CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Colchester town, New London County, Connecticut
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	10,980	100.0	14,551	100.0	3,571	32.5
In households	10,772	98.1	14,343	98.6	3,571	33.2
In group quarters	208	1.9	208	1.4	0	0.0
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	3,904	100.0	5,201	100.0	1,297	33.2
1-person household	638	16.3	925	17.8	287	45.0
2-person household	1,332	34.1	1,751	33.7	419	31.5
3-person household	829	21.2	929	17.9	100	12.1
4-person household	731	18.7	1,058	20.3	327	44.7
5-or-more-person household	374	9.6	538	10.3	164	43.9
Mean number of persons per household	2.76	(X)	2.76	(X)	[ <0 ]	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	3,904	100.0	5,201	100.0	1,297	33.2
No vehicle available	178	4.6	183	3.5	5	2.8
1 vehicle available	791	20.3	1,283	24.7	492	62.2
2 vehicles available	1,997	51.2	2,449	47.1	452	22.6
3 vehicles available	706	18.1	939	18.1	233	33.0
4 vehicles available	155	4.0	293	5.6	138	89.0
5 or more vehicles available	77	2.0	54	1.0	-23	-29.9
Mean vehicles per household	2.03	(X)	2.01	(X)	-0.02	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	5,806	100.0	7,705	100.0	1,899	32.7
Male	3,191	55.0	4,040	52.4	849	26.6
Female	2,615	45.0	3,665	47.6	1,050	40.2
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	5,806	100.0	7,704	100.0	1,898	32.7
Drove alone	4,603	79.3	6,580	85.4	1,977	43.0
Carpooled	875	15.1	728	9.4	-147	-16.8
Public transportation (including taxicab)	115	2.0	90	1.2	-25	-21.7
Bicycle or walked	60	1.0	95	1.2	35	58.3
Motorcycle or other means	7	0.1	34	0.4	27	385.7
Worked at home	146	2.5	177	2.3	31	21.2
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	5,660	100.0	7,527	100.0	1,867	33.0
Less than 5 minutes	216	3.8	237	3.1	21	9.7
5 to 9 minutes	535	9.5	744	9.9	209	39.1
10 to 14 minutes	421	7.4	533	7.1	112	26.6
15 to 19 minutes	304	5.4	419	5.6	115	37.8
20 to 29 minutes	816	14.4	1,245	16.5	429	52.6
30 to 44 minutes	2,285	40.4	3,039	40.4	754	33.0
45 or more minutes	1,083	19.1	1,310	17.4	227	21.0
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	28.8	(X)	29.6	(X)	0.8	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	5,660	100.0	7,527	100.0	1,867	33.0
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	2,075	36.7	2,368	31.5	293	14.1
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	1,647	29.1	2,406	32.0	759	46.1
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	776	13.7	1,111	14.8	335	43.2
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	253	4.5	302	4.0	49	19.4
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	94	1.7	207	2.8	113	120.2
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	703	12.4	922	12.2	219	31.2
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	112	2.0	211	2.8	99	88.4
1See the entry for this item in the Technical Notes in the root directory or state subdirectories (filename: tech_notes.txt). <0Negative value is too near zero to display. (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: Colchester town, New London County, Connecticut
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	14,551	100.0
Under 16 years	3,921	26.9
16 to 20 years	657	4.5
21 to 24 years	397	2.7
25 to 44 years	5,416	37.2
45 to 64 years	2,809	19.3
65 years and over	1,351	9.3
Mean age (years)	33.8	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	5,201	100.0
Less than $15,000	382	7.3
$15,000 to 19,999	203	3.9
$20,000 to 24,999	139	2.7
$25,000 to 49,999	1,122	21.6
$50,000 to 74,999	1,253	24.1
$75,000 to 99,999	946	18.2
$100,000 or more	1,156	22.2
Mean household income (dollars)	75,028	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	64,807	(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		2.01	5,200	185	1,285	2,450	940	345
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	3.6	24.7	47.1	18.1	6.6
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.03	925	120	675	100	25	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	13.0	73.0	10.8	2.7	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	17.8	64.9	52.5	4.1	2.7	0.0
2-person household		1.94	1,750	55	375	1,025	225	75
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	3.1	21.4	58.6	12.9	4.3
	Column percent	(X)	33.7	29.7	29.2	41.8	23.9	21.7
3-person household		2.35	930	0	105	490	240	90
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	11.3	52.7	25.8	9.7
	Column percent	(X)	17.9	0.0	8.2	20.0	25.5	26.1
4-or-more-person household		2.45	1,595	10	125	835	445	180
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.6	7.8	52.4	27.9	11.3
	Column percent	(X)	30.7	5.4	9.7	34.1	47.3	52.2
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		29.6	7,525	980	950	1,245	3,040	1,310
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	13.0	12.6	16.5	40.4	17.4
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		29.2	6,580	810	810	1,085	2,755	1,115
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	12.3	12.3	16.5	41.9	16.9
	Column percent	(X)	87.4	82.7	85.3	87.1	90.6	85.1
Carpooled		32.9	730	125	70	160	225	150
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	17.1	9.6	21.9	30.8	20.5
	Column percent	(X)	9.7	12.8	7.4	12.9	7.4	11.5
Public transportation (including taxicab)		48.3	90	0	10	0	50	30
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	11.1	0.0	55.6	33.3
	Column percent	(X)	1.2	0.0	1.1	0.0	1.6	2.3
Bicycle or walked		13.0	95	45	35	0	0	15
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	47.4	36.8	0.0	0.0	15.8
	Column percent	(X)	1.3	4.6	3.7	0.0	0.0	1.1
Motorcycle or other means		22.1	35	0	20	0	15	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	57.1	0.0	42.9	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.5	0.0	2.1	0.0	0.5	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.