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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Sangamon County, Illinois

Download an Excel file* of this document: sangamon_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 178,386 188,951 x x
Total Persons in Household 175,573 185,617 189,438 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 90,944 96,474 97,005 2,423
Total Workers, Place of Work 102,862 112,045 113,187 3,123
Employment-Residence Ratio 1.13 1.16 1.17 0.06

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 102,862 100.0 112,045 100.0 NA 113,187 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 77,308 75.2 90,830 81.1 0.5 95,542 84.4 1.3 Yes
2-person carpool 13,992 13.6 11,605 10.4 0.4 9,165 8.1 1.2 Yes
3-person carpool 2,142 2.1 1,825 1.6 0.2 908 0.8 0.4 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 1,824 1.8 805 0.7 0.1 587 0.5 0.3 No
Public Transportation 1,609 1.6 1,513 1.4 0.1 1,008 0.9 0.5 No
Walked 2,713 2.6 2,015 1.8 0.2 1,572 1.4 0.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 941 0.9 920 0.8 0.1 1,041 0.9 0.4 No
Worked at home 2,333 2.3 2,530 2.3 0.2 3,364 3.0 0.9 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 100,529 100.0 109,515 100.0 NA 109,823 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 14,035 14.0 13,315 12.2 0.4 15,805 14.4 1.8 Yes
10 to 14 20,243 20.1 19,970 18.2 0.5 19,854 18.1 1.8 No
15 to 19 22,234 22.1 23,320 21.3 0.5 21,966 20.0 2.3 No
20 to 24 15,995 15.9 18,555 16.9 0.5 18,518 16.9 2.4 No
25 to 29 4,842 4.8 5,595 5.1 0.3 5,503 5.0 0.9 No
30 to 34 9,381 9.3 10,940 10.0 0.4 10,204 9.3 1.2 No
35 to 44 3,851 3.8 5,445 5.0 0.3 5,015 4.6 0.8 No
45 to 59 5,339 5.3 6,470 5.9 0.3 7,182 6.5 1.2 No
60 or more 4,609 4.6 5,910 5.4 0.3 5,776 5.3 1.2 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.6 (X) 22.9 (X) NA 21.6 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 100,529 100.0 109,515 100.0 NA 109,823 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,462 2.4 3,615 3.3 0.2 3,387 3.1 0.7 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,734 3.7 4,410 4.0 0.2 4,502 4.1 1.0 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,534 8.5 11,080 10.1 0.4 13,046 11.9 1.4 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 13,575 13.5 13,950 12.7 0.4 13,986 12.7 1.5 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 26,367 26.2 26,255 24.0 0.5 25,869 23.6 1.8 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 19,316 19.2 20,050 18.3 0.5 16,036 14.6 1.5 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 6,695 6.7 4,815 4.4 0.3 8,007 7.3 1.5 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 18,502 18.4 20,405 18.6 0.5 22,211 20.2 1.9 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,344 1.3 2,020 1.8 0.2 2,779 2.5 0.7 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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