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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Cary town, North Carolina

Download an Excel file* of this document: cary_town_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 43,858 94,536 x x
Total Persons in Household 43,782 93,967 107,446 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 26,367 51,175 53,199 3,904
Total Workers, Place of Work 21,630 49,065 56,627 3,490
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.82 0.96 1.06 0.17

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 21,630 100.0 49,065 100.0 NA 56,627 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 17,912 82.8 39,755 81.0 0.8 46,097 81.4 2.8 No
2-person carpool 2,038 9.4 4,375 8.9 0.6 4,381 7.7 2.1 No
3-person carpool 342 1.6 870 1.8 0.3 418 0.7 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 230 1.1 590 1.2 0.2 841 1.5 1.3 No
Public Transportation 7 0.0 90 0.2 0.1 375 0.7 0.7 No
Walked 170 0.8 495 1.0 0.2 187 0.3 0.3 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 245 1.1 350 0.7 0.2 833 1.5 0.9 No
Worked at home 686 3.2 2,535 5.2 0.5 3,495 6.2 1.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 20,944 100.0 46,530 100.0 NA 53,132 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 3,614 17.3 5,480 11.8 0.7 5,479 10.3 1.8 No
10 to 14 4,011 19.2 7,295 15.7 0.8 7,858 14.8 2.9 No
15 to 19 3,725 17.8 7,495 16.1 0.8 8,546 16.1 3.0 No
20 to 24 3,316 15.8 6,925 14.9 0.8 9,052 17.0 3.1 No
25 to 29 1,478 7.1 3,075 6.6 0.6 4,521 8.5 2.3 No
30 to 34 2,563 12.2 6,960 15.0 0.8 7,574 14.3 2.8 No
35 to 44 846 4.0 3,340 7.2 0.6 3,617 6.8 1.8 No
45 to 59 829 4.0 3,155 6.8 0.6 4,026 7.6 1.9 No
60 or more 562 2.7 2,810 6.0 0.5 2,459 4.6 2.0 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.4 (X) 25.1 (X) NA 22.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 20,944 100.0 46,530 100.0 NA 53,132 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 592 2.8 1,205 2.6 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 734 3.5 1,330 2.9 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 1,401 6.7 3,460 7.4 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 2,632 12.6 5,515 11.9 0.7 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 3,783 18.1 8,010 17.2 0.8 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 3,483 16.6 7,510 16.1 0.8 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,360 11.3 4,585 9.9 0.7 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 5,605 26.8 13,605 29.2 1.0 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 354 1.7 655 1.4 0.3 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.

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Updated: 6/27/2017
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