CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in Mitchell County, North Carolina
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 5,856 100 6,885 100 1,029 17.6
Sex              
Male 3,423 58.5 3,795 55.1 372 10.9
Female 2,433 41.5 3,095 45.0 662 27.2
Mode to work  
Drove alone 4,305 73.5 5,370 78.0 1,065 24.7
2-person carpool 831 14.2 1,065 15.5 234 28.2
3-or-more-person carpool 376 6.4 279 4.1 -97 -25.8
Bus or trolley bus 31 0.5 0 0.0 -31 -100.0
All other transit1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 **
Bicycle or walked 138 2.4 60 0.9 -78 -56.5
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other mode 30 0.5 15 0.2 -15 -50.0
Worked at home 145 2.5 105 1.5 -40 -27.6
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
Less than 5 333 5.8 270 4.0 -63 -18.9
5 to 9 937 16.4 880 13.0 -57 -6.1
10 to 14 892 15.6 1,250 18.4 358 40.1
15 to 19 956 16.7 1,085 16.0 129 13.5
20 to 29 933 16.3 1,210 17.8 277 29.7
30 to 44 1,021 17.9 1,300 19.2 279 27.3
45- 59 380 6.7 480 7.1 100 26.3
60 or more 259 4.5 310 4.6 51 19.7
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.6 (X) 22.6 (X) 2.0 (X)
Median travel time (minutes) 18.6 (X) 15.9 (X) -2.7 (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  22.6 6,780 1,150 2,335 1,210 1,300 480 310
                Row percent   100 17.0 34.4 17.8 19.2 7.1 4.6
               Column percent   100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Drove alone 21.1 5,370 995 1,975 930 950 295 230
                Row percent   100 18.5 36.8 17.3 17.7 5.5 4.3
               Column percent   79.2 86.5 84.6 76.9 73.1 61.5 74.2
2-person carpool 28.7 1,065 100 260 245 280 139 49
                Row percent   100 9.4 24.4 23.0 26.3 13.1 4.6
               Column percent   15.7 8.7 11.1 20.2 21.5 29.0 15.8
3+ carpool 29.9 279 14 85 34 58 50 33
                Row percent   100 5.0 30.5 12.2 20.8 17.9 11.8
               Column percent   4.1 1.2 3.6 2.8 4.5 10.4 10.6
Bus or trolley bus 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
                Row percent   100 ** ** ** ** ** **
               Column percent   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 0.0
               Column percent   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bicycle or walked 9.7 60 44 10 0 0 0 4
                Row percent   100 73.3 16.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.7
               Column percent   0.9 3.8 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3
All other modes1 17.3 15 0 8 4 4 0 0
                Row percent   100 0.0 53.3 26.7 26.7 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   0.2 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 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 Mitchell County, North Carolina
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 6,880 195 1,270 5,415
Drove alone 5,360 100 905 4,355
2-person carpool 1,065 80 280 705
3-or-more-person carpool 280 4 30 245
Bus or trolley bus 0 0 0 0
Streetcar, trolley car, subway, or elevated, Railroad or Ferryboat 0 0 0 0
Bicycle or walked 60 4 25 30
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means 15 4 4 8
Worked at Home 105 10 20 74
TABLE 4.  SEX OF WORKER BY INDUSTRY1 AND OCCUPATON1
 (Universe = All Workers) All Workers Sex  
Male Female  
Workers 16 years and over 6,885 3,795 3,095  
Industry  
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining 370 340 30  
Construction 385 370 15  
Manufacturing 2,165 1,480 685  
Wholesale trade 95 75 20  
Retail trade 855 400 455  
Transportation and warehousing and utilities 220 185 35  
Information 35 10 25  
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 220 50 170  
Profess., scientific, management, administrative, waste management 195 125 70  
Educational, health and social services 1,305 215 1,085  
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 400 195 205  
Other services (except public administration) 300 155 145  
Public administration 345 190 155  
Armed forces 0 0 0  
Occupation  
Management 325 155 170  
Farmers and farm managers 25 15 10  
Business and financial operations specialists 145 70 70  
Computer and mathematical 45 35 10  
Architecture and engineering 60 50 10  
Life, physical and social science 35 35 0  
Community and social service 120 75 45  
Legal 30 10 20  
Education, training and library 325 45 280  
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 95 50 50  
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 310 70 235  
Healthcare support 230 4 225  
Protective service 155 135 20  
Food preparation and serving related 235 95 145  
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 295 215 80  
Personal care and service 140 30 110  
Sales and related 665 295 370  
Office and administrative support 780 175 605  
Farming, fishing, and forestry 90 90 0  
Construction and excavation 350 350 0  
Installation, maintenance and repairs 290 280 10  
Production 1,620 1,085 535  
Transportation and material moving 530 440 90  
Armed Forces 0 0 0