CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in Kent County, Rhode Island
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 68,894 100 74,680 100 5,786 8.4
Sex              
Male 35,233 51.1 37,875 50.7 2,642 7.5
Female 33,661 48.9 36,805 49.3 3,144 9.3
Mode to work  
Drove alone 59,116 85.8 63,620 85.2 4,504 7.6
2-person carpool 5,535 8.0 6,235 8.3 700 12.6
3-or-more-person carpool 904 1.3 1,070 1.4 166 18.4
Bus or trolley bus 389 0.6 495 0.7 106 27.2
All other transit1 30 0.0 24 0.0 -6 -20.0
Bicycle or walked 1,299 1.9 1,215 1.6 -84 -6.5
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other mode 334 0.5 500 0.7 166 49.7
Worked at home 1,287 1.9 1,515 2.0 228 17.7
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
Less than 5 2,310 3.4 2,005 2.7 -305 -13.2
5 to 9 9,745 14.4 7,875 10.8 -1,870 -19.2
10 to 14 13,456 19.9 14,200 19.4 744 5.5
15 to 19 15,243 22.5 14,805 20.2 -438 -2.9
20 to 29 15,117 22.4 18,320 25.0 3,203 21.2
30 to 44 8,612 12.7 11,115 15.2 2,503 29.1
45- 59 1,993 2.9 2,620 3.6 627 31.5
60 or more 1,131 1.7 2,220 3.0 1,089 96.3
Mean travel time (minutes) 17.7 (X) 20.6 (X) 2.9 (X)
Median travel time (minutes) 17.7 (X) 15.9 (X) -1.8 (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  20.6 73,165 9,880 29,005 18,320 11,115 2,620 2,220
                Row percent   100 13.5 39.6 25.0 15.2 3.6 3.0
               Column percent   100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Drove alone 20.4 63,620 8,240 25,580 16,230 9,625 2,170 1,775
                Row percent   100 13.0 40.2 25.5 15.1 3.4 2.8
               Column percent   87.0 83.4 88.2 88.6 86.6 82.8 80.0
2-person carpool 20.9 6,235 810 2,400 1,535 1,035 260 185
                Row percent   100 13.0 38.5 24.6 16.6 4.2 3.0
               Column percent   8.5 8.2 8.3 8.4 9.3 9.9 8.3
3+ carpool 26.7 1,070 125 320 265 224 64 70
                Row percent   100 11.7 29.9 24.8 20.9 6.0 6.5
               Column percent   1.5 1.3 1.1 1.4 2.0 2.4 3.2
Bus or trolley bus 36.2 495 35 110 120 70 75 94
                Row percent   100 7.1 22.2 24.2 14.1 15.2 19.0
               Column percent   0.7 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.6 2.9 4.2
All other transit1 39.6 24 0 10 0 0 0 15
                Row percent   100 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2
               Column percent   0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
Bicycle or walked 14.8 1,215 595 370 100 100 19 30
                Row percent   100 49.0 30.5 8.2 8.2 1.6 2.5
               Column percent   1.7 6.0 1.3 0.5 0.9 0.7 1.4
All other modes1 29.0 500 69 225 70 60 25 59
                Row percent   100 13.8 45.0 14.0 12.0 5.0 11.8
               Column percent   0.7 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.5 1.0 2.7
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 Kent County, Rhode Island
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 74,100 2,040 14,395 57,670
Drove alone 63,290 1,175 11,275 50,845
2-person carpool 6,175 305 1,780 4,085
3-or-more-person carpool 1,050 60 450 529
Bus or trolley bus 475 125 170 179
Streetcar, trolley car, subway, or elevated, Railroad or Ferryboat 25 0 14 10
Bicycle or walked 1,080 230 300 555
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means 495 105 110 280
Worked at Home 1,515 40 290 1,185
TABLE 4.  SEX OF WORKER BY INDUSTRY1 AND OCCUPATON1
 (Universe = All Workers) All Workers Sex  
Male Female  
Workers 16 years and over 74,680 37,875 36,805  
Industry  
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining 245 210 35  
Construction 4,030 3,580 450  
Manufacturing 11,820 7,640 4,180  
Wholesale trade 2,500 1,710 790  
Retail trade 12,190 5,990 6,200  
Transportation and warehousing and utilities 3,870 2,790 1,080  
Information 1,405 750 660  
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 6,880 2,550 4,330  
Profess., scientific, management, administrative, waste management 5,315 2,975 2,340  
Educational, health and social services 13,345 2,930 10,410  
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 7,030 3,410 3,620  
Other services (except public administration) 3,845 1,875 1,970  
Public administration 2,085 1,360 725  
Armed forces 125 110 15  
Occupation  
Management 5,850 3,710 2,140  
Farmers and farm managers 70 55 10  
Business and financial operations specialists 3,255 1,505 1,750  
Computer and mathematical 1,345 900 445  
Architecture and engineering 1,575 1,345 230  
Life, physical and social science 420 220 200  
Community and social service 905 280 630  
Legal 540 330 210  
Education, training and library 4,110 1,075 3,035  
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 1,085 420 670  
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 3,105 715 2,390  
Healthcare support 1,550 110 1,440  
Protective service 1,340 1,120 225  
Food preparation and serving related 4,710 2,200 2,510  
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 2,050 1,395 655  
Personal care and service 2,230 465 1,765  
Sales and related 10,905 5,400 5,505  
Office and administrative support 12,600 2,955 9,645  
Farming, fishing, and forestry 215 190 25  
Construction and excavation 2,945 2,875 65  
Installation, maintenance and repairs 2,710 2,635 75  
Production 6,990 4,395 2,595  
Transportation and material moving 4,130 3,535 595  
Armed Forces 50 50 0