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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Hamilton County, Tennessee

Download an Excel file* of this document: hamilton_county_tennessee.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 285,536 307,896 x x
Total Persons in Household 279,044 300,106 302,475 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 132,815 146,824 141,550 3,421
Total Workers, Place of Work 158,486 182,790 173,716 5,114
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.19 1.24 1.23 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 158,486 100.0 182,790 100.0 NA 173,716 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 126,526 79.8 150,515 82.3 0.4 143,504 82.6 1.4 No
2-person carpool 18,191 11.5 18,990 10.4 0.3 16,310 9.4 1.5 No
3-person carpool 2,825 1.8 2,870 1.6 0.1 2,716 1.6 0.7 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,913 1.2 1,465 0.8 0.1 973 0.6 0.3 No
Public Transportation 2,290 1.4 1,284 0.7 0.1 793 0.5 0.3 No
Walked 2,960 1.9 2,510 1.4 0.1 3,221 1.9 0.7 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,424 0.9 1,775 1.0 0.1 2,488 1.4 0.5 No
Worked at home 2,357 1.5 3,390 1.9 0.2 3,711 2.1 0.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 156,129 100.0 179,400 100.0 NA 170,005 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 16,430 10.5 17,175 9.6 0.3 16,739 9.8 1.5 No
10 to 14 20,667 13.2 23,685 13.2 0.4 19,185 11.3 1.4 Yes
15 to 19 29,152 18.7 31,045 17.3 0.4 29,194 17.2 1.7 No
20 to 24 28,687 18.4 32,810 18.3 0.4 32,706 19.2 1.9 No
25 to 29 10,858 7.0 13,985 7.8 0.3 15,459 9.1 1.3 Yes
30 to 34 24,902 15.9 27,650 15.4 0.4 24,315 14.3 1.3 No
35 to 44 8,232 5.3 10,585 5.9 0.3 14,227 8.4 1.3 Yes
45 to 59 10,020 6.4 12,770 7.1 0.3 11,898 7.0 1.2 No
60 or more 7,181 4.6 9,695 5.4 0.3 6,282 3.7 0.7 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 23.1 (X) 25.4 (X) NA 23.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 156,129 100.0 179,400 100.0 NA 170,005 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 6,590 4.2 9,300 5.2 0.3 9,098 5.4 1.1 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 7,756 5.0 9,910 5.5 0.3 7,559 4.4 0.8 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 18,226 11.7 19,670 11.0 0.4 17,697 10.4 1.3 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 20,988 13.4 22,355 12.5 0.4 24,923 14.7 1.4 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 30,153 19.3 32,055 17.9 0.4 33,930 20.0 1.6 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 20,709 13.3 23,425 13.1 0.4 21,594 12.7 1.3 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 10,790 6.9 9,770 5.4 0.3 11,088 6.5 1.0 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 37,684 24.1 45,455 25.3 0.5 40,151 23.6 2.1 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,233 2.1 5,040 2.8 0.2 3,965 2.3 0.7 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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