 4,375 11.0 309 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 1,973 16.1 6,010 15.1 359 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 2,492 20.3 7,065 17.8 387 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 1,986 16.2 6,025 15.2 360 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 798 6.5 3,175 8.0 265 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 2,506 20.5 8,775 22.1 428 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 120 1.0 775 1.9 133 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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