CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Prospect town, New Haven County, Connecticut
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	7,775	100.0	8,707	100.0	932	12.0
In households	7,604	97.8	8,561	98.3	957	12.6
In group quarters	171	2.2	146	1.7	-25	-14.6
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	2,580	100.0	3,022	100.0	442	17.1
1-person household	314	12.2	449	14.9	135	43.0
2-person household	766	29.7	1,056	34.9	290	37.9
3-person household	543	21.0	590	19.5	47	8.7
4-person household	592	22.9	588	19.5	-4	-0.7
5-or-more-person household	365	14.1	339	11.2	-26	-7.1
Mean number of persons per household	2.95	(X)	2.83	(X)	-0.11	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	2,580	100.0	3,022	100.0	442	17.1
No vehicle available	59	2.3	117	3.9	58	98.3
1 vehicle available	465	18.0	615	20.4	150	32.3
2 vehicles available	1,112	43.1	1,534	50.8	422	37.9
3 vehicles available	651	25.2	501	16.6	-150	-23.0
4 vehicles available	185	7.2	167	5.5	-18	-9.7
5 or more vehicles available	108	4.2	88	2.9	-20	-18.5
Mean vehicles per household	2.32	(X)	2.10	(X)	-0.22	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	4,108	100.0	4,525	100.0	417	10.2
Male	2,194	53.4	2,390	52.8	196	8.9
Female	1,914	46.6	2,135	47.2	221	11.5
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	4,108	100.0	4,524	100.0	416	10.1
Drove alone	3,514	85.5	3,969	87.7	455	12.9
Carpooled	444	10.8	387	8.6	-57	-12.8
Public transportation (including taxicab)	12	0.3	14	0.3	2	16.7
Bicycle or walked	51	1.2	29	0.6	-22	-43.1
Motorcycle or other means	6	0.1	5	0.1	-1	-16.7
Worked at home	81	2.0	120	2.7	39	48.1
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	4,027	100.0	4,404	100.0	377	9.4
Less than 5 minutes	137	3.4	70	1.6	-67	-48.9
5 to 9 minutes	371	9.2	395	9.0	24	6.5
10 to 14 minutes	553	13.7	815	18.5	262	47.4
15 to 19 minutes	802	19.9	787	17.9	-15	-1.9
20 to 29 minutes	878	21.8	827	18.8	-51	-5.8
30 to 44 minutes	953	23.7	862	19.6	-91	-9.5
45 or more minutes	333	8.3	648	14.7	315	94.6
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	21.8	(X)	24.8	(X)	3.0	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	4,027	100.0	4,404	100.0	377	9.4
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	1,094	27.2	1,213	27.5	119	10.9
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	1,293	32.1	1,255	28.5	-38	-2.9
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	753	18.7	887	20.1	134	17.8
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	280	7.0	248	5.6	-32	-11.4
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	106	2.6	139	3.2	33	31.1
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	417	10.4	491	11.1	74	17.7
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	84	2.1	171	3.9	87	103.6
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: Prospect town, New Haven County, Connecticut
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	8,707	100.0
Under 16 years	1,907	21.9
16 to 20 years	467	5.4
21 to 24 years	318	3.7
25 to 44 years	2,617	30.1
45 to 64 years	2,266	26.0
65 years and over	1,132	13.0
Mean age (years)	37.9	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	3,022	100.0
Less than $15,000	137	4.5
$15,000 to 19,999	90	3.0
$20,000 to 24,999	53	1.8
$25,000 to 49,999	733	24.3
$50,000 to 74,999	657	21.7
$75,000 to 99,999	601	19.9
$100,000 or more	751	24.9
Mean household income (dollars)	76,334	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	67,560	(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		2.10	3,020	115	615	1,535	500	255
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	3.8	20.4	50.8	16.6	8.4
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.16	450	65	265	95	15	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	14.4	58.9	21.1	3.3	0.9
	Column percent	(X)	14.9	56.5	43.1	6.2	3.0	1.6
2-person household		2.06	1,055	30	205	610	155	55
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.8	19.4	57.8	14.7	5.2
	Column percent	(X)	34.9	26.1	33.3	39.7	31.0	21.6
3-person household		2.27	590	15	65	315	155	45
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.5	11.0	53.4	26.3	7.6
	Column percent	(X)	19.5	13.0	10.6	20.5	31.0	17.6
4-or-more-person household		2.48	925	4	80	515	180	150
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.4	8.6	55.7	19.5	16.2
	Column percent	(X)	30.6	3.5	13.0	33.6	36.0	58.8
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		24.8	4,405	465	1,600	825	860	650
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.6	36.3	18.7	19.5	14.8
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		24.0	3,970	405	1,495	745	815	510
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.2	37.7	18.8	20.5	12.8
	Column percent	(X)	90.1	87.1	93.4	90.3	94.8	78.5
Carpooled		30.5	385	45	100	80	40	115
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	11.7	26.0	20.8	10.4	29.9
	Column percent	(X)	8.7	9.7	6.2	9.7	4.7	17.7
Public transportation (including taxicab)		68.6	15	0	0	0	10	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	66.7	26.7
	Column percent	(X)	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.6
Bicycle or walked		37.2	30	10	0	0	0	15
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	33.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.7	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3
Motorcycle or other means		15.0	4	0	4	0	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
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.