CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Sherman town, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	2,784	100.0	3,827	100.0	1,043	37.5
In households	2,784	100.0	3,827	100.0	1,043	37.5
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	1,092	100.0	1,437	100.0	345	31.6
1-person household	169	15.5	268	18.6	99	58.6
2-person household	459	42.0	551	38.3	92	20.0
3-person household	222	20.3	233	16.2	11	5.0
4-person household	157	14.4	244	17.0	87	55.4
5-or-more-person household	85	7.8	141	9.8	56	65.9
Mean number of persons per household	2.55	(X)	2.66	(X)	0.11	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	1,092	100.0	1,437	100.0	345	31.6
No vehicle available	19	1.7	40	2.8	21	110.5
1 vehicle available	294	26.9	323	22.5	29	9.9
2 vehicles available	503	46.1	682	47.5	179	35.6
3 vehicles available	181	16.6	302	21.0	121	66.9
4 vehicles available	95	8.7	78	5.4	-17	-17.9
5 or more vehicles available	0	0.0	12	0.8	12	0.0
Mean vehicles per household	2.04	(X)	2.07	(X)	0.03	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	1,545	100.0	1,895	100.0	350	22.7
Male	882	57.1	1,025	54.1	143	16.2
Female	663	42.9	875	46.2	212	32.0
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,545	100.0	1,896	100.0	351	22.7
Drove alone	1,147	74.2	1,508	79.5	361	31.5
Carpooled	217	14.0	138	7.3	-79	-36.4
Public transportation (including taxicab)	94	6.1	97	5.1	3	3.2
Bicycle or walked	20	1.3	39	2.1	19	95.0
Motorcycle or other means	13	0.8	10	0.5	-3	-23.1
Worked at home	54	3.5	104	5.5	50	92.6
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	1,491	100.0	1,792	100.0	301	20.2
Less than 5 minutes	43	2.9	52	2.9	9	20.9
5 to 9 minutes	85	5.7	128	7.1	43	50.6
10 to 14 minutes	129	8.7	134	7.5	5	3.9
15 to 19 minutes	126	8.5	191	10.7	65	51.6
20 to 29 minutes	249	16.7	291	16.2	42	16.9
30 to 44 minutes	489	32.8	413	23.0	-76	-15.5
45 or more minutes	370	24.8	583	32.5	213	57.6
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	34.1	(X)	38.8	(X)	4.7	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	1,491	100.0	1,792	100.0	301	20.2
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	348	23.3	411	22.9	63	18.1
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	532	35.7	643	35.9	111	20.9
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	349	23.4	372	20.8	23	6.6
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	82	5.5	112	6.2	30	36.6
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	54	3.6	51	2.8	-3	-5.6
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	111	7.4	162	9.0	51	45.9
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	15	1.0	41	2.3	26	173.3
1See the entry for this item in the Technical Notes in the root directory or state subdirectories (filename: tech_notes.txt). (X)Not applicable. Source:U.S. Census Bureau. Census of Population and Housing, 1990 and 2000 long-form (sample) data.

CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 2. Profile of Selected 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Sherman town, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	3,827	100.0
Under 16 years	906	23.7
16 to 20 years	182	4.8
21 to 24 years	51	1.3
25 to 44 years	996	26.0
45 to 64 years	1,181	30.9
65 years and over	511	13.4
Mean age (years)	39.0	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	1,437	100.0
Less than $15,000	55	3.8
$15,000 to 19,999	24	1.7
$20,000 to 24,999	47	3.3
$25,000 to 49,999	262	18.2
$50,000 to 74,999	311	21.6
$75,000 to 99,999	249	17.3
$100,000 or more	489	34.0
Mean household income (dollars)	103,674	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	76,202	(X)
Household Size by Vehicles Available1
Household Size		Mean vehicles per household	Vehicles available
			Total households	No vehicle	1 vehicle	2 vehicles	3 vehicles	4 or more vehicles
Total households		2.07	1,435	40	325	680	300	90
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.8	22.6	47.4	20.9	6.3
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.29	270	10	185	55	15	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	3.7	68.5	20.4	5.6	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	18.8	25.0	56.9	8.1	5.0	0.0
2-person household		2.04	550	25	90	315	95	25
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.5	16.4	57.3	17.3	4.5
	Column percent	(X)	38.3	62.5	27.7	46.3	31.7	27.8
3-person household		2.36	235	0	25	115	80	15
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	10.6	48.9	34.0	6.4
	Column percent	(X)	16.4	0.0	7.7	16.9	26.7	16.7
4-or-more-person household		2.46	385	4	25	195	110	50
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.0	6.5	50.6	28.6	13.0
	Column percent	(X)	26.8	10.0	7.7	28.7	36.7	55.6
Means of Transportation to Work by Travel Time to Work1
Means of Transportation		Mean travel time to work (minutes)	Travel time to work
			Workers who did not work at home	Less than 10 minutes	10 to 19 minutes	20 to 29 minutes	30 to 44 minutes	45 or more minutes
Workers who did not work at home		38.8	1,790	180	325	290	415	585
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.1	18.2	16.2	23.2	32.7
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		35.5	1,510	125	295	260	375	455
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	8.3	19.5	17.2	24.8	30.1
	Column percent	(X)	84.4	69.4	90.8	89.7	90.4	77.8
Carpooled		43.6	140	35	20	4	30	50
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	25.0	14.3	2.9	21.4	35.7
	Column percent	(X)	7.8	19.4	6.2	1.4	7.2	8.5
Public transportation (including taxicab)		88.0	95	0	10	10	10	70
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	10.5	10.5	10.5	73.7
	Column percent	(X)	5.3	0.0	3.1	3.4	2.4	12.0
Bicycle or walked		12.4	40	15	4	20	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	37.5	10.0	50.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	2.2	8.3	1.2	6.9	0.0	0.0
Motorcycle or other means		102.5	10	4	0	0	0	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	40.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	40.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.6	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7
1See the entry for this item in the Technical Notes in the root directory or state subdirectories (filename: tech_notes.txt). (X)Not applicable. Source:U.S. Census Bureau. Census of Population and Housing, 1990 and 2000 long-form (sample) data.