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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Nashville-Davidson -balance-, Tennessee

Download an Excel file* of this document: nashville_davidson_balance_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 488,518 545,524 x x
Total Persons in Household 467,419 521,440 522,662 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 250,394 274,028 257,236 5,018
Total Workers, Place of Work 328,638 381,145 364,445 7,290
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.31 1.39 1.42 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 328,638 100.0 381,145 100.0 NA 364,445 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 257,079 78.2 306,475 80.4 0.3 306,285 84.0 1.3 Yes
2-person carpool 38,951 11.9 40,685 10.7 0.2 29,376 8.1 0.9 Yes
3-person carpool 5,785 1.8 6,300 1.7 0.1 3,903 1.1 0.5 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 4,245 1.3 4,820 1.3 0.1 3,089 0.8 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 7,596 2.3 4,724 1.2 0.1 3,857 1.1 0.3 No
Walked 6,551 2.0 6,570 1.7 0.1 5,229 1.4 0.4 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,849 0.9 3,250 0.9 0.1 3,691 1.0 0.3 No
Worked at home 5,582 1.7 8,320 2.2 0.1 9,015 2.5 0.5 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 323,056 100.0 372,825 100.0 NA 355,430 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 28,590 8.8 29,100 7.8 0.2 26,703 7.5 1.1 No
10 to 14 37,714 11.7 38,115 10.2 0.2 32,905 9.3 0.9 Yes
15 to 19 56,705 17.6 53,035 14.2 0.3 50,192 14.1 1.1 No
20 to 24 58,515 18.1 59,765 16.0 0.3 57,999 16.3 1.1 No
25 to 29 21,856 6.8 25,335 6.8 0.2 24,311 6.8 0.8 No
30 to 34 53,434 16.5 67,940 18.2 0.3 64,834 18.2 1.1 No
35 to 44 19,765 6.1 28,360 7.6 0.2 30,636 8.6 0.7 Yes
45 to 59 26,839 8.3 39,010 10.5 0.2 39,838 11.2 0.8 No
60 or more 19,638 6.1 32,165 8.6 0.2 28,012 7.9 0.9 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.1 (X) 29.3 (X) NA 27.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 323,056 100.0 372,825 100.0 NA 355,430 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 14,670 4.5 19,475 5.2 0.2 19,429 5.5 0.8 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 20,020 6.2 23,345 6.3 0.2 26,579 7.5 0.9 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 41,042 12.7 43,205 11.6 0.3 39,889 11.2 1.0 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 48,225 14.9 53,005 14.2 0.3 48,034 13.5 0.8 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 60,425 18.7 66,210 17.8 0.3 58,384 16.4 1.1 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 40,834 12.6 46,935 12.6 0.3 45,481 12.8 0.9 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 20,438 6.3 20,355 5.5 0.2 27,794 7.8 0.8 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 70,855 21.9 85,040 22.8 0.3 80,151 22.6 1.2 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 6,547 2.0 10,215 2.7 0.1 9,689 2.7 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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