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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: DuPage County, Illinois

Download an Excel file* of this document: dupage_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 781,666 904,161 x x
Total Persons in Household 771,807 889,048 913,781 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 425,284 469,373 462,238 6,263
Total Workers, Place of Work 433,250 534,550 546,815 11,579
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.02 1.14 1.18 0.05

W2. MODE TO WORK1

  1990 2000 2005 ACS Sig. Diff. In Percents2000-2005
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent MOE (%) Number Percent MOE (%)
Total Workers 433,250 100.0 534,550 100.0 NA 546,815 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 357,557 82.5 444,865 83.2 0.2 459,340 84.0 0.7 Yes
2-person carpool 37,369 8.6 40,320 7.5 0.2 40,932 7.5 0.7 No
3-person carpool 5,750 1.3 7,145 1.3 0.1 5,753 1.1 0.4 No
4-or-more-person carpool 4,040 0.9 5,120 1.0 0.1 4,297 0.8 0.2 No
Public Transportation 5,121 1.2 6,855 1.3 0.1 4,557 0.8 0.2 Yes
Walked 9,182 2.1 8,785 1.6 0.1 5,995 1.1 0.2 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 3,157 0.7 4,855 0.9 0.1 5,201 1.0 0.2 No
Worked at home 11,074 2.6 16,600 3.1 0.1 20,740 3.8 0.5 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 422,176 100.0 517,950 100.0 NA 526,075 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 51,733 12.3 51,810 10.0 0.2 48,500 9.2 0.7 Yes
10 to 14 57,215 13.6 62,310 12.0 0.2 53,874 10.2 0.7 Yes
15 to 19 62,397 14.8 66,105 12.8 0.2 61,615 11.7 0.7 Yes
20 to 24 59,413 14.1 68,785 13.3 0.2 73,360 13.9 0.9 No
25 to 29 25,898 6.1 31,345 6.1 0.2 30,865 5.9 0.6 No
30 to 34 61,242 14.5 76,690 14.8 0.2 80,658 15.3 1.0 No
35 to 44 34,104 8.1 47,105 9.1 0.2 53,678 10.2 0.7 Yes
45 to 59 40,118 9.5 59,175 11.4 0.2 64,950 12.3 0.9 No
60 or more 30,056 7.1 54,630 10.5 0.2 58,575 11.1 0.9 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 25.3 (X) 29.3 (X) NA 28.8 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 422,176 100.0 517,950 100.0 NA 526,075 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 15,452 3.7 24,560 4.7 0.1 30,044 5.7 0.6 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 20,479 4.9 28,750 5.6 0.2 30,307 5.8 0.6 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 45,402 10.8 52,195 10.1 0.2 51,527 9.8 0.8 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 55,530 13.2 62,830 12.1 0.2 62,840 11.9 0.7 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 76,470 18.1 86,900 16.8 0.2 81,175 15.4 1.0 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 65,167 15.4 78,135 15.1 0.2 75,547 14.4 0.7 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 39,922 9.5 38,600 7.5 0.2 49,398 9.4 0.8 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 98,343 23.3 125,585 24.2 0.3 131,749 25.0 1.2 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 5,411 1.3 10,050 1.9 0.1 13,488 2.6 0.5 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.

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Updated: 6/27/2017
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