American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, NC-SC

TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, 1990, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

2005 ACS MOE³

Persons in Household

1,472,455

1,855,324

2,080,211

*****⁴

Households

567,784

727,184

822,150

+/-6,941

Persons per household

2.59

2.55

2.53

*****

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Total Persons

1,501,663

1,897,034

Total Employed²

783,953

953,179

1,019,342

*****

Workers at Work

770,766

934,987

988,543

+/-9,696

Mode to work¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

MOE (%)

Total Workers

770,766

100.0

934,987

100.0

988,543

100.0

---

Drove alone

603,243

78.3

756,844

80.9

798,831

80.8

+/-

0.7

2-person carpool

92,647

12.0

91,725

9.8

83,571

8.5

+/-

0.6

3-person carpool

16,680

2.2

18,138

1.9

17,679

1.8

+/-

0.3

4-person carpool

5,466

0.7

7,228

0.8

7,083

0.7

+/-

0.3

5-or-6-person carpool

2,152

0.3

4,184

0.4

5,399

0.5

+/-

0.2

7-or-more-person carpool

1,397

0.2

1,902

0.2

2,143

0.2

+/-

0.1

Bus or trolley bus

10,403

1.3

9,639

1.0

12,077

1.2

+/-

0.2

Streetcar or trolley car

0.0

118

0.0

+/-

0.0

Subway or elevated

0.0

+/-

0.0

Railroad

0.0

107

0.0

+/-

0.0

Ferryboat

0.0

+/-

0.0

Bicycle

903

0.1

1,050

0.1

1,178

0.1

+/-

0.0

Walked

15,797

2.0

11,349

1.2

11,685

1.2

+/-

0.2

Taxicab

1,064

0.1

926

0.1

1,230

0.1

+/-

0.1

Motorcycle

704

0.1

737

0.1

1,254

0.1

+/-

0.1

Other means

5,864

0.8

6,075

0.6

12,498

1.3

+/-

0.2

Worked at home

14,293

1.9

24,889

2.7

33,754

3.4

+/-

0.3

Travel time to work (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

756,473

100.0

910,098

100.0

954,789

100.0

---

Less than 5 minutes

21,265

2.8

21,526

2.4

27,604

2.9

+/-

0.4

5 to 9

82,647

10.9

78,412

8.6

92,868

9.7

+/-

0.6

10 to 14

123,683

16.3

129,243

14.2

130,584

13.7

+/-

0.7

15 to 19

141,403

18.7

148,366

16.3

149,200

15.6

+/-

0.7

20 to 29

168,022

22.2

198,909

21.9

209,460

21.9

+/-

0.7

30 to 44

144,670

19.1

197,772

21.7

206,748

21.7

+/-

0.9

45- 59

47,614

6.3

77,077

8.5

80,420

8.4

+/-

0.5

60 or more

27,169

3.6

58,793

6.5

57,905

6.1

+/-

0.5

Mean travel time (minutes)

21.4

(X)

25.9

(X)

24.9

(X)

+/-

0.54

Departure Time to Work¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

756,473

100.0

910,098

100.0

954,789

100.0

---

5:00 - 5:59 a.m.

41,089

5.4

59,514

6.5

70,212

7.4

+/-

0.5

6:00 - 6:59 a.m.

174,923

23.1

201,592

22.2

212,448

22.3

+/-

0.9

7:00 - 7:59 a.m.

247,086

32.7

303,970

33.4

283,930

29.7

+/-

0.8

8:00 - 8:59 a.m.

116,196

15.4

134,263

14.8

150,181

15.7

+/-

0.7

9:00 - 10:59 a.m.

41,706

5.5

56,264

6.2

70,167

7.3

+/-

0.4

11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m.

62,033

8.2

65,553

7.2

68,581

7.2

+/-

0.5

4:00 p.m. - 4:59 a.m.

73,440

9.7

88,942

9.8

99,270

10.4

+/-

0.6

Notes:

1. Please read notes.htm

2. Total Employed includes Civilian Employed and those working in the Armed Forces.

3. MOE: Margin of Error. Please see notes.htm. MOE could not be calculated for Total Employed.

4. ***** Cannot be calculated.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau - 1990 STF1, 1990 STF3, 2000 SF1, 2000 SF3, 2005 ACS.

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury, NC-SC

TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, 2000 & 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)²

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/more minutes

Total

2000

25.9

910,100

99,935

277,610

198,900

197,780

77,070

58,810

2005

24.9

954,789

120,472

279,784

209,460

206,748

80,420

57,905

2005 MOE

+/-0.54

+/-9,597

+/-6,875

+/-9,372

+/-7,414

+/-8,725

+/-4,988

+/-4,582

Drove alone

2000

25.3

756,850

80,530

234,005

171,875

164,585

63,305

42,525

2005

24.3

798,831

99,832

237,378

179,946

174,587

66,388

40,700

2005 MOE

+/-0.55

+/-10,242

+/-6,479

+/-8,167

+/-6,733

+/-7,077

+/-4,673

+/-3,236

2-person carpool

2000

27.2

91,725

9,255

28,225

18,270

20,585

8,269

7,080

2005

25.2

83,571

9,658

26,097

17,513

17,636

7,138

5,529

2005 MOE

+/-2.78

+/-5,739

+/-2,498

+/-3,204

+/-2,748

+/-3,453

+/-1,415

+/-1,263

3+ carpool

2000

33.1

31,455

2,332

7,840

5,468

8,026

3,655

4,162

2005

35.6

32,304

1,331

6,348

6,444

8,323

3,986

5,872

2005 MOE

+/-8.36

+/-4,312

+/-597

+/-1,635

+/-1,526

+/-2,227

+/-1,416

+/-2,076

Bus or trolley bus

2000

46.1

9,654

217

1,055

1,329

2,552

1,353

3,125

2005

41.6

12,077

SSS

1,311

1,749

3,336

1,996

3,459

2005 MOE

+/-9.7

+/-1,956

SSS

+/-718

+/-794

+/-1,196

+/-771

+/-1,030

All other transit³

2000

42.4

300

2005

SSS

2005 MOE

SSS

All other modes⁴

2000

23.8

20,135

7,598

6,433

1,921

1,946

438

1,802

2005

22.2

27,845

9,425

8,581

3,765

2,817

912

2,345

2005 MOE

+/-5.12

+/-3,081

+/-1,708

+/-1,775

+/-1,262

+/-1,227

+/-439

+/-961

TABLE 2. MODE TO WORK BY TRAVEL TIME, PERCENT OF WORKERS, 2000 and 2005

(Universe = Workers who did not work at home)

Percent of Workers

Mean travel time (mins.)¹

Total

Less than 10 minutes

10 to 19 minutes

20 to 29 minutes

30 to 44 minutes

45 -59 minutes

60/more minutes

Total

2000

25.9

100.0

11.0

30.5

21.9

21.7

8.5

6.5

2005

24.9

100.0

12.6

29.3

21.9

21.7

8.4

6.1

2005 MOE

+/-0.54

*****

+/-1.0

Drove alone

2000

25.3

100.0

10.6

30.9

22.7

21.7

8.4

5.6

2005

24.3

100.0

12.5

29.7

22.5

21.9

8.3

5.1

2005 MOE

+/-0.55

*****

+/-1.3

+/-1.2

+/-1.3

2-person carpool

2000

27.2

100.0

10.1

30.8

19.9

22.4

9.0

7.7

2005

25.2

100.0

11.6

31.2

21.0

21.1

8.5

6.6

2005 MOE

+/-2.78

*****

+/-6.9

+/-6.8

+/-6.9

3+ carpool

2000

33.1

100.0

7.4

24.9

17.4

25.5

11.6

13.2

2005

35.6

100.0

4.1

19.7

19.9

25.8

12.3

18.2

2005 MOE

+/-8.36

*****

+/-13.3

+/-13.2

+/-13.3

Bus or trolley bus

2000

46.1

100.0

2.2

10.9

13.8

26.4

14.0

32.4

2005

41.6

100.0

SSS

10.9

14.5

27.6

16.5

28.6

2005 MOE

+/-9.7

*****

SSS

+/-16.2

+/-16.0

+/-16.2

+/-16.0

All other transit³

2000

42.4

100.0

4.7

13.3

7.3

33.0

20.0

25.0

2005

SSS

100.0

SSS

2005 MOE

SSS

*****

SSS

All other modes⁴

2000

23.8

100.0

37.7

31.9

9.5

9.7

2.2

8.9

2005

22.2

100.0

33.8

30.8

13.5

10.1

3.3

8.4

2005 MOE

+/-5.12

*****

+/-10.9

+/-11.0

+/-11.1

Notes:

1. Please read notes.htm

2. ACS did not include group quarter population. For more information, please read notes.htm

3. Includes streetcar/trolley car, subway/elevated, railroad, and ferryboat.

4. Includes bicycle, walk, motorcycle, taxicab, or other means.

SSS: Not shown because weighted total by mode is less than 500.

***** Cannot be calculated.