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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

By Place of Work

Geographic Area1: Will County, Illinois

Download an Excel file* of this document: will_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 357,313 502,266 x x
Total Persons in Household 348,652 492,605 634,183 x
Total Workers, Place of Residence 170,245 241,887 311,433 6,633
Total Workers, Place of Work 110,231 160,835 203,134 8,343
Employment-Residence Ratio 0.65 0.66 0.65 0.05

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 110,231 100.0 160,835 100.0 NA 203,134 100.0 NA NA
Drove alone 89,009 80.7 132,435 82.3 0.5 166,199 81.8 1.6 No
2-person carpool 10,162 9.2 12,565 7.8 0.3 15,643 7.7 1.1 No
3-person carpool 1,579 1.4 2,190 1.4 0.1 3,942 1.9 0.8 No
4-or-more-person carpool 694 0.6 1,300 0.8 0.1 873 0.4 0.2 Yes
Public Transportation 1,359 1.2 1,145 0.7 0.1 884 0.4 0.3 No
Walked 2,896 2.6 2,650 1.6 0.2 3,015 1.5 0.5 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 836 0.8 1,510 0.9 0.1 2,205 1.1 0.6 No
Worked at home 3,696 3.4 7,035 4.4 0.2 10,373 5.1 0.8 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 106,535 100.0 153,800 100.0 NA 192,761 100.0 NA NA
Less than 10 minutes 19,153 18.0 24,465 15.9 0.4 28,318 14.7 1.2 No
10 to 14 19,505 18.3 24,175 15.7 0.4 27,058 14.0 1.6 Yes
15 to 19 18,705 17.6 24,035 15.6 0.4 28,892 15.0 1.5 No
20 to 24 15,462 14.5 20,700 13.5 0.4 26,278 13.6 1.3 No
25 to 29 6,256 5.9 9,405 6.1 0.3 9,620 5.0 0.8 Yes
30 to 34 11,234 10.5 18,550 12.1 0.4 24,137 12.5 1.4 No
35 to 44 5,739 5.4 10,060 6.5 0.3 15,889 8.2 1.1 Yes
45 to 59 5,551 5.2 11,070 7.2 0.3 16,015 8.3 1.5 No
60 or more 4,930 4.6 11,335 7.4 0.3 16,554 8.6 1.5 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.7 (X) 24.5 (X) NA 24.3 (X) 0.0 NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 106,535 100.0 153,800 100.0 NA 192,761 100.0 NA NA
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 5,186 4.9 11,035 7.2 0.3 13,443 7.0 1.1 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 6,884 6.5 10,755 7.0 0.3 17,162 8.9 1.4 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 13,952 13.1 18,985 12.3 0.4 21,442 11.1 1.3 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 13,460 12.6 17,605 11.4 0.4 22,194 11.5 1.3 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 16,537 15.5 22,125 14.4 0.4 25,071 13.0 1.8 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 12,698 11.9 16,710 10.9 0.4 18,910 9.8 1.1 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 7,431 7.0 9,160 6.0 0.3 12,907 6.7 1.1 No
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 28,455 26.7 41,245 26.8 0.5 55,634 28.9 1.9 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,932 1.8 4,720 3.1 0.2 5,998 3.1 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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