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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Gaston County, North Carolina

Download an Excel file* of this document: gaston_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 175,093 190,365 x x
Total Persons in Household 172,791 187,274 193,162 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 87,681 89,341 86,856 3,305
Total Workers, Place of Work 81,326 75,115 72,428 4,909
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.93 0.84 0.83 0.08

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 81,326 100.0 75,115 100.0 NA 72,428 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 64,678 79.5 61,660 82.1 0.6 58,921 81.4 7.7 No
2-person carpool 10,059 12.4 7,720 10.3 0.4 7,069 9.8 3.7 No
3-person carpool 1,803 2.2 1,625 2.2 0.2 1,186 1.6 0.9 No
4-or-more-person carpool 667 0.8 840 1.1 0.2 245 0.3 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 296 0.4 294 0.4 0.1 158 0.2 0.2 No
Walked 1,950 2.4 900 1.2 0.2 650 0.9 0.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 841 1.0 644 0.9 0.1 2,258 3.1 1.6 Yes
Worked at home 1,032 1.3 1,435 1.9 0.2 1,941 2.7 1.3 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 80,294 100.0 73,680 100.0 NA 70,487 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 12,781 15.9 9,195 12.5 0.5 11,873 16.8 2.4 Yes
10 to 14 15,547 19.4 13,100 17.8 0.6 10,932 15.5 2.4 No
15 to 19 18,440 23.0 15,060 20.4 0.6 13,943 19.8 2.7 No
20 to 24 13,773 17.2 12,775 17.3 0.6 11,400 16.2 2.2 No
25 to 29 3,907 4.9 4,385 6.0 0.4 4,280 6.1 1.6 No
30 to 34 8,655 10.8 8,965 12.2 0.5 7,394 10.5 2.0 No
35 to 44 2,434 3.0 3,240 4.4 0.3 5,112 7.3 3.5 No
45 to 59 2,786 3.5 3,680 5.0 0.3 3,307 4.7 1.2 No
60 or more 1,971 2.5 3,290 4.5 0.3 2,246 3.2 1.0 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 18.5 (X) 22.4 (X) NA 20.0 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 80,294 100.0 73,680 100.0 NA 70,487 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 6,694 8.3 4,860 6.6 0.4 5,099 7.2 1.8 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,675 5.8 4,290 5.8 0.3 4,638 6.6 1.4 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 10,967 13.7 8,325 11.3 0.5 8,269 11.7 3.4 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 7,623 9.5 7,640 10.4 0.5 6,672 9.5 2.1 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 12,122 15.1 14,045 19.1 0.6 11,915 16.9 2.4 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 10,267 12.8 9,345 12.7 0.5 7,838 11.1 1.9 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,653 5.8 3,635 4.9 0.3 7,078 10.0 2.2 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 21,711 27.0 19,055 25.9 0.7 17,104 24.3 2.7 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,582 2.0 1,790 2.4 0.2 1,874 2.7 1.2 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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