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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: Walker County, Alabama


Download an Excel file* of this document: walker_county_alabama.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 67,670 70,713 x x
Total Persons in Household 66,859 69,692 69,096 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 26,171 27,448 28,489 1,494
Total Workers, Place of Work 20,896 19,935 NA NA
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.80 0.73 #VALUE! NA

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 20,896 100.0 19,935 100.0 484 NA NA NA NA
Drove alone 17,265 82.6 17,035 85.5 460 NA NA NA NA
2-person carpool 2,272 10.9 1,665 8.4 163 NA NA NA NA
3-person carpool 395 1.9 265 1.3 66 NA NA NA NA
4-or-more-person carpool 176 0.8 90 0.5 38 NA NA NA NA
Public Transportation 70 0.3 70 0.4 34 NA NA NA NA
Walked 321 1.5 220 1.1 60 NA NA NA NA
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 133 0.6 204 1.0 58 NA NA NA NA
Worked at home 264 1.3 385 1.9 79 NA NA NA NA
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 20,632 100.0 19,550 100.0 481 NA NA NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 3,416 16.6 3,310 16.9 227 NA NA NA NA
10 to 14 3,429 16.6 3,205 16.4 224 NA NA NA NA
15 to 19 3,585 17.4 3,490 17.9 233 NA NA NA NA
20 to 24 3,032 14.7 2,995 15.3 217 NA NA NA NA
25 to 29 1,139 5.5 995 5.1 127 NA NA NA NA
30 to 34 2,516 12.2 2,285 11.7 190 NA NA NA NA
35 to 44 1,004 4.9 835 4.3 116 NA NA NA NA
45 to 59 1,273 6.2 1,140 5.8 136 NA NA NA NA
60 or more 1,238 6.0 1,295 6.6 144 NA NA NA NA
Mean travel time (minutes) 21.8 (X) 23.4 (X) NA NA (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 20,632 100.0 19,550 100.0 481 NA NA NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 1,553 7.5 1,325 6.8 146 NA NA NA NA
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,809 8.8 1,530 7.8 157 NA NA NA NA
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 3,418 16.6 2,325 11.9 192 NA NA NA NA
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 2,351 11.4 2,370 12.1 194 NA NA NA NA
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 3,943 19.1 3,860 19.7 244 NA NA NA NA
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 1,828 8.9 2,265 11.6 189 NA NA NA NA
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 636 3.1 880 4.5 119 NA NA NA NA
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 4,472 21.7 4,260 21.8 256 NA NA NA NA
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 622 3.0 735 3.8 109 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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