CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Essex town, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	5,817	100.0	6,505	100.0	688	11.8
In households	5,682	97.7	6,376	98.0	694	12.2
In group quarters	135	2.3	129	2.0	-6	-4.4
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	2,478	100.0	2,795	100.0	317	12.8
1-person household	732	29.5	893	31.9	161	22.0
2-person household	886	35.8	1,006	36.0	120	13.5
3-person household	422	17.0	348	12.5	-74	-17.5
4-person household	296	11.9	403	14.4	107	36.1
5-or-more-person household	142	5.7	145	5.2	3	2.1
Mean number of persons per household	2.29	(X)	2.28	(X)	-0.01	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	2,478	100.0	2,795	100.0	317	12.8
No vehicle available	87	3.5	192	6.9	105	120.7
1 vehicle available	853	34.4	792	28.3	-61	-7.2
2 vehicles available	1,102	44.5	1,328	47.5	226	20.5
3 vehicles available	310	12.5	416	14.9	106	34.2
4 vehicles available	85	3.4	67	2.4	-18	-21.2
5 or more vehicles available	41	1.7	0	0.0	-41	-100.0
Mean vehicles per household	1.84	(X)	1.78	(X)	-0.06	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	2,938	100.0	3,345	100.0	407	13.9
Male	1,571	53.5	1,830	54.7	259	16.5
Female	1,367	46.5	1,515	45.3	148	10.8
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	2,938	100.0	3,345	100.0	407	13.9
Drove alone	2,408	82.0	2,842	85.0	434	18.0
Carpooled	216	7.4	164	4.9	-52	-24.1
Public transportation (including taxicab)	67	2.3	51	1.5	-16	-23.9
Bicycle or walked	48	1.6	85	2.5	37	77.1
Motorcycle or other means	26	0.9	26	0.8	0	0.0
Worked at home	173	5.9	177	5.3	4	2.3
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	2,765	100.0	3,168	100.0	403	14.6
Less than 5 minutes	182	6.6	105	3.3	-77	-42.3
5 to 9 minutes	459	16.6	527	16.6	68	14.8
10 to 14 minutes	592	21.4	541	17.1	-51	-8.6
15 to 19 minutes	344	12.4	319	10.1	-25	-7.3
20 to 29 minutes	360	13.0	391	12.3	31	8.6
30 to 44 minutes	446	16.1	683	21.6	237	53.1
45 or more minutes	382	13.8	602	19.0	220	57.6
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	20.4	(X)	27.0	(X)	6.6	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	2,765	100.0	3,168	100.0	403	14.6
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	522	18.9	704	22.2	182	34.9
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	956	34.6	1,079	34.1	123	12.9
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	576	20.8	831	26.2	255	44.3
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	220	8.0	237	7.5	17	7.7
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	146	5.3	66	2.1	-80	-54.8
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	292	10.6	218	6.9	-74	-25.3
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	53	1.9	33	1.0	-20	-37.7
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.

CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 2. Profile of Selected 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Essex town, Middlesex County, Connecticut
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	6,505	100.0
Under 16 years	1,255	19.3
16 to 20 years	195	3.0
21 to 24 years	137	2.1
25 to 44 years	1,866	28.7
45 to 64 years	1,782	27.4
65 years and over	1,270	19.5
Mean age (years)	42.4	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	2,795	100.0
Less than $15,000	144	5.2
$15,000 to 19,999	135	4.8
$20,000 to 24,999	111	4.0
$25,000 to 49,999	565	20.2
$50,000 to 74,999	614	22.0
$75,000 to 99,999	382	13.7
$100,000 or more	844	30.2
Mean household income (dollars)	99,217	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	66,746	(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		1.78	2,795	190	790	1,330	415	65
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	6.8	28.3	47.6	14.8	2.3
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		0.98	895	175	580	130	10	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	19.6	64.8	14.5	1.1	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	32.0	92.1	73.4	9.8	2.4	0.0
2-person household		1.98	1,005	10	160	690	140	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.0	15.9	68.7	13.9	0.4
	Column percent	(X)	36.0	5.3	20.3	51.9	33.7	6.2
3-person household		2.46	350	0	20	180	115	35
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	5.7	51.4	32.9	10.0
	Column percent	(X)	12.5	0.0	2.5	13.5	27.7	53.8
4-or-more-person household		2.27	550	10	35	325	150	25
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.8	6.4	59.1	27.3	4.5
	Column percent	(X)	19.7	5.3	4.4	24.4	36.1	38.5
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		27.0	3,170	630	860	390	685	600
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	19.9	27.1	12.3	21.6	18.9
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		26.3	2,840	545	765	390	625	520
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	19.2	26.9	13.7	22.0	18.3
	Column percent	(X)	89.6	86.5	89.0	100.0	91.2	86.7
Carpooled		28.1	165	25	35	0	50	50
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	15.2	21.2	0.0	30.3	30.3
	Column percent	(X)	5.2	4.0	4.1	0.0	7.3	8.3
Public transportation (including taxicab)		71.4	50	0	25	0	10	20
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	20.0	40.0
	Column percent	(X)	1.6	0.0	2.9	0.0	1.5	3.3
Bicycle or walked		4.6	85	60	25	0	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	70.6	29.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	2.7	9.5	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
Motorcycle or other means		89.2	25	0	10	0	0	15
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	40.0	0.0	0.0	60.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.8	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	2.5
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.