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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Guilford County, North Carolina

Download an Excel file* of this document: guilford_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 347,420 421,048 x x
Total Persons in Household 335,348 407,071 429,603 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 185,853 213,079 212,198 4,921
Total Workers, Place of Work 230,661 268,945 263,483 6,490
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.24 1.26 1.24 0.05

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 230,661 100.0 268,945 100.0 NA 263,483 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 184,529 80.0 221,035 82.2 0.4 218,534 82.9 1.6 No
2-person carpool 25,850 11.2 25,545 9.5 0.3 22,383 8.5 1.1 No
3-person carpool 3,997 1.7 4,630 1.7 0.1 2,796 1.1 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 2,157 0.9 3,060 1.1 0.1 1,585 0.6 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 2,534 1.1 2,319 0.9 0.1 3,262 1.2 0.5 No
Walked 5,279 2.3 3,745 1.4 0.1 3,371 1.3 0.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,509 1.1 2,725 1.0 0.1 3,750 1.4 0.5 No
Worked at home 3,806 1.7 5,885 2.2 0.1 7,802 3.0 0.6 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 226,855 100.0 263,060 100.0 NA 255,681 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 30,209 13.3 26,875 10.2 0.3 27,209 10.6 1.2 No
10 to 14 39,675 17.5 40,590 15.4 0.3 41,699 16.3 1.6 No
15 to 19 50,409 22.2 50,500 19.2 0.4 44,033 17.2 1.5 Yes
20 to 24 38,770 17.1 46,395 17.6 0.4 39,717 15.5 1.3 Yes
25 to 29 13,959 6.2 17,205 6.5 0.2 19,167 7.5 1.1 No
30 to 34 27,709 12.2 36,775 14.0 0.3 35,171 13.8 1.2 No
35 to 44 9,522 4.2 15,170 5.8 0.2 16,334 6.4 1.2 No
45 to 59 10,798 4.8 16,170 6.1 0.2 17,675 6.9 0.8 No
60 or more 5,804 2.6 13,380 5.1 0.2 14,676 5.7 0.9 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.0 (X) 24.2 (X) NA 24.3 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 226,855 100.0 263,060 100.0 NA 255,681 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 7,083 3.1 9,785 3.7 0.2 10,116 4.0 0.8 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 10,038 4.4 12,540 4.8 0.2 11,837 4.6 0.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 28,754 12.7 28,940 11.0 0.3 28,501 11.1 1.4 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 28,586 12.6 34,475 13.1 0.3 30,489 11.9 1.4 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 47,455 20.9 51,420 19.5 0.4 43,590 17.0 1.1 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 35,270 15.5 40,105 15.2 0.3 39,757 15.5 1.2 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 16,368 7.2 14,290 5.4 0.2 18,264 7.1 0.9 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 49,414 21.8 61,605 23.4 0.4 67,566 26.4 1.5 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,887 1.7 5,405 2.1 0.1 5,561 2.2 0.8 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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