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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Buncombe County, North Carolina

Download an Excel file* of this document: buncombe_county_north_carolina.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 174,821 206,330 x x
Total Persons in Household 169,713 199,565 211,759 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 84,388 99,133 104,526 2,436
Total Workers, Place of Work 91,439 109,365 117,145 4,005
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.08 1.10 1.12 0.05

W2. MODE TO WORK1

  1990 2000 2005 ACS Sig. Diff. In Percents2000-2005
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent MOE (%) Number Percent MOE (%)
Total Workers 91,439 100.0 109,365 100.0 NA 117,145 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 72,923 79.8 87,335 79.9 0.6 90,867 77.6 1.5 Yes
2-person carpool 10,625 11.6 11,630 10.6 0.4 13,216 11.3 1.8 No
3-person carpool 1,568 1.7 2,130 1.9 0.2 1,990 1.7 1.0 No
4-or-more-person carpool 532 0.6 805 0.7 0.1 1,811 1.5 0.8 Yes
Public Transportation 836 0.9 745 0.7 0.1 164 0.1 0.1 Yes
Walked 1,941 2.1 2,035 1.9 0.2 2,150 1.8 0.8 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 771 0.8 950 0.9 0.1 1,227 1.0 0.6 No
Worked at home 2,243 2.5 3,730 3.4 0.3 5,720 4.9 0.9 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 89,196 100.0 105,635 100.0 NA 111,425 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 13,180 14.8 13,515 12.8 0.5 17,783 16.0 1.9 Yes
10 to 14 15,174 17.0 16,405 15.5 0.5 16,735 15.0 2.0 No
15 to 19 17,908 20.1 19,170 18.1 0.6 19,290 17.3 1.7 No
20 to 24 15,394 17.3 18,815 17.8 0.6 19,193 17.2 1.9 No
25 to 29 5,667 6.4 7,555 7.2 0.4 9,383 8.4 1.2 Yes
30 to 34 11,835 13.3 15,295 14.5 0.5 12,200 10.9 1.5 Yes
35 to 44 3,413 3.8 4,735 4.5 0.3 6,298 5.7 1.3 No
45 to 59 3,910 4.4 5,395 5.1 0.3 5,999 5.4 1.4 No
60 or more 2,715 3.0 4,745 4.5 0.3 4,544 4.1 1.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.1 (X) 23.0 (X) NA 20.9 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 89,196 100.0 105,635 100.0 NA 111,425 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,928 3.3 4,895 4.6 0.3 4,731 4.2 1.2 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,806 4.3 5,025 4.8 0.3 5,611 5.0 1.2 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 10,737 12.0 10,790 10.2 0.4 11,932 10.7 1.6 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 10,556 11.8 12,940 12.2 0.5 14,055 12.6 2.0 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 18,082 20.3 19,295 18.3 0.6 17,547 15.7 1.7 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 13,534 15.2 15,100 14.3 0.5 16,999 15.3 1.8 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 6,927 7.8 6,720 6.4 0.4 9,397 8.4 1.4 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 21,081 23.6 26,780 25.4 0.6 29,469 26.4 1.9 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,545 1.7 2,905 2.8 0.2 1,684 1.5 0.5 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.

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Updated: 6/27/2017
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