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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: New Hanover County, North Carolina

Download an Excel file* of this document: new_hanover_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 120,284 160,307 x x
Total Persons in Household 116,999 156,041 174,861 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 59,573 80,088 86,540 2,854
Total Workers, Place of Work 67,658 92,000 102,286 4,127
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.14 1.15 1.18 0.07

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 67,658 100.0 92,000 100.0 NA 102,286 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 53,329 78.8 75,620 82.2 0.6 84,027 82.1 2.2 No
2-person carpool 7,562 11.2 8,335 9.1 0.5 8,502 8.3 1.6 No
3-person carpool 1,290 1.9 1,590 1.7 0.2 1,270 1.2 0.5 No
4-or-more-person carpool 715 1.1 980 1.1 0.2 1,857 1.8 1.0 No
Public Transportation 808 1.2 680 0.7 0.1 849 0.8 0.5 No
Walked 1,506 2.2 1,405 1.5 0.2 1,389 1.4 0.6 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,228 1.8 1,095 1.2 0.2 1,276 1.2 0.7 No
Worked at home 1,220 1.8 2,290 2.5 0.2 3,116 3.0 0.8 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 66,438 100.0 89,710 100.0 NA 99,170 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 9,529 14.3 12,110 13.5 0.5 12,579 12.7 1.9 No
10 to 14 11,452 17.2 16,255 18.1 0.6 16,596 16.7 2.0 No
15 to 19 14,873 22.4 17,940 20.0 0.6 20,146 20.3 2.5 No
20 to 24 11,580 17.4 15,505 17.3 0.6 15,868 16.0 2.0 No
25 to 29 3,588 5.4 4,905 5.5 0.4 7,284 7.3 1.7 Yes
30 to 34 8,026 12.1 11,185 12.5 0.5 10,500 10.6 1.9 No
35 to 44 2,232 3.4 3,255 3.6 0.3 5,560 5.6 1.3 Yes
45 to 59 2,821 4.2 3,995 4.5 0.3 5,164 5.2 1.3 No
60 or more 2,337 3.5 4,550 5.1 0.4 5,473 5.5 1.4 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.0 (X) 22.4 (X) NA 22.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 66,438 100.0 89,710 100.0 NA 99,170 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,962 3.0 2,810 3.1 0.3 4,508 4.5 1.2 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,983 4.5 3,820 4.3 0.3 5,353 5.4 1.4 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,533 11.3 8,755 9.8 0.5 11,247 11.3 1.9 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,706 13.1 10,710 11.9 0.5 12,760 12.9 1.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 13,089 19.7 17,855 19.9 0.6 16,569 16.7 1.8 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 9,584 14.4 14,010 15.6 0.6 14,085 14.2 2.3 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,251 7.9 5,810 6.5 0.4 7,505 7.6 1.5 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 16,277 24.5 23,030 25.7 0.7 24,942 25.2 2.1 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,053 1.6 1,740 1.9 0.2 2,201 2.2 0.9 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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