CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in Ness County, Kansas
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 1,891 100 1,705 100 -186 -9.8
Sex              
Male 1,172 62.0 990 58.1 -182 -15.5
Female 719 38.0 715 41.9 -4 -0.6
Mode to work  
Drove alone 1,413 74.7 1,220 71.6 -193 -13.7
2-person carpool 89 4.7 140 8.2 51 57.3
3-or-more-person carpool 41 2.2 83 4.9 42 102.4
Bus or trolley bus 0 0.0 4 0.2 4 **
All other transit1 0 0.0 4 0.2 4 **
Bicycle or walked 140 7.4 124 7.3 -16 -11.4
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other mode 30 1.6 10 0.6 -20 -66.7
Worked at home 178 9.4 130 7.6 -48 -27.0
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
Less than 5 477 27.8 390 24.8 -87 -18.2
5 to 9 591 34.5 460 29.2 -131 -22.2
10 to 14 185 10.8 230 14.6 45 24.3
15 to 19 151 8.8 180 11.4 29 19.2
20 to 29 128 7.5 125 7.9 -3 -2.3
30 to 44 92 5.4 74 4.7 -18 -19.6
45- 59 22 1.3 40 2.5 18 81.8
60 or more 67 3.9 74 4.7 7 10.4
Mean travel time (minutes) 11.7 (X) 15.0 (X) 3.3 (X)
Median travel time (minutes) 8.2 (X) 5.9 (X) -2.3 (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  15.0 1,575 850 410 125 74 40 74
                Row percent   100 54.0 26.0 7.9 4.7 2.5 4.7
               Column percent   100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Drove alone 14.2 1,220 655 330 100 58 25 44
                Row percent   100 53.7 27.0 8.2 4.8 2.0 3.6
               Column percent   77.5 77.1 80.5 80.0 78.4 62.5 59.5
2-person carpool 20.9 140 60 34 20 0 15 14
                Row percent   100 42.9 24.3 14.3 0.0 10.7 10.0
               Column percent   8.9 7.1 8.3 16.0 0.0 37.5 18.9
3+ carpool 30.7 83 28 28 4 14 0 15
                Row percent   100 33.7 33.7 4.8 16.9 0.0 18.1
               Column percent   5.3 3.3 6.8 3.2 18.9 0.0 20.3
Bus or trolley bus 45.0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
                Row percent   100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0
               Column percent   0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.4
All other transit1 7.5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0
                Row percent   100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.3
               Column percent   0.3 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bicycle or walked 3.8 124 110 14 0 0 0 0
                Row percent   100 88.7 11.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   7.9 12.9 3.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
All other modes1 7.0 10 8 4 0 0 0 0
                Row percent   100 80.0 40.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   0.6 0.9 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 Ness County, Kansas
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 1,690 10 270 1,415
Drove alone 1,205 4 190 1,010
2-person carpool 140 0 25 115
3-or-more-person carpool 85 4 24 63
Bus or trolley bus 4 0 0 4
Streetcar, trolley car, subway, or elevated, Railroad or Ferryboat 4 0 0 4
Bicycle or walked 120 0 20 105
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means 10 0 4 8
Worked at Home 130 0 10 115
TABLE 4.  SEX OF WORKER BY INDUSTRY1 AND OCCUPATON1
 (Universe = All Workers) All Workers Sex  
Male Female  
Workers 16 years and over 1,705 990 715  
Industry  
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining 500 450 45  
Construction 100 95 4  
Manufacturing 55 45 10  
Wholesale trade 40 30 10  
Retail trade 135 70 65  
Transportation and warehousing and utilities 80 55 30  
Information 25 10 15  
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 90 40 55  
Profess., scientific, management, administrative, waste management 45 30 20  
Educational, health and social services 415 85 335  
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 65 20 40  
Other services (except public administration) 105 45 55  
Public administration 50 15 30  
Armed forces 0 0 0  
Occupation  
Management 120 75 45  
Farmers and farm managers 260 230 30  
Business and financial operations specialists 35 25 15  
Computer and mathematical 0 0 0  
Architecture and engineering 4 4 0  
Life, physical and social science 4 4 0  
Community and social service 20 10 4  
Legal 4 4 0  
Education, training and library 130 30 100  
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 15 4 10  
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 95 25 75  
Healthcare support 55 0 55  
Protective service 4 4 0  
Food preparation and serving related 40 10 30  
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 30 15 10  
Personal care and service 50 4 45  
Sales and related 120 60 55  
Office and administrative support 230 20 210  
Farming, fishing, and forestry 70 70 4  
Construction and excavation 125 125 0  
Installation, maintenance and repairs 95 95 0  
Production 70 55 15  
Transportation and material moving 125 115 10  
Armed Forces 0 0 0