American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile
Geographic Area1:  Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Columbia, T
TABLE 1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS BY PLACE OF RESIDENCE, 1990, 2000, 2005
Selected Characteristics1 1990 2000 2005 ACS 2005 ACS    MOE 3
Persons in Household 1,070,715 1,343,053 1,459,401 *****4
Households   420,173 536,666 595,586 +/-4,960
Persons per household 2.55 2.50 2.45 *****
    Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons 1,103,028 1,381,287 na na
Total Employed2 557,450 703,264 740,939 *****
Workers at Work 549,027 690,091 721,487 +/-7,228
Mode to work1 1990 2000 2005 ACS
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent MOE (%)
Total Workers   549,027 100.0 690,091 100.0 721,487 100.0   ---
Drove alone   432,513 78.8 556,313 80.6 600,383 83.2 +/- 0.8
2-person carpool   62,201 11.3 70,461 10.2 55,764 7.7 +/- 0.6
3-person carpool   9,665 1.8 11,725 1.7 10,245 1.4 +/- 0.3
4-person carpool   3,166 0.6 4,363 0.6 3,079 0.4 +/- 0.2
5-or-6-person carpool   1,537 0.3 2,295 0.3 1,611 0.2 +/- 0.1
7-or-more-person carpool 1,581 0.3 1,274 0.2 1,921 0.3 +/- 0.1
Bus or trolley bus   8,058 1.5 5,555 0.8 4,944 0.7 +/- 0.2
Streetcar or trolley car   46 0.0 6 0.0 0 0.0 +/- 0.0
Subway or elevated   0 0.0 56 0.0 200 0.0 +/- 0.0
Railroad   7 0.0 7 0.0 72 0.0 +/- 0.0
Ferryboat   20 0.0 15 0.0 0 0.0 +/- 0.0
Bicycle   450 0.1 651 0.1 790 0.1 +/- 0.1
Walked   10,522 1.9 10,063 1.5 9,269 1.3 +/- 0.3
Taxicab   645 0.1 476 0.1 333 0.0 +/- 0.0
Motorcycle   582 0.1 457 0.1 822 0.1 +/- 0.1
Other means   3,462 0.6 4,571 0.7 6,858 1.0 +/- 0.3
Worked at home   14,572 2.7 21,803 3.2 25,196 3.5 +/- 0.4
Travel time to work  (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1
Workers (Did not work at home) 534,455 100.0 668,288 100.0 696,291 100.0   ---
Less than 5 minutes 15,501 2.9 14,807 2.2 17,868 2.6 +/- 0.4
5 to 9 52,723 9.9 58,820 8.8 62,172 8.9 +/- 0.7
10 to 14 77,783 14.6 88,499 13.2 86,691 12.5 +/- 0.7
15 to 19 96,417 18.0 105,489 15.8 108,630 15.6 +/- 0.9
20 to 29 120,451 22.5 147,293 22.0 155,139 22.3 +/- 0.9
30 to 44 108,467 20.3 151,005 22.6 158,747 22.8 +/- 0.8
45- 59 37,327 7.0 59,908 9.0 65,276 9.4 +/- 0.5
60 or more 25,786 4.8 42,467 6.4 41,768 6.0 +/- 0.6
Mean travel time (minutes) 22.8 (X) 26.1 (X) 25.5 (X) +/- 0.61
           
Departure Time to  Work1
Workers (Did not work at home) 534,455 100.0 668,288 100.0 696,291 100.0   ---
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 38,267 7.2 56,272 8.4 62,914 9.0 +/- 0.6
6:00 - 6:59 a.m. 135,999 25.4 162,360 24.3 169,942 24.4 +/- 0.9
7:00 - 7:59 a.m. 172,820 32.3 207,131 31.0 199,795 28.7 +/- 1.0
8:00 - 8:59 a.m. 64,843 12.1 80,668 12.1 89,411 12.8 +/- 0.8
9:00 - 10:59 a.m. 30,227 5.7 42,128 6.3 48,329 6.9 +/- 0.5
11:00 a.m. - 3:59 p.m. 42,854 8.0 50,671 7.6 51,874 7.5 +/- 0.6
4:00 p.m. - 4:59 a.m. 49,445 9.3 69,058 10.3 74,026 10.6 +/- 0.7
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:  Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Columbia, T
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 26.1 668,300 73,635 193,980 147,285 151,000 59,910 42,470
2005 25.5 696,291 80,040 195,321 155,139 158,747 65,276 41,768
2005 MOE +/-0.61 +/-8,160 +/-5,511 +/-8,134 +/-6,583 +/-6,192 +/-3,812 +/-4,143
Drove alone  2000 25.5 556,315 58,075 164,385 127,525 125,925 49,340 31,045
2005 25.1 600,383 66,504 170,032 136,693 139,100 56,139 31,915
2005 MOE +/-0.7 +/-8,525 +/-4,897 +/-7,256 +/-6,254 +/-5,457 +/-3,528 +/-3,742
2-person carpool 2000 28.4 70,460 6,315 19,415 14,565 17,124 7,144 5,885
2005 28.1 55,764 5,286 15,541 11,592 12,383 5,737 5,225
2005 MOE +/-3.67 +/-4,677 +/-1,486 +/-2,476 +/-2,049 +/-1,864 +/-1,384 +/-1,371
3+ carpool 2000 32.0 19,670 2,195 4,283 2,991 5,038 2,421 2,681
2005 31.7 16,856 1,129 3,402 3,716 4,364 2,185 2,060
2005 MOE +/-8.48 +/-3,019 +/-569 +/-1,026 +/-1,225 +/-1,702 +/-1,202 +/-677
Bus or trolley bus 2000 43.4 5,553 285 892 750 1,588 575 1,442
2005 33.8 4,944 SSS 1,060 SSS 1,472 589 967
2005 MOE +/-10.96 +/-1,106 SSS +/-565 SSS +/-760 +/-368 +/-461
All other transit3 2000 47.8 77 0 25 18 0 15 12
2005 SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS
2005 MOE SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS
All other modes4 2000 23.5 16,220 6,763 4,984 1,423 1,285 393 1,365
2005 22.9 18,072 6,760 5,286 2,643 1,428 626 1,329
2005 MOE +/-6.96 +/-2,729 +/-1,668 +/-1,404 +/-962 +/-741 +/-391 +/-619
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 26.1 100.0 11.0 29.0 22.0 22.6 9.0 6.4
2005 25.5 100.0 11.5 28.1 22.3 22.8 9.4 6.0
2005 MOE +/-0.61 ***** +/-1.2 +/-1.1 +/-1.2 +/-1.2 +/-1.2 +/-1.2
Drove alone  2000 25.5 100.0 10.4 29.5 22.9 22.6 8.9 5.6
2005 25.1 100.0 11.1 28.3 22.8 23.2 9.4 5.3
2005 MOE +/-0.7 ***** +/-1.4 +/-1.4 +/-1.4 +/-1.4 +/-1.4 +/-1.4
2-person carpool 2000 28.4 100.0 9.0 27.6 20.7 24.3 10.1 8.4
2005 28.1 100.0 9.5 27.9 20.8 22.2 10.3 9.4
2005 MOE +/-3.67 ***** +/-8.4 +/-8.3 +/-8.4 +/-8.4 +/-8.4 +/-8.4
3+ carpool 2000 32.0 100.0 11.2 21.8 15.2 25.6 12.3 13.6
2005 31.7 100.0 6.7 20.2 22.0 25.9 13.0 12.2
2005 MOE +/-8.48 ***** +/-17.9 +/-17.9 +/-17.8 +/-17.7 +/-17.9 +/-17.9
Bus or trolley bus 2000 43.4 100.0 5.1 16.1 13.5 28.6 10.4 26.0
2005 33.8 100.0 SSS 21.4 SSS 29.8 11.9 19.6
2005 MOE +/-10.96 ***** SSS +/-22.2 SSS +/-21.9 +/-22.4 +/-22.3
All other transit3 2000 47.8 100.0 0.0 32.5 23.4 0.0 19.5 15.6
2005 SSS 100.0 SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS
2005 MOE SSS ***** SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS
All other modes4 2000 23.5 100.0 41.7 30.7 8.8 7.9 2.4 8.4
2005 22.9 100.0 37.4 29.2 14.6 7.9 3.5 7.4
2005 MOE +/-6.96 ***** +/-14.7 +/-14.9 +/-15.1 +/-15.1 +/-15.1 +/-15.1
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.