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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Durham County, North Carolina

Download an Excel file* of this document: durham_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 181,835 223,314 x x
Total Persons in Household 173,310 213,504 232,573 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 95,353 112,433 116,458 2,505
Total Workers, Place of Work 129,263 166,050 166,559 5,572
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.36 1.48 1.43 0.07

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 129,263 100.0 166,050 100.0 NA 166,559 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 100,938 78.1 133,205 80.2 0.5 135,286 81.2 2.0 No
2-person carpool 15,729 12.2 16,580 10.0 0.4 16,860 10.1 1.5 No
3-person carpool 2,401 1.9 3,545 2.1 0.2 1,635 1.0 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 1,295 1.0 2,200 1.3 0.1 2,034 1.2 0.6 No
Public Transportation 2,149 1.7 3,034 1.8 0.2 3,186 1.9 0.5 No
Walked 3,323 2.6 2,915 1.8 0.2 1,873 1.1 0.4 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,557 1.2 1,520 0.9 0.1 1,534 0.9 0.4 No
Worked at home 1,871 1.4 3,050 1.8 0.2 4,151 2.5 0.7 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 127,392 100.0 163,000 100.0 NA 162,408 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 13,020 10.2 12,825 7.9 0.3 12,540 7.7 1.1 No
10 to 14 19,934 15.6 19,470 11.9 0.4 20,993 12.9 1.4 No
15 to 19 26,367 20.7 27,980 17.2 0.4 28,005 17.2 1.6 No
20 to 24 23,985 18.8 27,320 16.8 0.4 29,501 18.2 1.8 No
25 to 29 9,523 7.5 12,150 7.5 0.3 15,929 9.8 1.2 Yes
30 to 34 17,086 13.4 26,470 16.2 0.4 24,171 14.9 1.9 No
35 to 44 6,802 5.3 13,090 8.0 0.3 14,003 8.6 1.6 No
45 to 59 6,887 5.4 14,195 8.7 0.3 10,771 6.6 1.2 Yes
60 or more 3,788 3.0 9,500 5.8 0.3 6,495 4.0 0.8 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.5 (X) 26.5 (X) NA 23.9 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 127,392 100.0 163,000 100.0 NA 162,408 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,814 2.2 4,465 2.7 0.2 6,184 3.8 0.8 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,433 3.5 6,455 4.0 0.2 7,111 4.4 1.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 12,864 10.1 14,950 9.2 0.3 15,025 9.3 1.4 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 19,149 15.0 22,255 13.7 0.4 22,311 13.7 1.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 28,001 22.0 31,860 19.5 0.5 24,882 15.3 1.5 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 23,086 18.1 28,975 17.8 0.5 26,243 16.2 1.6 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 10,382 8.1 13,255 8.1 0.3 21,374 13.2 1.7 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 25,070 19.7 34,560 21.2 0.5 37,576 23.1 2.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,593 1.3 2,260 1.4 0.1 1,702 1.0 0.5 No

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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