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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Rock Island County, Illinois

Download an Excel file* of this document: rock_island_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 148,723 149,374 x x
Total Persons in Household 144,838 144,729 143,140 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 65,316 70,250 65,606 2,171
Total Workers, Place of Work 80,718 81,330 73,197 2,985
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.24 1.16 1.12 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 80,718 100.0 81,330 100.0 NA 73,197 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 65,075 80.6 68,255 83.9 0.5 62,420 85.3 1.6 No
2-person carpool 8,761 10.9 6,635 8.2 0.4 4,849 6.6 2.0 No
3-person carpool 1,216 1.5 725 0.9 0.1 956 1.3 0.9 No
4-or-more-person carpool 684 0.8 540 0.7 0.1 224 0.3 0.3 Yes
Public Transportation 752 0.9 1,074 1.3 0.2 391 0.5 0.4 Yes
Walked 2,190 2.7 1,875 2.3 0.2 1,556 2.1 0.9 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 664 0.8 685 0.8 0.1 1,099 1.5 0.8 No
Worked at home 1,376 1.7 1,530 1.9 0.2 1,702 2.3 0.8 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 79,342 100.0 79,800 100.0 NA 71,495 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 12,161 15.3 12,215 15.3 0.5 13,569 19.0 2.4 Yes
10 to 14 14,856 18.7 15,300 19.2 0.6 11,448 16.0 1.7 Yes
15 to 19 16,632 21.0 15,760 19.7 0.6 14,351 20.1 2.6 No
20 to 24 14,744 18.6 14,450 18.1 0.6 14,271 20.0 2.1 No
25 to 29 5,420 6.8 5,425 6.8 0.4 4,961 6.9 1.3 No
30 to 34 7,491 9.4 7,975 10.0 0.4 5,202 7.3 1.3 Yes
35 to 44 2,927 3.7 2,855 3.6 0.3 2,598 3.6 0.8 No
45 to 59 2,976 3.8 2,975 3.7 0.3 3,051 4.3 1.1 No
60 or more 2,135 2.7 2,835 3.6 0.3 2,044 2.9 0.8 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 19.2 (X) 20.5 (X) NA 19.0 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 79,342 100.0 79,800 100.0 NA 71,495 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 5,949 7.5 7,920 9.9 0.4 7,932 11.1 1.6 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 6,794 8.6 5,435 6.8 0.4 4,801 6.7 1.4 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 12,769 16.1 9,600 12.0 0.5 9,354 13.1 1.6 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 9,383 11.8 9,040 11.3 0.5 8,818 12.3 1.9 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 12,250 15.4 13,100 16.4 0.5 9,376 13.1 1.6 Yes
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 7,872 9.9 8,400 10.5 0.4 7,761 10.9 1.9 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 3,944 5.0 3,345 4.2 0.3 4,988 7.0 1.6 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 18,378 23.2 18,900 23.7 0.6 15,919 22.3 2.7 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 2,003 2.5 3,050 3.8 0.3 2,546 3.6 0.9 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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