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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Shelby County, Alabama

Download an Excel file* of this document: shelby_county_alabama.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 99,358 143,293 x x
Total Persons in Household 97,539 141,618 169,822 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 49,622 73,773 90,721 2,357
Total Workers, Place of Work 36,942 59,825 71,552 4,404
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.74 0.81 0.79 0.08

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 36,942 100.0 59,825 100.0 NA 71,552 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 29,863 80.8 49,365 82.5 0.6 58,873 82.3 7.1 No
2-person carpool 3,814 10.3 5,360 9.0 0.5 5,873 8.2 1.8 No
3-person carpool 1,019 2.8 1,100 1.8 0.2 1,177 1.6 0.9 No
4-or-more-person carpool 358 1.0 550 0.9 0.2 685 1.0 0.6 No
Public Transportation 63 0.2 75 0.1 0.1 0 0.0 0.4 No
Walked 567 1.5 695 1.2 0.2 603 0.8 0.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 226 0.6 300 0.5 0.1 727 1.0 0.6 No
Worked at home 1,032 2.8 2,380 4.0 0.3 3,614 5.1 1.6 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 35,910 100.0 57,445 100.0 NA 67,938 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 5,546 15.4 6,745 11.7 0.5 8,561 12.6 2.4 No
10 to 14 5,014 14.0 6,460 11.2 0.5 7,916 11.7 1.8 No
15 to 19 5,207 14.5 8,190 14.3 0.6 9,207 13.6 2.3 No
20 to 24 5,059 14.1 8,145 14.2 0.6 9,028 13.3 2.5 No
25 to 29 1,800 5.0 3,545 6.2 0.4 3,943 5.8 1.4 No
30 to 34 6,063 16.9 9,990 17.4 0.6 10,894 16.0 2.3 No
35 to 44 2,361 6.6 4,505 7.8 0.5 4,547 6.7 1.5 No
45 to 59 3,115 8.7 5,720 10.0 0.5 9,317 13.7 2.7 Yes
60 or more 1,745 4.9 4,140 7.2 0.4 4,525 6.7 1.5 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 23.2 (X) 27.4 (X) NA 25.1 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 35,910 100.0 57,445 100.0 NA 67,938 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,653 4.6 3,300 5.7 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 2,356 6.6 3,960 6.9 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 6,302 17.5 7,365 12.8 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 6,209 17.3 9,665 16.8 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 7,239 20.2 11,240 19.6 0.7 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 3,969 11.1 7,195 12.5 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,696 4.7 2,630 4.6 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 5,804 16.2 9,745 17.0 0.6 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 682 1.9 1,520 2.6 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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