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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Whitfield County, Georgia

Download an Excel file* of this document: whitfield_county_georgia.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 72,462 83,525 x x
Total Persons in Household 71,808 82,757 89,734 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 37,308 38,909 40,366 2,283
Total Workers, Place of Work 49,200 56,710 59,953 3,272
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.32 1.46 1.49 0.18

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 49,200 100.0 56,710 100.0 NA 59,953 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 38,778 78.8 45,200 79.7 0.8 49,514 82.6 2.3 Yes
2-person carpool 7,323 14.9 7,720 13.6 0.7 6,682 11.1 2.4 Yes
3-person carpool 1,005 2.0 1,225 2.2 0.3 1,564 2.6 1.3 No
4-or-more-person carpool 555 1.1 570 1.0 0.2 298 0.5 0.5 No
Public Transportation 37 0.1 100 0.2 0.1 0 0.0 0.4 No
Walked 513 1.0 635 1.1 0.2 790 1.3 1.0 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 446 0.9 590 1.0 0.2 836 1.4 0.8 No
Worked at home 543 1.1 675 1.2 0.2 269 0.4 0.4 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 48,657 100.0 56,035 100.0 NA 59,684 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 6,061 12.5 5,190 9.3 0.6 6,725 11.3 2.1 No
10 to 14 7,901 16.2 8,035 14.3 0.7 8,152 13.7 2.3 No
15 to 19 9,897 20.3 10,190 18.2 0.8 10,535 17.7 2.9 No
20 to 24 7,982 16.4 10,085 18.0 0.8 10,719 18.0 3.2 No
25 to 29 3,064 6.3 4,295 7.7 0.5 5,262 8.8 1.9 No
30 to 34 6,656 13.7 8,600 15.3 0.7 8,753 14.7 2.8 No
35 to 44 2,170 4.5 2,910 5.2 0.4 3,567 6.0 1.4 No
45 to 59 3,024 6.2 3,580 6.4 0.5 3,932 6.6 1.6 No
60 or more 1,902 3.9 3,155 5.6 0.5 2,039 3.4 1.4 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.6 (X) 25.3 (X) NA 22.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 48,657 100.0 56,035 100.0 NA 59,684 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,280 2.6 1,980 3.5 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,894 3.9 2,590 4.6 0.4 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,165 14.7 7,445 13.3 0.7 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 6,124 12.6 6,885 12.3 0.7 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 10,483 21.5 11,105 19.8 0.8 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 7,156 14.7 7,085 12.6 0.7 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 2,487 5.1 2,250 4.0 0.4 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 11,280 23.2 14,670 26.2 0.9 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 788 1.6 1,165 2.1 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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