CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in Mercer County, Kentucky
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 6,957 100 8,200 100 1,243 17.9
Sex              
Male 3,582 51.5 4,440 54.1 858 24.0
Female 3,375 48.5 3,760 45.9 385 11.4
Mode to work  
Drove alone 5,164 74.2 6,700 81.7 1,536 29.7
2-person carpool 761 10.9 820 10.0 59 7.8
3-or-more-person carpool 192 2.8 194 2.4 2 1.0
Bus or trolley bus 26 0.4 4 0.0 -22 -84.6
All other transit1 3 0.0 0 0.0 -3 -100.0
Bicycle or walked 239 3.4 150 1.8 -89 -37.2
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other mode 77 1.1 25 0.3 -52 -67.5
Worked at home 495 7.1 320 3.9 -175 -35.4
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
Less than 5 400 6.2 505 6.4 105 26.3
5 to 9 1,266 19.6 1,305 16.6 39 3.1
10 to 14 1,174 18.2 1,410 17.9 236 20.1
15 to 19 1,281 19.8 1,240 15.7 -41 -3.2
20 to 29 1,084 16.8 1,555 19.7 471 43.5
30 to 44 742 11.5 915 11.6 173 23.3
45- 59 357 5.5 495 6.3 138 38.7
60 or more 158 2.4 460 5.8 302 191.1
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.6 (X) 20.9 (X) 3.3 (X)
Median travel time (minutes) 16.5 (X) 15.6 (X) -0.9 (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  20.9 7,880 1,810 2,650 1,555 915 495 460
                Row percent   100 23.0 33.6 19.7 11.6 6.3 5.8
               Column percent   100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Drove alone 20.3 6,700 1,510 2,355 1,385 710 345 395
                Row percent   100 22.5 35.1 20.7 10.6 5.1 5.9
               Column percent   85.0 83.4 88.9 89.1 77.6 69.7 85.9
2-person carpool 26.4 820 120 245 135 155 110 59
                Row percent   100 14.6 29.9 16.5 18.9 13.4 7.2
               Column percent   10.4 6.6 9.2 8.7 16.9 22.2 12.8
3+ carpool 28.2 194 40 29 34 45 40 4
                Row percent   100 20.6 14.9 17.5 23.2 20.6 2.1
               Column percent   2.5 2.2 1.1 2.2 4.9 8.1 0.9
Bus or trolley bus 22.5 4 0 0 0 0 0 4
                Row percent   100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 100.0
               Column percent   0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9
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 0.2
               Column percent   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bicycle or walked 4.1 150 135 4 10 0 0 0
                Row percent   100 90.0 2.7 6.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   1.9 7.5 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
All other modes1 14.6 25 0 20 4 0 0 0
                Row percent   100 0.0 80.0 16.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   0.3 0.0 0.8 0.3 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 Mercer County, Kentucky
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 8,160 175 1,530 6,455
Drove alone 6,670 130 1,205 5,335
2-person carpool 815 35 165 615
3-or-more-person carpool 185 0 40 147
Bus or trolley bus 4 0 0 4
Streetcar, trolley car, subway, or elevated, Railroad or Ferryboat 0 0 0 0
Bicycle or walked 145 0 60 84
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means 25 0 20 4
Worked at Home 320 10 40 265
TABLE 4.  SEX OF WORKER BY INDUSTRY1 AND OCCUPATON1
 (Universe = All Workers) All Workers Sex  
Male Female  
Workers 16 years and over 8,200 4,440 3,760  
Industry  
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining 310 255 55  
Construction 605 590 10  
Manufacturing 2,860 1,755 1,105  
Wholesale trade 140 115 25  
Retail trade 695 270 425  
Transportation and warehousing and utilities 445 355 90  
Information 105 35 70  
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 290 115 175  
Profess., scientific, management, administrative, waste management 325 170 155  
Educational, health and social services 1,155 225 930  
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 610 175 435  
Other services (except public administration) 300 140 160  
Public administration 360 230 130  
Armed forces 0 0 0  
Occupation  
Management 490 340 150  
Farmers and farm managers 190 155 40  
Business and financial operations specialists 190 100 95  
Computer and mathematical 35 35 0  
Architecture and engineering 190 170 20  
Life, physical and social science 4 4 0  
Community and social service 80 60 20  
Legal 15 4 4  
Education, training and library 445 90 355  
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 80 45 40  
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 305 70 235  
Healthcare support 90 25 65  
Protective service 180 135 40  
Food preparation and serving related 330 90 245  
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 320 175 145  
Personal care and service 180 4 175  
Sales and related 685 260 425  
Office and administrative support 990 175 810  
Farming, fishing, and forestry 100 95 4  
Construction and excavation 510 505 4  
Installation, maintenance and repairs 435 430 4  
Production 1,845 1,020 825  
Transportation and material moving 505 440 60  
Armed Forces 0 0 0