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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Raleigh city, North Carolina

Download an Excel file* of this document: raleigh_city_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 207,951 276,093 x x
Total Persons in Household 194,230 258,777 315,249 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 115,968 151,655 172,116 6,486
Total Workers, Place of Work 171,024 222,445 240,985 7,023
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.47 1.47 1.40 0.10

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 171,024 100.0 222,445 100.0 NA 240,985 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 134,671 78.7 179,800 80.8 0.4 201,259 83.5 1.9 Yes
2-person carpool 19,271 11.3 19,705 8.9 0.3 19,492 8.1 1.1 No
3-person carpool 3,087 1.8 4,285 1.9 0.1 2,896 1.2 0.3 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 2,151 1.3 3,860 1.7 0.1 2,541 1.1 0.4 Yes
Public Transportation 3,136 1.8 2,895 1.3 0.1 2,395 1.0 0.5 No
Walked 4,366 2.6 4,380 2.0 0.1 2,627 1.1 0.4 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,057 1.2 2,530 1.1 0.1 2,996 1.2 0.5 No
Worked at home 2,285 1.3 4,995 2.2 0.2 6,779 2.8 0.6 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 168,739 100.0 217,450 100.0 NA 234,206 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 20,003 11.9 19,900 9.2 0.3 21,184 9.0 1.1 No
10 to 14 25,437 15.1 25,855 11.9 0.3 30,284 12.9 1.3 No
15 to 19 33,690 20.0 33,455 15.4 0.4 35,484 15.2 1.4 No
20 to 24 29,628 17.6 35,680 16.4 0.4 35,431 15.1 1.4 No
25 to 29 11,687 6.9 14,795 6.8 0.3 19,354 8.3 1.0 Yes
30 to 34 23,181 13.7 35,115 16.1 0.4 37,315 15.9 1.3 No
35 to 44 8,086 4.8 15,250 7.0 0.3 19,643 8.4 1.0 Yes
45 to 59 10,456 6.2 20,145 9.3 0.3 19,387 8.3 1.3 No
60 or more 6,571 3.9 17,260 7.9 0.3 16,124 6.9 1.0 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.9 (X) 27.8 (X) NA 25.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 168,739 100.0 217,450 100.0 NA 234,206 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,914 2.3 5,820 2.7 0.2 6,515 2.8 0.6 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 5,610 3.3 8,475 3.9 0.2 9,843 4.2 0.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 13,064 7.7 18,795 8.6 0.3 22,507 9.6 0.9 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 24,272 14.4 31,295 14.4 0.4 31,874 13.6 1.0 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 37,250 22.1 41,670 19.2 0.4 39,867 17.0 1.2 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 31,584 18.7 37,215 17.1 0.4 39,479 16.9 1.6 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 15,994 9.5 16,040 7.4 0.3 25,042 10.7 1.3 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 34,501 20.4 49,335 22.7 0.4 54,763 23.4 1.3 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,550 1.5 3,270 1.5 0.1 4,316 1.8 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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