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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Kane County, Illinois

Download an Excel file* of this document: kane_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 317,471 404,119 x x
Total Persons in Household 311,327 397,616 475,683 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 157,482 192,862 233,407 4,808
Total Workers, Place of Work 143,761 175,350 204,131 8,035
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.91 0.91 0.87 0.07

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 143,761 100.0 175,350 100.0 NA 204,131 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 113,303 78.8 141,055 80.4 0.5 166,199 81.4 0.8 Yes
2-person carpool 13,625 9.5 14,605 8.3 0.3 16,740 8.2 1.4 No
3-person carpool 2,359 1.6 2,710 1.5 0.1 2,440 1.2 0.6 No
4-or-more-person carpool 1,551 1.1 2,420 1.4 0.1 921 0.5 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 4,077 2.8 2,820 1.6 0.1 1,419 0.7 0.3 Yes
Walked 3,688 2.6 3,350 1.9 0.2 3,130 1.5 0.4 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 1,301 0.9 1,855 1.1 0.1 3,316 1.6 0.6 No
Worked at home 3,857 2.7 6,535 3.7 0.2 9,966 4.9 0.8 Yes
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 139,904 100.0 168,815 100.0 NA 194,165 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 24,875 17.8 24,690 14.6 0.4 24,786 12.8 1.6 Yes
10 to 14 26,264 18.8 27,330 16.2 0.4 27,176 14.0 1.6 Yes
15 to 19 25,343 18.1 27,465 16.3 0.4 31,066 16.0 1.6 No
20 to 24 19,503 13.9 22,810 13.5 0.4 27,820 14.3 1.4 No
25 to 29 7,445 5.3 10,355 6.1 0.3 11,139 5.7 1.1 No
30 to 34 14,914 10.7 20,790 12.3 0.4 25,761 13.3 1.7 No
35 to 44 6,656 4.8 10,840 6.4 0.3 13,991 7.2 1.0 No
45 to 59 7,885 5.6 11,780 7.0 0.3 18,649 9.6 1.2 Yes
60 or more 7,019 5.0 12,750 7.6 0.3 13,777 7.1 0.9 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.9 (X) 24.7 (X) NA 24.2 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 139,904 100.0 168,815 100.0 NA 194,165 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 7,250 5.2 10,830 6.4 0.3 12,263 6.3 1.0 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 8,482 6.1 10,740 6.4 0.3 12,883 6.6 1.1 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 18,890 13.5 20,020 11.9 0.4 23,767 12.2 1.5 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 17,466 12.5 19,975 11.8 0.4 23,024 11.9 1.4 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 23,665 16.9 27,210 16.1 0.4 25,060 12.9 1.2 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 17,804 12.7 20,235 12.0 0.4 21,314 11.0 1.3 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 10,075 7.2 9,525 5.6 0.3 13,080 6.7 0.8 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 33,306 23.8 42,730 25.3 0.5 57,915 29.8 2.7 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,966 2.1 4,825 2.9 0.2 4,859 2.5 0.6 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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