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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Catawba County, North Carolina

Download an Excel file* of this document: catawba_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 118,412 141,685 x x
Total Persons in Household 116,387 139,543 149,294 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 65,744 73,984 70,442 2,586
Total Workers, Place of Work 82,987 94,755 85,148 3,941
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.26 1.28 1.21 0.09

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 82,987 100.0 94,755 100.0 NA 85,148 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 65,744 79.2 78,035 82.4 0.6 71,983 84.5 1.9 Yes
2-person carpool 11,056 13.3 10,930 11.5 0.5 5,359 6.3 1.5 Yes
3-person carpool 2,106 2.5 1,800 1.9 0.2 2,273 2.7 1.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 989 1.2 885 0.9 0.1 131 0.2 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 91 0.1 119 0.1 0.1 173 0.2 0.2 No
Walked 1,434 1.7 785 0.8 0.1 1,002 1.2 1.2 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 707 0.9 935 1.0 0.2 2,661 3.1 1.5 Yes
Worked at home 860 1.0 1,270 1.3 0.2 1,566 1.8 0.9 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 82,127 100.0 93,485 100.0 NA 83,582 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 12,530 15.3 10,840 11.6 0.5 11,558 13.8 2.0 Yes
10 to 14 15,372 18.7 15,870 17.0 0.6 14,270 17.1 3.5 No
15 to 19 18,066 22.0 19,735 21.1 0.6 17,530 21.0 2.6 No
20 to 24 13,910 16.9 17,830 19.1 0.6 15,478 18.5 2.6 No
25 to 29 5,333 6.5 6,305 6.7 0.4 5,200 6.2 1.3 No
30 to 34 9,546 11.6 11,415 12.2 0.5 9,015 10.8 1.7 No
35 to 44 2,717 3.3 3,910 4.2 0.3 3,300 3.9 1.2 No
45 to 59 2,716 3.3 3,920 4.2 0.3 3,897 4.7 1.2 No
60 or more 1,937 2.4 3,660 3.9 0.3 3,334 4.0 1.1 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.9 (X) 22.2 (X) NA 20.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 82,127 100.0 93,485 100.0 NA 83,582 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,619 4.4 6,265 6.7 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 7,425 9.0 8,700 9.3 0.5 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 19,771 24.1 16,250 17.4 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,819 10.7 10,285 11.0 0.5 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 11,859 14.4 15,100 16.2 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 9,237 11.2 10,045 10.7 0.5 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,748 4.6 3,545 3.8 0.3 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 16,106 19.6 20,445 21.9 0.6 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,543 1.9 1,935 2.1 0.2 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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