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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Evanston city, Illinois

Download an Excel file* of this document: evanston_city_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 73,233 74,239 x x
Total Persons in Household 64,472 67,275 62,258 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 39,597 37,655 32,165 2,642
Total Workers, Place of Work 43,653 43,245 41,697 3,348
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.10 1.15 1.30 0.19

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 43,653 100.0 43,245 100.0 NA 41,697 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 24,227 55.5 26,190 60.6 1.1 25,675 61.6 3.5 No
2-person carpool 3,996 9.2 3,420 7.9 0.6 3,187 7.6 2.1 No
3-person carpool 552 1.3 450 1.0 0.2 800 1.9 1.1 No
4-or-more-person carpool 296 0.7 300 0.7 0.2 85 0.2 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 6,153 14.1 5,090 11.8 0.7 6,697 16.1 4.4 No
Walked 5,737 13.1 4,485 10.4 0.7 2,623 6.3 1.8 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,033 2.4 1,010 2.3 0.3 651 1.6 0.9 No
Worked at home 1,659 3.8 2,295 5.3 0.5 1,979 4.7 1.4 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 41,994 100.0 40,950 100.0 NA 39,718 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 6,414 15.3 4,815 11.8 0.8 4,897 12.3 2.6 No
10 to 14 6,382 15.2 5,925 14.5 0.8 4,815 12.1 2.4 No
15 to 19 6,441 15.3 5,715 14.0 0.8 5,648 14.2 2.9 No
20 to 24 4,681 11.1 4,865 11.9 0.8 2,978 7.5 2.2 Yes
25 to 29 2,070 4.9 1,895 4.6 0.5 706 1.8 0.8 Yes
30 to 34 5,511 13.1 5,430 13.3 0.8 6,486 16.3 3.8 No
35 to 44 3,078 7.3 2,720 6.6 0.6 2,592 6.5 1.8 No
45 to 59 3,649 8.7 4,520 11.0 0.7 6,184 15.6 4.0 Yes
60 or more 3,768 9.0 5,075 12.4 0.8 5,412 13.6 3.1 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) 41,994 100.0 40,950 100.0 NA 39,718 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 849 2.0 1,215 3.0 0.4 2,013 5.1 2.2 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 1,358 3.2 1,685 4.1 0.5 2,209 5.6 2.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 3,276 7.8 2,865 7.0 0.6 3,689 9.3 3.5 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 4,345 10.3 3,600 8.8 0.7 3,113 7.8 3.0 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 6,905 16.4 5,665 13.8 0.8 5,392 13.6 3.3 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 7,321 17.4 6,895 16.8 0.9 6,687 16.8 3.0 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 5,118 12.2 4,470 10.9 0.7 4,181 10.5 1.9 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 12,467 29.7 12,875 31.4 1.1 11,813 29.7 4.3 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 355 0.8 595 1.5 0.3 621 1.6 1.2 No

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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