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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Lake County, Illinois

Download an Excel file* of this document: lake_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 516,418 644,356 x x
Total Persons in Household 495,311 623,378 684,726 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 270,244 317,442 327,738 4,535
Total Workers, Place of Work 245,165 326,165 334,702 7,154
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.91 1.03 1.02 0.04

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 245,165 100.0 326,165 100.0 NA 334,702 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 183,853 75.0 254,990 78.2 0.3 273,496 81.7 1.0 Yes
2-person carpool 23,993 9.8 26,500 8.1 0.2 25,087 7.5 0.9 No
3-person carpool 3,522 1.4 5,380 1.6 0.1 3,824 1.1 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 2,645 1.1 3,910 1.2 0.1 2,222 0.7 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 3,366 1.4 5,740 1.8 0.1 6,110 1.8 0.4 No
Walked 16,655 6.8 9,965 3.1 0.1 3,880 1.2 0.4 Yes
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 2,702 1.1 6,390 2.0 0.1 5,925 1.8 0.4 No
Worked at home 8,429 3.4 13,295 4.1 0.2 14,158 4.2 0.6 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 236,736 100.0 312,870 100.0 NA 320,544 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 40,170 17.0 37,855 12.1 0.3 35,176 11.0 1.0 Yes
10 to 14 33,405 14.1 36,680 11.7 0.3 34,286 10.7 0.8 Yes
15 to 19 33,182 14.0 37,570 12.0 0.3 37,580 11.7 0.9 No
20 to 24 31,498 13.3 40,380 12.9 0.3 38,571 12.0 1.0 No
25 to 29 14,611 6.2 19,100 6.1 0.2 18,940 5.9 0.7 No
30 to 34 31,773 13.4 44,685 14.3 0.3 47,798 14.9 1.2 No
35 to 44 18,268 7.7 28,415 9.1 0.2 31,658 9.9 0.9 No
45 to 59 19,462 8.2 36,485 11.7 0.3 38,989 12.2 1.0 No
60 or more 14,367 6.1 31,695 10.1 0.3 37,546 11.7 1.0 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 23.6 (X) 28.9 (X) NA 28.7 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 236,736 100.0 312,870 100.0 NA 320,544 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 11,807 5.0 20,095 6.4 0.2 17,415 5.4 0.7 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 15,627 6.6 19,490 6.2 0.2 20,484 6.4 0.7 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 30,843 13.0 34,330 11.0 0.3 36,688 11.4 0.9 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 31,908 13.5 42,765 13.7 0.3 42,844 13.4 0.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 38,995 16.5 49,405 15.8 0.3 45,920 14.3 1.0 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 32,222 13.6 41,800 13.4 0.3 41,748 13.0 0.8 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 18,636 7.9 21,165 6.8 0.2 28,596 8.9 0.9 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 51,970 22.0 67,705 21.6 0.4 78,945 24.6 1.4 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 4,728 2.0 10,705 3.4 0.2 7,904 2.5 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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