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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: North Charleston city, South Carolina

Download an Excel file* of this document: north_charleston_city_south_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 70,161 79,641 x x
Total Persons in Household 60,845 74,683 70,001 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 37,156 33,962 31,541 3,919
Total Workers, Place of Work 64,553 66,390 68,991 4,255
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.74 1.95 2.19 0.34

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 64,553 100.0 66,390 100.0 NA 68,991 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 45,380 70.3 54,845 82.6 0.7 57,746 83.7 1.8 No
2-person carpool 7,690 11.9 6,175 9.3 0.5 6,336 9.2 1.9 No
3-person carpool 1,303 2.0 940 1.4 0.2 1,343 1.9 0.8 No
4-or-more-person carpool 936 1.4 760 1.1 0.2 468 0.7 0.5 No
Public Transportation 622 1.0 824 1.2 0.2 64 0.1 0.2 Yes
Walked 1,573 2.4 1,495 2.3 0.3 1,640 2.4 1.4 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,379 2.1 1,015 1.5 0.2 1,292 1.9 0.9 No
Worked at home 5,670 8.8 335 0.5 0.1 102 0.1 0.2 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 58,883 100.0 66,055 100.0 NA 68,889 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 4,786 8.1 5,610 8.5 0.5 4,442 6.4 1.8 Yes
10 to 14 5,492 9.3 8,000 12.1 0.6 7,305 10.6 2.6 No
15 to 19 9,173 15.6 11,120 16.8 0.7 11,782 17.1 3.2 No
20 to 24 10,570 18.0 12,415 18.8 0.7 13,596 19.7 3.3 No
25 to 29 4,297 7.3 5,160 7.8 0.5 5,525 8.0 2.2 No
30 to 34 12,076 20.5 11,680 17.7 0.7 10,907 15.8 2.5 No
35 to 44 4,835 8.2 4,050 6.1 0.4 5,201 7.5 1.7 No
45 to 59 5,022 8.5 4,760 7.2 0.5 6,239 9.1 1.6 Yes
60 or more 2,632 4.5 3,265 4.9 0.4 3,892 5.6 1.5 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.2 (X) 25.7 (X) NA 25.9 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 58,883 100.0 66,055 100.0 NA 68,889 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,938 5.0 3,125 4.7 0.4 4,538 6.6 1.9 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,832 8.2 4,085 6.2 0.4 5,248 7.6 2.2 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 10,272 17.4 9,035 13.7 0.6 8,690 12.6 2.6 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 11,325 19.2 9,840 14.9 0.7 11,306 16.4 2.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 10,170 17.3 10,075 15.3 0.7 10,836 15.7 2.5 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 5,252 8.9 8,430 12.8 0.6 6,992 10.1 1.9 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,662 4.5 3,650 5.5 0.4 3,698 5.4 1.6 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 10,372 17.6 15,115 22.9 0.8 16,103 23.4 3.6 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,060 1.8 1,455 2.2 0.3 1,478 2.1 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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