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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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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 Number
2000-2005
Includes GQ pop Does not include GQ Pop
Number Percent Number Percent MOE Number Percent MOE
Total Workers 102,862 100.0 112,045 100.0 864 113,187 100.0 3,123 No
Drove alone 77,308 75.2 90,830 81.1 879 95,542 84.4 3,043 Yes
2-person carpool 13,992 13.6 11,605 10.4 422 9,165 8.1 1,419 Yes
3-person carpool 2,142 2.1 1,825 1.6 172 908 0.8 504 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 1,824 1.8 805 0.7 115 587 0.5 329 No
Public Transportation 1,609 1.6 1,513 1.4 157 1,008 0.9 559 No
Walked 2,713 2.6 2,015 1.8 181 1,572 1.4 604 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 941 0.9 920 0.8 122 1,041 0.9 433 No
Worked at home 2,333 2.3 2,530 2.3 202 3,364 3.0 1,036 No
 

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

Workers (Did not work at home) 100,529 100.0 109,515 100.0 868 109,823 100.0 3,145 No
Less than 10 minutes 14,035 14.0 13,315 12.2 450 15,805 14.4 2,042 Yes
10 to 14 20,243 20.1 19,970 18.2 541 19,854 18.1 2,061 No
15 to 19 22,234 22.1 23,320 21.3 579 21,966 20.0 2,643 No
20 to 24 15,995 15.9 18,555 16.9 523 18,518 16.9 2,692 No
25 to 29 4,842 4.8 5,595 5.1 298 5,503 5.0 1,006 No
30 to 34 9,381 9.3 10,940 10.0 411 10,204 9.3 1,390 No
35 to 44 3,851 3.8 5,445 5.0 294 5,015 4.6 873 No
45 to 59 5,339 5.3 6,470 5.9 320 7,182 6.5 1,314 No
60 or more 4,609 4.6 5,910 5.4 306 5,776 5.3 1,286 No
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.6 (X) 22.9 (X) NA 21.6 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 100,529 100.0 109,515 100.0 868 109,823 100.0 3,145 No
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 2,462 2.4 3,615 3.3 241 3,387 3.1 771 No
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 3,734 3.7 4,410 4.0 266 4,502 4.1 1,073 No
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 8,534 8.5 11,080 10.1 413 13,046 11.9 1,534 Yes
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 13,575 13.5 13,950 12.7 460 13,986 12.7 1,692 No
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 26,367 26.2 26,255 24.0 608 25,869 23.6 2,146 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 19,316 19.2 20,050 18.3 542 16,036 14.6 1,756 Yes
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 6,695 6.7 4,815 4.4 277 8,007 7.3 1,624 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 18,502 18.4 20,405 18.6 546 22,211 20.2 2,187 No
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,344 1.3 2,020 1.8 181 2,779 2.5 814 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.

Updated: 6/27/2017
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