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Wilkes County

QT-P23. Journey to Work: 2000

Subject Number Percent
     
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND CARPOOLING    
         Workers 16 and over 31,041 100.0%
Car, truck, or van 29,828 96.1%
      Drove alone 24,740 79.7%
      Carpooled 5,088 16.4%
        In 2-person carpool 3,601 11.6%
        In 3-person carpool 814 2.6%
        In 4-person carpool 284 0.9%
        In 5- or 6-person carpool 280 0.9%
        In 7-or-more-person carpool 109 0.4%
      Workers per car, truck, or van 1.11 (X)
Public transportation 15 0.0%
      Bus or trolley bus 15 0.0%
      Streetcar or trolley car (público in Puerto Rico) 0 0.0%
      Subway or elevated 0 0.0%
      Railroad 0 0.0%
      Ferryboat 0 0.0%
      Taxicab 0 0.0%
Motorcycle 17 0.1%
Bicycle 15 0.0%
Walked 289 0.9%
Other means 115 0.4%
Worked at home 762 2.5%
     
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK    
         Workers who did not work at home 30,279 100.0%
Less than 10 minutes 3,719 12.3%
10 to 14 minutes 5,089 16.8%
15 to 19 minutes 6,386 21.1%
20 to 24 minutes 5,085 16.8%
25 to 29 minutes 1,726 5.7%
30 to 34 minutes 3,440 11.4%
35 to 44 minutes 1,100 3.6%
45 to 59 minutes 1,507 5.0%
60 to 89 minutes 1,321 4.4%
90 or more minutes 906 3.0%
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 24.0 (X)
     
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK    
         Workers who did not work at home 30,279 100.0%
5:00 to 5:59 a.m. 2,674 8.8%
6:00 to 6:29 a.m. 3,693 12.2%
6:30 to 6:59 a.m. 3,562 11.8%
7:00 to 7:29 a.m. 4,782 15.8%
7:30 to 7:59 a.m. 5,724 18.9%
8:00 to 8:29 a.m. 2,580 8.5%
8:30 to 8:59 a.m. 800 2.6%
9:00 to 11:59 a.m. 1,287 4.3%
12:00 to 3:59 p.m. 1,924 6.4%
All other times 3,253 10.7%

 

Date: October 2, 2002

[Data based on a sample]
(X) Not applicable.
.Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P30, P31, P33, P34, and P35.
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