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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Sullivan County, Tennessee

Download an Excel file* of this document: sullivan_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 143,596 153,048 x x
Total Persons in Household 141,449 150,286 150,027 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 64,499 67,101 65,749 2,348
Total Workers, Place of Work 73,785 74,380 74,529 3,394
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.14 1.11 1.13 0.06

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 73,785 100.0 74,380 100.0 NA 74,529 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 62,409 84.6 64,295 86.4 0.6 63,974 85.8 2.1 No
2-person carpool 6,698 9.1 5,940 8.0 0.5 5,433 7.3 1.7 No
3-person carpool 1,062 1.4 760 1.0 0.2 1,606 2.2 1.2 No
4-or-more-person carpool 441 0.6 415 0.6 0.1 228 0.3 0.3 No
Public Transportation 113 0.2 145 0.2 0.1 316 0.4 0.4 No
Walked 1,139 1.5 830 1.1 0.2 276 0.4 0.3 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 606 0.8 395 0.5 0.1 613 0.8 0.5 No
Worked at home 1,317 1.8 1,600 2.2 0.3 2,083 2.8 1.4 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 72,468 100.0 72,780 100.0 NA 72,446 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 10,279 14.2 9,390 12.9 0.6 11,652 16.1 2.7 Yes
10 to 14 14,230 19.6 13,700 18.8 0.7 12,647 17.5 2.6 No
15 to 19 15,972 22.0 14,700 20.2 0.7 14,568 20.1 2.7 No
20 to 24 12,195 16.8 11,780 16.2 0.7 11,208 15.5 2.0 No
25 to 29 4,041 5.6 4,505 6.2 0.4 5,378 7.4 1.8 No
30 to 34 7,824 10.8 8,790 12.1 0.6 7,078 9.8 2.2 Yes
35 to 44 2,410 3.3 3,045 4.2 0.4 4,404 6.1 1.7 Yes
45 to 59 3,373 4.7 3,790 5.2 0.4 3,583 4.9 1.3 No
60 or more 2,144 3.0 3,085 4.2 0.4 1,928 2.7 1.0 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.6 (X) 22.3 (X) NA 20.5 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 72,468 100.0 72,780 100.0 NA 72,446 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,521 4.9 4,965 6.8 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 4,970 6.9 4,980 6.8 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,700 12.0 8,385 11.5 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 11,605 16.0 9,040 12.4 0.6 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 13,991 19.3 13,455 18.5 0.7 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 7,934 10.9 8,800 12.1 0.6 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,816 5.3 3,675 5.0 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 16,639 23.0 17,220 23.7 0.8 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,292 1.8 1,750 2.4 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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