CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in Cherokee County, Alabama
TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF WORK, 1990 and 2000
Selected Characteristics                     (Universe: All Workers) 1990 2000 Change 1990 to 2000
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Workers 16 years or over 5,140 100 5,555 100 415 8.1
Sex              
Male 2,664 51.8 2,810 50.6 146 5.5
Female 2,476 48.2 2,745 49.4 269 10.9
Mode to work  
Drove alone 3,842 74.7 4,490 80.8 648 16.9
2-person carpool 736 14.3 540 9.7 -196 -26.6
3-or-more-person carpool 214 4.2 173 3.1 -41 -19.2
Bus or trolley bus 25 0.5 20 0.4 -5 -20.0
All other transit1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 **
Bicycle or walked 104 2.0 75 1.4 -29 -27.9
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other mode 30 0.6 25 0.5 -5 -16.7
Worked at home 189 3.7 225 4.1 36 19.0
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
Less than 5 303 6.1 285 5.3 -18 -5.9
5 to 9 761 15.4 875 16.4 114 15.0
10 to 14 981 19.8 975 18.3 -6 -0.6
15 to 19 1,042 21.0 820 15.4 -222 -21.3
20 to 29 757 15.3 1,145 21.5 388 51.3
30 to 44 819 16.5 615 11.5 -204 -24.9
45- 59 170 3.4 340 6.4 170 100.0
60 or more 118 2.4 270 5.1 152 128.8
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.8 (X) 22.0 (X) 4.2 (X)
Median travel time (minutes) 17.1 (X) 15.7 (X) -1.4 (X)
           
TABLE 2.  MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, 2000
(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
  Mean travel time (mins.) Total Less than 10 minutes 10 to 19 minutes 20 to 29 minutes 30 to 44 minutes 45 -59 minutes 60 or more minutes
Total  22.0 5,330 1,160 1,795 1,145 615 340 270
                Row percent   100 21.8 33.7 21.5 11.5 6.4 5.1
               Column percent   100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Drove alone 21.0 4,490 1,025 1,565 970 455 290 190
                Row percent   100 22.8 34.9 21.6 10.1 6.5 4.2
               Column percent   84.2 88.4 87.2 84.7 74.0 85.3 70.4
2-person carpool 23.9 540 44 180 115 135 40 25
                Row percent   100 8.1 33.3 21.3 25.0 7.4 4.6
               Column percent   10.1 3.8 10.0 10.0 22.0 11.8 9.3
3+ carpool 36.0 173 10 34 58 20 14 30
                Row percent   100 5.8 19.7 33.5 11.6 8.1 17.3
               Column percent   3.2 0.9 1.9 5.1 3.3 4.1 11.1
Bus or trolley bus 73.3 20 4 0 0 0 0 10
                Row percent   100 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 50.0
               Column percent   0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.7
All other transit1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                Row percent   100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4
               Column percent   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bicycle or walked 24.3 75 54 10 0 0 0 10
                Row percent   100 72.0 13.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.3
               Column percent   1.4 4.7 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.7
All other modes1 20.8 25 15 0 4 4 0 4
                Row percent   100 60.0 0.0 16.0 16.0 0.0 16.0
               Column percent   0.5 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.0 1.5
Notes:
1. See notes1.htm
2. Workers-at-work shown here differs from local employment in many ways.  For more information, please read notes2.htm
CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in Cherokee County, Alabama
TABLE 3. MODE TO WORK BY VEHICLES AVAILABLE IN HOUSEHOLDS
Mode to Work                                                                                (Universe = Workers living in households) Workers living in households…
Total Without a vehicle With 1 vehicle With 2+ vehicles
Total 5,555 185 790 4,580
Drove alone 4,490 105 640 3,750
2-person carpool 540 40 75 430
3-or-more-person carpool 175 40 34 100
Bus or trolley bus 20 0 0 14
Streetcar, trolley car, subway, or elevated, Railroad or Ferryboat 0 0 0 0
Bicycle or walked 75 0 15 60
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means 25 0 0 25
Worked at Home 225 4 25 200
TABLE 4.  SEX OF WORKER BY INDUSTRY1 AND OCCUPATON1
 (Universe = All Workers) All Workers Sex  
Male Female  
Workers 16 years and over 5,555 2,810 2,745  
Industry  
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining 345 265 85  
Construction 395 385 10  
Manufacturing 1,160 580 580  
Wholesale trade 220 140 75  
Retail trade 750 385 365  
Transportation and warehousing and utilities 345 295 50  
Information 60 30 30  
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 200 85 115  
Profess., scientific, management, administrative, waste management 160 85 75  
Educational, health and social services 1,165 215 950  
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 290 80 210  
Other services (except public administration) 260 145 115  
Public administration 190 105 85  
Armed forces 15 15 0  
Occupation  
Management 345 215 130  
Farmers and farm managers 100 80 20  
Business and financial operations specialists 125 45 80  
Computer and mathematical 0 0 0  
Architecture and engineering 30 25 4  
Life, physical and social science 10 4 4  
Community and social service 95 35 60  
Legal 25 15 10  
Education, training and library 400 85 320  
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 70 40 25  
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 180 25 160  
Healthcare support 160 45 115  
Protective service 80 65 15  
Food preparation and serving related 215 30 185  
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 180 115 65  
Personal care and service 145 4 145  
Sales and related 625 300 325  
Office and administrative support 575 170 405  
Farming, fishing, and forestry 185 115 70  
Construction and excavation 325 320 4  
Installation, maintenance and repairs 300 280 20  
Production 895 400 495  
Transportation and material moving 470 390 80  
Armed Forces 10 10 0