American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile

Geographic Area¹:

Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC

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

Selected Characteristics¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

2005 ACS MOE³

Persons in Household

915,267

1,268,792

1,459,927

*****⁴

Households

371,079

508,982

584,571

+/-5,113

Persons per household

2.47

2.49

2.50

*****

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Total Persons

953,547

1,314,589

Total Employed²

515,872

687,147

757,111

*****

Workers at Work

507,603

674,605

737,011

+/-7,562

Mode to work¹

1990

2000

2005 ACS

Includes GQ pop

Does not include GQ Pop

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

MOE (%)

Total Workers

507,603

100.0

674,605

100.0

737,011

100.0

---

Drove alone

391,511

77.1

529,867

78.5

589,076

79.9

+/-

0.9

2-person carpool

58,296

11.5

63,662

9.4

63,051

8.6

+/-

0.7

3-person carpool

9,726

1.9

14,769

2.2

11,383

1.5

+/-

0.3

4-person carpool

3,610

0.7

5,863

0.9

7,465

1.0

+/-

0.3

5-or-6-person carpool

1,555

0.3

3,456

0.5

1,523

0.2

+/-

0.1

7-or-more-person carpool

991

0.2

1,429

0.2

1,293

0.2

+/-

0.1

Bus or trolley bus

7,527

1.5

9,290

1.4

10,568

1.4

+/-

0.3

Streetcar or trolley car

0.0

+/-

0.0

Subway or elevated

0.0

175

0.0

+/-

0.0

Railroad

0.0

+/-

0.0

Ferryboat

0.0

+/-

0.0

Bicycle

1,897

0.4

2,260

0.3

2,157

0.3

+/-

0.1

Walked

14,763

2.9

14,822

2.2

10,163

1.4

+/-

0.3

Taxicab

677

0.1

1,079

0.2

320

0.0

+/-

0.0

Motorcycle

1,118

0.2

724

0.1

1,436

0.2

+/-

0.1

Other means

3,833

0.8

4,578

0.7

6,985

0.9

+/-

0.3

Worked at home

11,937

2.4

22,571

3.3

31,309

4.2

+/-

0.4

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

Workers (Did not work at home)

495,666

100.0

652,034

100.0

705,702

100.0

---

Less than 5 minutes

15,063

3.0

15,022

2.3

19,735

2.8

+/-

0.4

5 to 9

54,783

11.1

55,928

8.6

59,291

8.4

+/-

0.6

10 to 14

82,957

16.7

89,591

13.7

95,075

13.5

+/-

0.7

15 to 19

99,168

20.0

107,965

16.6

115,737

16.4

+/-

0.8

20 to 29

116,459

23.5

149,911

23.0

172,435

24.4

+/-

1.0

30 to 44

87,398

17.6

145,533

22.3

154,586

21.9

+/-

1.0

45- 59

25,694

5.2

51,335

7.9

51,905

7.4

+/-

0.6

60 or more

14,144

2.9

36,749

5.6

36,938

5.2

+/-

0.6

Mean travel time (minutes)

20.5

(X)

25.3

(X)

24.6

(X)

+/-

0.65

Departure Time to Work¹

Workers (Did not work at home)

495,666

100.0

652,034

100.0

705,702

100.0

---

5:00 - 5:59 a.m.

18,966

3.8

33,273

5.1

38,180

5.4

+/-

0.6

6:00 - 6:59 a.m.

93,346

18.8

126,718

19.4

138,592

19.6

+/-

0.9

7:00 - 7:59 a.m.

184,929

37.3

227,615

34.9

223,609

31.7

+/-

1.0

8:00 - 8:59 a.m.

93,844

18.9

121,831

18.7

142,733

20.2

+/-

1.0

9:00 - 10:59 a.m.

30,908

6.2

51,066

7.8

64,539

9.1

+/-

0.7

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

34,823

7.0

40,928

6.3

44,144

6.3

+/-

0.6

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

38,850

7.8

50,603

7.8

53,905

7.6

+/-

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:

Raleigh-Durham-Cary, NC

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

25.3

652,035

70,955

197,555

149,920

145,525

51,325

36,745

2005

24.6

705,702

79,026

210,812

172,435

154,586

51,905

36,938

2005 MOE

+/-0.65

+/-7,755

+/-5,544

+/-7,756

+/-7,391

+/-6,993

+/-4,498

+/-4,176

Drove alone

2000

24.8

529,870

54,470

161,300

127,650

119,825

41,060

25,545

2005

24.1

589,076

64,363

179,503

147,698

128,612

43,138

25,762

2005 MOE

+/-0.77

+/-8,975

+/-4,594

+/-7,503

+/-6,796

+/-6,519

+/-3,890

+/-3,577

2-person carpool

2000

26.9

63,660

5,855

19,500

13,130

14,605

6,065

4,514

2005

26.3

63,051

5,191

16,897

15,537

15,961

4,869

4,596

2005 MOE

+/-3.25

+/-5,119

+/-1,340

+/-2,379

+/-2,503

+/-2,257

+/-1,323

+/-1,413

3+ carpool

2000

31.7

25,520

1,960

6,194

4,525

6,937

2,759

3,147

2005

32.1

21,664

1,584

5,072

4,704

4,797

2,520

2,987

2005 MOE

+/-7.21

+/-3,228

+/-808

+/-1,614

+/-1,511

+/-1,580

+/-1,101

+/-1,051

Bus or trolley bus

2000

35.3

9,285

448

2,257

1,609

2,109

943

1,903

2005

31.0

10,568

542

3,237

1,825

2,894

SSS

1,725

2005 MOE

+/-9.83

+/-1,965

+/-321

+/-995

+/-745

+/-1,036

SSS

+/-812

All other transit³

2000

32.9

239

2005

SSS

2005 MOE

SSS

All other modes⁴

2000

21.0

23,460

8,220

8,295

2,887

2,043

451

1,552

2005

22.9

21,061

7,243

6,103

2,671

2,250

1,033

1,761

2005 MOE

+/-5.86

+/-2,850

+/-1,594

+/-1,411

+/-1,051

+/-976

+/-612

+/-766

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

25.3

100.0

10.9

30.3

23.0

22.3

7.9

5.6

2005

24.6

100.0

11.2

29.9

24.4

21.9

7.4

5.2

2005 MOE

+/-0.65

*****

+/-1.1

+/-1.0

+/-1.1

Drove alone

2000

24.8

100.0

10.3

30.4

24.1

22.6

7.7

4.8

2005

24.1

100.0

10.9

30.5

25.1

21.8

7.3

4.4

2005 MOE

+/-0.77

*****

+/-1.5

2-person carpool

2000

26.9

100.0

9.2

30.6

20.6

22.9

9.5

7.1

2005

26.3

100.0

8.2

26.8

24.6

25.3

7.7

7.3

2005 MOE

+/-3.25

*****

+/-8.1

3+ carpool

2000

31.7

100.0

7.7

24.3

17.7

27.2

10.8

12.3

2005

32.1

100.0

7.3

23.4

21.7

22.1

11.6

13.8

2005 MOE

+/-7.21

*****

+/-14.9

+/-14.8

+/-14.9

Bus or trolley bus

2000

35.3

100.0

4.8

24.3

17.3

22.7

10.2

20.5

2005

31.0

100.0

5.1

30.6

17.3

27.4

SSS

16.3

2005 MOE

+/-9.83

*****

+/-18.6

+/-18.4

+/-18.6

+/-18.4

SSS

+/-18.6

All other transit³

2000

32.9

100.0

4.2

10.9

37.7

14.2

12.1

15.9

2005

SSS

100.0

SSS

2005 MOE

SSS

*****

SSS

All other modes⁴

2000

21.0

100.0

35.0

35.4

12.3

8.7

1.9

6.6

2005

22.9

100.0

34.4

29.0

12.7

10.7

4.9

8.4

2005 MOE

+/-5.86

*****

+/-13.3

+/-13.4

+/-13.5

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.