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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Shelby County, Tennessee

Download an Excel file* of this document: shelby_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 826,330 897,472 x x
Total Persons in Household 803,085 878,475 889,955 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 379,633 402,560 403,100 6,901
Total Workers, Place of Work 425,319 463,960 479,557 8,236
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.12 1.15 1.19 0.04

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 425,319 100.0 463,960 100.0 NA 479,557 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 331,645 78.0 376,025 81.0 0.3 400,652 83.5 1.1 Yes
2-person carpool 47,139 11.1 45,200 9.7 0.2 41,273 8.6 0.8 Yes
3-person carpool 7,490 1.8 9,080 2.0 0.1 4,511 0.9 0.3 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 3,762 0.9 5,385 1.2 0.1 3,968 0.8 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 12,266 2.9 8,060 1.7 0.1 7,214 1.5 0.3 No
Walked 12,751 3.0 5,870 1.3 0.1 6,310 1.3 0.4 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 4,659 1.1 5,430 1.2 0.1 7,520 1.6 0.3 Yes
Worked at home 5,607 1.3 8,910 1.9 0.1 8,109 1.7 0.3 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 419,712 100.0 455,050 100.0 NA 471,448 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 42,238 10.1 40,125 8.8 0.2 45,736 9.7 0.9 No
10 to 14 54,772 13.0 54,185 11.9 0.2 54,031 11.5 0.8 No
15 to 19 78,416 18.7 77,685 17.1 0.3 81,974 17.4 1.3 No
20 to 24 80,447 19.2 84,165 18.5 0.3 86,758 18.4 1.2 No
25 to 29 32,212 7.7 34,965 7.7 0.2 36,842 7.8 0.7 No
30 to 34 72,062 17.2 82,615 18.2 0.3 74,743 15.9 1.1 Yes
35 to 44 19,380 4.6 24,865 5.5 0.2 31,593 6.7 0.7 Yes
45 to 59 21,525 5.1 29,650 6.5 0.2 33,115 7.0 0.6 No
60 or more 18,660 4.4 26,785 5.9 0.2 26,656 5.7 0.7 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 23.0 (X) 26.1 (X) NA 24.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 419,712 100.0 455,050 100.0 NA 471,448 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 16,396 3.9 20,970 4.6 0.1 27,015 5.7 0.7 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 20,429 4.9 25,365 5.6 0.2 24,720 5.2 0.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 48,344 11.5 50,155 11.0 0.2 52,379 11.1 0.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 60,644 14.4 62,720 13.8 0.2 65,360 13.9 1.0 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 78,629 18.7 81,970 18.0 0.3 73,231 15.5 1.1 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 56,635 13.5 59,460 13.1 0.2 59,976 12.7 0.8 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 27,250 6.5 22,670 5.0 0.2 31,451 6.7 0.6 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 101,396 24.2 112,045 24.6 0.3 121,952 25.9 1.4 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 9,989 2.4 12,870 2.8 0.1 15,364 3.3 0.4 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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