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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Kentucky


Download an Excel file* of this document: kentucky.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 3,685,296 4,041,769 x x
Total Persons in Household 3,584,120 3,926,965 4,058,633 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 1,565,711 1,781,733 1,766,010 14,030
Total Workers, Place of Work 1,560,208 1,786,840 1,770,840 13,867
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.01

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 1,560,208 100.0 1,786,840 100.0 3,673 1,770,840 100.0 13,867 Yes
Drove alone 1,195,256 76.6 1,438,950 80.5 3,541 1,468,709 82.9 13,082 Yes
2-person carpool 176,932 11.3 175,450 9.8 1,507 151,183 8.5 5,986 Yes
3-person carpool 31,217 2.0 29,695 1.7 632 26,505 1.5 2,947 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 17,395 1.1 15,495 0.9 457 14,530 0.8 2,571 No
Public Transportation 21,173 1.4 18,415 1.0 498 14,417 0.8 2,377 Yes
Walked 55,660 3.6 43,035 2.4 759 29,573 1.7 3,639 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 15,303 1.0 17,650 1.0 488 16,921 1.0 1,970 No
Worked at home 47,272 3.0 48,145 2.7 802 49,002 2.8 3,169 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 1,512,936 100.0 1,738,695 100.0 3,661 1,721,838 100.0 14,230 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 277,792 18.4 278,065 16.0 1,872 276,700 16.1 8,451 No
10 to 14 262,932 17.4 290,440 16.7 1,910 266,328 15.5 8,303 Yes
15 to 19 281,177 18.6 302,270 17.4 1,945 304,462 17.7 9,787 No
20 to 24 224,615 14.8 265,825 15.3 1,833 268,758 15.6 9,299 No
25 to 29 85,570 5.7 103,790 6.0 1,170 116,822 6.8 5,275 Yes
30 to 34 175,723 11.6 209,900 12.1 1,641 205,902 12.0 6,604 No
35 to 44 59,629 3.9 84,430 4.9 1,058 94,306 5.5 5,169 Yes
45 to 59 74,404 4.9 102,040 5.9 1,160 101,965 5.9 5,088 No
60 or more 71,094 4.7 101,930 5.9 1,159 86,595 5.0 5,273 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.6 (X) 23.4 (X) NA 21.9 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 1,512,936 100.0 1,738,695 100.0 3,661 1,721,838 100.0 14,230 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 80,484 5.3 109,860 6.3 1,203 120,691 7.0 5,305 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 94,938 6.3 108,100 6.2 1,193 105,240 6.1 5,526 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 188,568 12.5 195,050 11.2 1,585 198,472 11.5 6,917 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 198,853 13.1 215,060 12.4 1,660 215,277 12.5 8,333 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 266,828 17.6 301,680 17.4 1,943 274,126 15.9 8,734 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 186,104 12.3 205,170 11.8 1,623 199,578 11.6 7,299 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 91,853 6.1 91,540 5.3 1,100 106,235 6.2 5,264 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 369,673 24.4 448,710 25.8 2,323 443,374 25.8 10,423 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 35,635 2.4 50,020 2.9 818 58,845 3.4 4,634 Yes

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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