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2005 Transportation Profiles

American Community Survey: 2005 Transportation Profile1

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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 Number
2000-2005
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 1,581 203,134 100.0 8,343 Yes
Drove alone 89,009 80.7 132,435 82.3 1,493 166,199 81.8 7,538 Yes
2-person carpool 10,162 9.2 12,565 7.8 529 15,643 7.7 2,354 Yes
3-person carpool 1,579 1.4 2,190 1.4 223 3,942 1.9 1,650 Yes
4-or-more-person carpool 694 0.6 1,300 0.8 172 873 0.4 428 No
Public Transportation 1,359 1.2 1,145 0.7 162 884 0.4 579 No
Walked 2,896 2.6 2,650 1.6 246 3,015 1.5 1,026 No
Taxicab, motorcycle, bike or other 836 0.8 1,510 0.9 186 2,205 1.1 1,220 No
Worked at home 3,696 3.4 7,035 4.4 398 10,373 5.1 1,750 Yes
 

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 1,562 192,761 100.0 8,271 Yes
Less than 10 minutes 19,153 18.0 24,465 15.9 729 28,318 14.7 2,697 Yes
10 to 14 19,505 18.3 24,175 15.7 725 27,058 14.0 3,288 No
15 to 19 18,705 17.6 24,035 15.6 723 28,892 15.0 3,167 Yes
20 to 24 15,462 14.5 20,700 13.5 674 26,278 13.6 2,790 Yes
25 to 29 6,256 5.9 9,405 6.1 459 9,620 5.0 1,666 No
30 to 34 11,234 10.5 18,550 12.1 639 24,137 12.5 2,804 Yes
35 to 44 5,739 5.4 10,060 6.5 475 15,889 8.2 2,301 Yes
45 to 59 5,551 5.2 11,070 7.2 498 16,015 8.3 2,899 Yes
60 or more 4,930 4.6 11,335 7.4 503 16,554 8.6 2,967 Yes
Mean travel time (minutes) 20.7 (X) 24.5 (X) NA 24.3 (X) NA NA
 

W4. ARRIVAL TIME AT  Work1

Workers (Did not work at home) 106,535 100.0 153,800 100.0 1,562 192,761 100.0 8,271 Yes
5:00 - 5:59 a.m. 5,186 4.9 11,035 7.2 497 13,443 7.0 2,141 Yes
6:00 - 6:29 a.m. 6,884 6.5 10,755 7.0 491 17,162 8.9 2,854 Yes
6:30 - 6:59 a.m. 13,952 13.1 18,985 12.3 646 21,442 11.1 2,723 No
7:00 - 7:29 a.m. 13,460 12.6 17,605 11.4 623 22,194 11.5 2,631 Yes
7:30 - 7:59 a.m. 16,537 15.5 22,125 14.4 695 25,071 13.0 3,695 No
8:00 - 8:29 a.m. 12,698 11.9 16,710 10.9 608 18,910 9.8 2,342 No
8:30 - 8:59 a.m. 7,431 7.0 9,160 6.0 453 12,907 6.7 2,169 Yes
9:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m. 28,455 26.7 41,245 26.8 930 55,634 28.9 4,429 Yes
12:00 a.m. - 4:59 a.m. 1,932 1.8 4,720 3.1 327 5,998 3.1 1,463 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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