CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000)
Geographic Area: Working in Wheeler County, Texas
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 2,419 100 2,320 100 -99 -4.1
Sex              
Male 1,282 53.0 1,175 50.6 -107 -8.3
Female 1,137 47.0 1,145 49.4 8 0.7
Mode to work  
Drove alone 1,834 75.8 1,790 77.2 -44 -2.4
2-person carpool 222 9.2 280 12.1 58 26.1
3-or-more-person carpool 50 2.1 79 3.4 29 58.0
Bus or trolley bus 2 0.1 0 0.0 -2 -100.0
All other transit1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 **
Bicycle or walked 156 6.4 100 4.3 -56 -35.9
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other mode 74 3.1 30 1.3 -44 -59.5
Worked at home 81 3.3 40 1.7 -41 -50.6
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)
Less than 5 621 26.6 445 19.5 -176 -28.3
5 to 9 712 30.5 630 27.6 -82 -11.5
10 to 14 331 14.2 425 18.6 94 28.4
15 to 19 224 9.6 230 10.1 6 2.7
20 to 29 158 6.8 195 8.6 37 23.4
30 to 44 184 7.9 185 8.1 1 0.5
45- 59 29 1.2 38 1.7 9 31.0
60 or more 79 3.4 135 5.9 56 70.9
Mean travel time (minutes) 12.3 (X) 16.7 (X) 4.4 (X)
Median travel time (minutes) 8.8 (X) 10.2 (X) 1.4 (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  16.7 2,280 1,075 655 195 185 38 135
                Row percent   100 47.1 28.7 8.6 8.1 1.7 5.9
               Column percent   100 100 100 100 100 100 100
Drove alone 14.9 1,790 865 540 145 124 24 90
                Row percent   100 48.3 30.2 8.1 6.9 1.3 5.0
               Column percent   78.5 80.5 82.4 74.4 67.0 63.2 66.7
2-person carpool 18.8 280 105 75 34 55 8 4
                Row percent   100 37.5 26.8 12.1 19.6 2.9 1.4
               Column percent   12.3 9.8 11.5 17.4 29.7 21.1 3.0
3+ carpool 24.4 79 28 8 14 12 4 12
                Row percent   100 35.4 10.1 17.7 15.2 5.1 15.2
               Column percent   3.5 2.6 1.2 7.2 6.5 10.5 8.9
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 31.3 100 80 4 0 0 0 15
                Row percent   100 80.0 4.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.0
               Column percent   4.4 7.4 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.1
All other modes1 30.2 30 4 29 4 0 0 4
                Row percent   100 13.3 96.7 13.3 0.0 0.0 13.3
               Column percent   1.3 0.4 4.4 2.1 0.0 0.0 3.0
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 Wheeler County, Texas
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 2,320 30 530 1,755
Drove alone 1,790 10 375 1,405
2-person carpool 280 10 85 180
3-or-more-person carpool 80 8 4 58
Bus or trolley bus 0 0 0 0
Streetcar, trolley car, subway, or elevated, Railroad or Ferryboat 0 0 0 0
Bicycle or walked 100 4 50 44
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means 30 0 4 29
Worked at Home 40 0 10 34
TABLE 4.  SEX OF WORKER BY INDUSTRY1 AND OCCUPATON1
 (Universe = All Workers) All Workers Sex  
Male Female  
Workers 16 years and over 2,320 1,175 1,145  
Industry  
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and mining 410 370 40  
Construction 115 105 10  
Manufacturing 35 30 4  
Wholesale trade 105 85 25  
Retail trade 230 100 130  
Transportation and warehousing and utilities 85 55 25  
Information 60 45 15  
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing 90 15 70  
Profess., scientific, management, administrative, waste management 80 50 30  
Educational, health and social services 590 110 475  
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services 230 55 175  
Other services (except public administration) 170 80 90  
Public administration 120 65 55  
Armed forces 4 4 0  
Occupation  
Management 145 85 60  
Farmers and farm managers 185 170 15  
Business and financial operations specialists 20 10 10  
Computer and mathematical 10 10 0  
Architecture and engineering 4 4 0  
Life, physical and social science 10 10 4  
Community and social service 25 25 4  
Legal 15 10 4  
Education, training and library 160 40 115  
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media 20 10 10  
Healthcare practitioners and technicians 115 30 85  
Healthcare support 85 4 85  
Protective service 45 30 15  
Food preparation and serving related 205 45 160  
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance 145 65 80  
Personal care and service 75 4 75  
Sales and related 175 75 100  
Office and administrative support 340 45 290  
Farming, fishing, and forestry 95 85 10  
Construction and excavation 95 95 4  
Installation, maintenance and repairs 105 105 0  
Production 90 75 10  
Transportation and material moving 155 145 10  
Armed Forces 0 0 0