CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in Swain 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 5,154 100 5,860 100 706 13.7
Sex              
Male 2,729 52.9 2,885 49.2 156 5.7
Female 2,425 47.1 2,975 50.8 550 22.7
Mode to work  
Drove alone 3,646 70.7 4,520 77.1 874 24.0
2-person carpool 834 16.2 730 12.5 -104 -12.5
3-or-more-person carpool 296 5.7 225 3.8 -71 -24.0
Bus or trolley bus 20 0.4 4 0.1 -16 -80.0
All other transit1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 **
Bicycle or walked 164 3.2 155 2.6 -9 -5.5
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other mode 98 1.9 44 0.8 -54 -55.1
Worked at home 96 1.9 180 3.1 84 87.5
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
Less than 5 213 4.2 350 6.2 137 64.3
5 to 9 947 18.7 1,010 17.8 63 6.7
10 to 14 1,190 23.5 1,085 19.1 -105 -8.8
15 to 19 1,069 21.1 920 16.2 -149 -13.9
20 to 29 846 16.7 980 17.3 134 15.8
30 to 44 570 11.3 850 15.0 280 49.1
45- 59 130 2.6 259 4.6 129 99.2
60 or more 93 1.8 220 3.9 127 136.6
Mean travel time (minutes) 16.4 (X) 20.3 (X) 3.9 (X)
Median travel time (minutes) 15.8 (X) 15.4 (X) -0.4 (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  20.3 5,680 1,360 2,005 980 850 259 220
                Row percent   100 23.9 35.3 17.3 15.0 4.6 3.9
               Column percent   100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Drove alone 19.3 4,520 1,115 1,665 785 625 164 160
                Row percent   100 24.7 36.8 17.4 13.8 3.6 3.5
               Column percent   79.6 82.0 83.0 80.1 73.5 63.3 72.7
2-person carpool 22.9 730 95 275 145 100 90 25
                Row percent   100 13.0 37.7 19.9 13.7 12.3 3.4
               Column percent   12.9 7.0 13.7 14.8 11.8 34.7 11.4
3+ carpool 38.2 225 8 59 34 94 0 34
                Row percent   100 3.6 26.2 15.1 41.8 0.0 15.1
               Column percent   4.0 0.6 2.9 3.5 11.1 0.0 15.5
Bus or trolley bus 8.8 4 4 0 0 4 0 0
                Row percent   100 100.0 0.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 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 0.1 0.0 0.0
               Column percent   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bicycle or walked 12.3 155 125 4 0 20 0 4
                Row percent   100 80.6 2.6 0.0 12.9 0.0 2.6
               Column percent   2.7 9.2 0.2 0.0 2.4 0.0 1.8
All other modes1 18.7 44 15 8 15 4 4 0
                Row percent   100 34.1 18.2 34.1 9.1 9.1 0.0
               Column percent   0.8 1.1 0.4 1.5 0.5 1.5 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 Swain 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 5,860 170 1,445 4,240
Drove alone 4,520 80 1,010 3,425
2-person carpool 730 50 220 460
3-or-more-person carpool 225 4 90 135
Bus or trolley bus 4 0 4 4
Streetcar, trolley car, subway, or elevated, Railroad or Ferryboat 0 0 0 0
Bicycle or walked 155 20 70 65
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means 45 15 4 29
Worked at Home 180 0 50 130
TABLE 4.  SEX OF WORKER BY INDUSTRY1 AND OCCUPATON1
 (Universe = All Workers) All Workers Sex  
Male Female  
Workers 16 years and over 5,860 2,885 2,975  
Industry  
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining 75 75 4  
Construction 495 485 10  
Manufacturing 555 375 185  
Wholesale trade 100 90 10  
Retail trade 630 320 310  
Transportation and warehousing and utilities 150 110 40  
Information 65 10 55  
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 155 55 100  
Profess., scientific, management, administrative, waste management 170 100 70  
Educational, health and social services 1,395 260 1,140  
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 1,275 555 720  
Other services (except public administration) 320 230 90  
Public administration 470 220 250  
Armed forces 0 0 0  
Occupation  
Management 550 300 250  
Farmers and farm managers 20 20 0  
Business and financial operations specialists 95 15 80  
Computer and mathematical 4 4 0  
Architecture and engineering 90 90 4  
Life, physical and social science 25 0 25  
Community and social service 175 105 70  
Legal 15 15 0  
Education, training and library 355 90 265  
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 100 50 55  
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 255 60 195  
Healthcare support 190 10 180  
Protective service 160 125 35  
Food preparation and serving related 480 160 320  
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 350 130 220  
Personal care and service 270 95 175  
Sales and related 580 255 325  
Office and administrative support 790 200 595  
Farming, fishing, and forestry 4 4 0  
Construction and excavation 475 475 0  
Installation, maintenance and repairs 230 220 10  
Production 350 210 140  
Transportation and material moving 290 260 30  
Armed Forces 0 0 0