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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Forsyth County, Georgia

Download an Excel file* of this document: forsyth_county_georgia.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 44,083 98,407 x x
Total Persons in Household 43,792 97,678 139,501 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 22,838 51,224 70,999 2,207
Total Workers, Place of Work 13,050 42,510 58,714 4,647
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.57 0.83 0.83 0.11

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 13,050 100.0 42,510 100.0 NA 58,714 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 9,587 73.5 31,975 75.2 1.0 42,601 72.6 3.7 No
2-person carpool 1,567 12.0 3,995 9.4 0.7 4,137 7.0 1.9 Yes
3-person carpool 456 3.5 1,430 3.4 0.4 2,584 4.4 2.7 No
4-or-more-person carpool 263 2.0 1,380 3.2 0.4 1,609 2.7 2.5 No
Public Transportation 57 0.4 305 0.7 0.2 449 0.8 0.9 No
Walked 184 1.4 325 0.8 0.2 1,078 1.8 1.3 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 132 1.0 345 0.8 0.2 279 0.5 0.6 No
Worked at home 804 6.2 2,750 6.5 0.6 5,977 10.2 3.0 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 12,246 100.0 39,760 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 2,165 17.7 3,550 8.9 0.7 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 2,241 18.3 4,985 12.5 0.8 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 1,955 16.0 5,560 14.0 0.8 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 1,597 13.0 5,025 12.6 0.8 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 611 5.0 2,365 5.9 0.6 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 1,783 14.6 6,100 15.3 0.9 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 576 4.7 3,005 7.6 0.6 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 765 6.2 4,460 11.2 0.8 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 553 4.5 4,710 11.8 0.8 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.1 (X) 30.2 (X) NA NA (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 12,246 100.0 39,760 100.0 NA NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 497 4.1 1,210 3.0 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 631 5.2 2,160 5.4 0.5 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 1,243 10.2 4,375 11.0 0.8 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 1,973 16.1 6,010 15.1 0.9 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 2,492 20.3 7,065 17.8 0.9 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 1,986 16.2 6,025 15.2 0.9 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 798 6.5 3,175 8.0 0.7 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 2,506 20.5 8,775 22.1 1.0 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 120 1.0 775 1.9 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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