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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Rutherford County, Tennessee


Download an Excel file* of this document: rutherford_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 118,570 182,023 x x
Total Persons in Household 113,372 176,251 212,434 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 60,373 94,489 108,873 3,099
Total Workers, Place of Work 55,410 79,840 93,415 4,421
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.92 0.84 0.86 0.07

W2. MODE TO WORK1

  1990 2000 2005 ACS Sig. Diff.
in Number
2000-2005
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent MOE Number Percent MOE
Total Workers 55,410 100.0 79,840 100.0 1,012 93,415 100.0 4,421 Yes
Drove alone 45,128 81.4 65,430 82.0 979 79,103 84.7 4,236 Yes
2-person carpool 5,664 10.2 8,055 10.1 420 7,212 7.7 2,130 No
3-person carpool 1,047 1.9 1,600 2.0 190 709 0.8 372 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 571 1.0 785 1.0 134 1,177 1.3 882 No
Public Transportation 73 0.1 155 0.2 60 61 0.1 101 No
Walked 967 1.7 925 1.2 145 1,073 1.1 626 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 481 0.9 570 0.7 114 1,053 1.1 743 No
Worked at home 1,479 2.7 2,315 2.9 229 3,027 3.2 961 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 53,931 100.0 77,525 100.0 1,009 90,388 100.0 4,452 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 8,375 15.5 10,175 13.1 469 10,960 12.1 2,138 No
10 to 14 10,356 19.2 13,795 17.8 540 14,472 16.0 2,339 No
15 to 19 10,521 19.5 13,995 18.1 544 17,229 19.1 2,433 Yes
20 to 24 7,421 13.8 10,985 14.2 486 13,159 14.6 1,727 Yes
25 to 29 2,420 4.5 4,165 5.4 305 7,059 7.8 1,834 Yes
30 to 34 6,283 11.7 9,465 12.2 453 12,064 13.3 1,848 Yes
35 to 44 2,105 3.9 3,840 5.0 293 4,518 5.0 1,031 No
45 to 59 3,347 6.2 5,985 7.7 364 5,700 6.3 1,193 No
60 or more 3,103 5.8 5,125 6.6 337 5,227 5.8 1,395 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.7 (X) 24.4 (X) NA 22.4 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 53,931 100.0 77,525 100.0 1,009 90,388 100.0 4,452 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,882 5.3 5,125 6.6 337 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,794 7.0 5,340 6.9 344 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 7,599 14.1 10,750 13.9 481 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,798 16.3 11,975 15.4 506 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 9,735 18.1 11,760 15.2 502 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 4,396 8.2 6,650 8.6 383 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 1,826 3.4 2,525 3.3 239 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 13,596 25.2 20,620 26.6 647 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,305 2.4 2,430 3.1 234 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.

Updated: 6/27/2017
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