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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Wake County, North Carolina

Download an Excel file* of this document: wake_county_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 423,380 627,846 x x
Total Persons in Household 408,267 608,654 730,138 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 237,181 338,602 379,313 5,599
Total Workers, Place of Work 249,943 360,165 400,029 7,862
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.05 1.06 1.05 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 249,943 100.0 360,165 100.0 NA 400,029 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 196,816 78.7 287,165 79.7 0.3 325,369 81.3 1.5 Yes
2-person carpool 28,103 11.2 33,040 9.2 0.2 32,332 8.1 0.9 Yes
3-person carpool 4,765 1.9 7,520 2.1 0.1 5,986 1.5 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 3,488 1.4 6,580 1.8 0.1 5,248 1.3 0.4 Yes
Public Transportation 3,325 1.3 3,365 0.9 0.1 2,917 0.7 0.3 No
Walked 5,197 2.1 5,915 1.6 0.1 4,041 1.0 0.3 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,915 1.2 3,845 1.1 0.1 4,877 1.2 0.3 No
Worked at home 5,334 2.1 12,735 3.5 0.1 19,259 4.8 0.5 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 244,609 100.0 347,430 100.0 NA 380,770 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 31,130 12.7 34,610 10.0 0.2 39,286 10.3 0.9 No
10 to 14 38,336 15.7 42,965 12.4 0.2 49,340 13.0 1.0 No
15 to 19 47,125 19.3 53,050 15.3 0.2 57,181 15.0 1.1 No
20 to 24 41,831 17.1 55,055 15.8 0.3 60,230 15.8 1.1 No
25 to 29 16,590 6.8 23,055 6.6 0.2 30,828 8.1 0.9 Yes
30 to 34 33,179 13.6 55,955 16.1 0.3 56,271 14.8 1.0 Yes
35 to 44 12,035 4.9 24,230 7.0 0.2 29,550 7.8 0.8 No
45 to 59 14,698 6.0 31,220 9.0 0.2 34,064 8.9 1.0 No
60 or more 9,685 4.0 27,290 7.9 0.2 24,020 6.3 0.8 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.7 (X) 27.6 (X) NA 24.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 244,609 100.0 347,430 100.0 NA 380,770 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 6,513 2.7 11,125 3.2 0.1 13,063 3.4 0.6 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 9,405 3.8 14,420 4.2 0.1 17,071 4.5 0.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 21,416 8.8 32,185 9.3 0.2 36,283 9.5 0.9 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 36,801 15.0 49,650 14.3 0.2 51,965 13.6 0.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 52,100 21.3 64,260 18.5 0.3 66,387 17.4 1.2 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 42,440 17.4 56,185 16.2 0.3 60,878 16.0 1.2 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 22,026 9.0 25,710 7.4 0.2 36,438 9.6 0.9 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 50,239 20.5 80,335 23.1 0.3 91,391 24.0 1.0 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 3,669 1.5 5,990 1.7 0.1 7,294 1.9 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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