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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Rutherford County, Tennessee

Download an Excel file* of this document: rutherford_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 118,570 182,023 x x
Total Persons in Household 113,372 176,251 212,434 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 60,373 94,489 108,873 3,099
Total Workers, Place of Work 55,410 79,840 93,415 4,421
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.92 0.84 0.86 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 55,410 100.0 79,840 100.0 NA 93,415 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 45,128 81.4 65,430 82.0 0.7 79,103 84.7 2.1 Yes
2-person carpool 5,664 10.2 8,055 10.1 0.5 7,212 7.7 2.3 Yes
3-person carpool 1,047 1.9 1,600 2.0 0.2 709 0.8 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 571 1.0 785 1.0 0.2 1,177 1.3 0.9 No
Public Transportation 73 0.1 155 0.2 0.1 61 0.1 0.1 No
Walked 967 1.7 925 1.2 0.2 1,073 1.1 0.7 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 481 0.9 570 0.7 0.1 1,053 1.1 0.8 No
Worked at home 1,479 2.7 2,315 2.9 0.3 3,027 3.2 1.0 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 53,931 100.0 77,525 100.0 NA 90,388 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 8,375 15.5 10,175 13.1 0.6 10,960 12.1 2.3 No
10 to 14 10,356 19.2 13,795 17.8 0.7 14,472 16.0 2.5 No
15 to 19 10,521 19.5 13,995 18.1 0.7 17,229 19.1 2.5 No
20 to 24 7,421 13.8 10,985 14.2 0.6 13,159 14.6 1.8 No
25 to 29 2,420 4.5 4,165 5.4 0.4 7,059 7.8 2.0 Yes
30 to 34 6,283 11.7 9,465 12.2 0.6 12,064 13.3 1.9 No
35 to 44 2,105 3.9 3,840 5.0 0.4 4,518 5.0 1.1 No
45 to 59 3,347 6.2 5,985 7.7 0.5 5,700 6.3 1.3 Yes
60 or more 3,103 5.8 5,125 6.6 0.4 5,227 5.8 1.5 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.7 (X) 24.4 (X) NA 22.4 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 53,931 100.0 77,525 100.0 NA 90,388 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,882 5.3 5,125 6.6 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,794 7.0 5,340 6.9 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,599 14.1 10,750 13.9 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,798 16.3 11,975 15.4 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 9,735 18.1 11,760 15.2 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 4,396 8.2 6,650 8.6 0.5 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,826 3.4 2,525 3.3 0.3 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 13,596 25.2 20,620 26.6 0.8 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,305 2.4 2,430 3.1 0.3 NA NA NA NA

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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