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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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By Place of Work


Geographic Area1: McHenry County, Illinois


Download an Excel file* of this document: mchenry_county_illinois.xls.

W1. SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS, 1990, 2000, 2005

Selected Characteristics1 1990 2000 2005 ACS 2005 ACS
MOE3
  Includes GQ Pop Does not include GQ Pop
Total Persons 183,241 260,077 x x
Total Persons in Household 181,595 258,558 302,471 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 93,876 133,257 149,936 3,563
Total Workers, Place of Work 64,998 96,640 103,776 5,186
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.69 0.73 0.69 0.06

W2. MODE TO WORK1

  1990 2000 2005 ACS Sig. Diff.
in Number
2000-2005
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent MOE Number Percent MOE
Total Workers 64,998 100.0 96,640 100.0 1,178 103,776 100.0 5,186 Yes
Drove alone 50,537 77.8 77,330 80.0 1,115 86,262 83.1 5,198 Yes
2-person carpool 6,466 9.9 8,175 8.5 426 7,064 6.8 1,525 No
3-person carpool 1,209 1.9 1,720 1.8 198 721 0.7 485 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 821 1.3 955 1.0 148 921 0.9 1,161 No
Public Transportation 556 0.9 925 1.0 145 404 0.4 263 Yes
Walked 1,700 2.6 1,660 1.7 194 1,218 1.2 608 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 366 0.6 815 0.8 136 1,159 1.1 623 No
Worked at home 3,343 5.1 5,055 5.2 337 6,027 5.8 1,027 No
 

W3. TRAVEL TIME TO WORK (Universe = Workers who did not work at home)1

Workers (Did not work at home) 61,655 100.0 91,585 100.0 1,165 97,749 100.0 5,189 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 13,884 22.5 16,800 18.3 599 17,201 17.6 1,843 No
10 to 14 10,642 17.3 14,925 16.3 567 17,581 18.0 1,869 Yes
15 to 19 9,201 14.9 13,040 14.2 532 12,974 13.3 1,607 No
20 to 24 8,425 13.7 12,305 13.4 518 13,356 13.7 2,113 No
25 to 29 3,443 5.6 5,340 5.8 346 6,312 6.5 1,544 No
30 to 34 6,109 9.9 9,810 10.7 465 12,263 12.5 2,589 No
35 to 44 3,085 5.0 5,540 6.0 352 5,032 5.1 1,050 No
45 to 59 3,651 5.9 6,750 7.4 388 7,313 7.5 1,365 No
60 or more 3,215 5.2 7,070 7.7 397 5,717 5.8 1,264 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.7 (X) 24.2 (X) NA 21.7 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 61,655 100.0 91,585 100.0 1,165 97,749 100.0 5,189 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 3,717 6.0 6,750 7.4 388 6,436 6.6 1,518 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,885 6.3 5,880 6.4 363 6,861 7.0 1,574 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,974 14.6 10,625 11.6 483 13,373 13.7 1,802 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 8,341 13.5 10,970 12.0 490 12,361 12.6 2,004 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 9,968 16.2 13,230 14.4 536 13,301 13.6 1,844 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 6,937 11.3 10,175 11.1 473 9,614 9.8 1,556 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 4,197 6.8 5,180 5.7 341 6,342 6.5 1,274 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 14,184 23.0 24,030 26.2 706 23,311 23.8 2,624 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,452 2.4 4,195 4.6 307 6,150 6.3 1,876 Yes

Notes:
1. Please read notes.cfm
2. Total Employed includes Civilian Employed and those working in the Armed Forces.
3. MOE: Margin of Error. Please see notes.cfm. MOE could not be calculated for Total Employed.
4. x: Cannot be calculated. NA: Not calculated.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau - 1990 STF1, 1990 STF3, 1990 CTPP, 2000 CTPP, 2000 SF1, 2000 SF3, and 2005 ACS.

Updated: 6/27/2017
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