CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Somers town, Tolland County, Connecticut
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	9,108	100.0	10,417	100.0	1,309	14.4
In households	7,671	84.2	8,104	77.8	433	5.6
In group quarters	1,437	15.8	2,313	22.2	876	61.0
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	2,585	100.0	2,924	100.0	339	13.1
1-person household	345	13.3	464	15.9	119	34.5
2-person household	919	35.6	1,058	36.2	139	15.1
3-person household	483	18.7	496	17.0	13	2.7
4-person household	495	19.1	570	19.5	75	15.2
5-or-more-person household	343	13.3	336	11.5	-7	-2.0
Mean number of persons per household	2.97	(X)	2.77	(X)	-0.20	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	2,585	100.0	2,924	100.0	339	13.1
No vehicle available	71	2.7	77	2.6	6	8.5
1 vehicle available	446	17.3	573	19.6	127	28.5
2 vehicles available	1,198	46.3	1,453	49.7	255	21.3
3 vehicles available	608	23.5	583	19.9	-25	-4.1
4 vehicles available	169	6.5	164	5.6	-5	-3.0
5 or more vehicles available	93	3.6	74	2.5	-19	-20.4
Mean vehicles per household	2.26	(X)	2.15	(X)	-0.11	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	3,991	100.0	4,075	100.0	84	2.1
Male	2,210	55.4	2,225	54.6	15	0.7
Female	1,781	44.6	1,850	45.4	69	3.9
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	3,991	100.0	4,073	100.0	82	2.1
Drove alone	3,443	86.3	3,489	85.7	46	1.3
Carpooled	363	9.1	345	8.5	-18	-5.0
Public transportation (including taxicab)	31	0.8	17	0.4	-14	-45.2
Bicycle or walked	26	0.7	32	0.8	6	23.1
Motorcycle or other means	17	0.4	30	0.7	13	76.5
Worked at home	111	2.8	160	3.9	49	44.1
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	3,880	100.0	3,913	100.0	33	0.9
Less than 5 minutes	124	3.2	97	2.5	-27	-21.8
5 to 9 minutes	345	8.9	346	8.8	1	0.3
10 to 14 minutes	437	11.3	541	13.8	104	23.8
15 to 19 minutes	403	10.4	544	13.9	141	35.0
20 to 29 minutes	953	24.6	914	23.4	-39	-4.1
30 to 44 minutes	1,029	26.5	1,056	27.0	27	2.6
45 or more minutes	589	15.2	415	10.6	-174	-29.5
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.2	(X)	23.9	(X)	-1.3	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	3,880	100.0	3,913	100.0	33	0.9
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	1,096	28.2	1,012	25.9	-84	-7.7
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	1,240	32.0	1,297	33.1	57	4.6
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	641	16.5	662	16.9	21	3.3
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	211	5.4	197	5.0	-14	-6.6
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	127	3.3	120	3.1	-7	-5.5
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	454	11.7	479	12.2	25	5.5
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	111	2.9	146	3.7	35	31.5
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.

CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 2. Profile of Selected 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Somers town, Tolland County, Connecticut
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	10,417	100.0
Under 16 years	1,905	18.3
16 to 20 years	627	6.0
21 to 24 years	609	5.8
25 to 44 years	3,766	36.2
45 to 64 years	2,467	23.7
65 years and over	1,043	10.0
Mean age (years)	36.8	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	2,924	100.0
Less than $15,000	209	7.1
$15,000 to 19,999	42	1.4
$20,000 to 24,999	90	3.1
$25,000 to 49,999	676	23.1
$50,000 to 74,999	706	24.1
$75,000 to 99,999	513	17.5
$100,000 or more	688	23.5
Mean household income (dollars)	81,194	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	65,273	(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		2.15	2,925	75	575	1,455	585	240
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.6	19.7	49.7	20.0	8.2
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.13	465	50	315	95	0	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.8	67.7	20.4	0.0	0.9
	Column percent	(X)	15.9	66.7	54.8	6.5	0.0	1.7
2-person household		2.04	1,060	15	170	680	160	40
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.4	16.0	64.2	15.1	3.8
	Column percent	(X)	36.2	20.0	29.6	46.7	27.4	16.7
3-person household		2.38	495	10	55	230	150	50
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.0	11.1	46.5	30.3	10.1
	Column percent	(X)	16.9	13.3	9.6	15.8	25.6	20.8
4-or-more-person household		2.66	905	0	40	455	270	140
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	4.4	50.3	29.8	15.5
	Column percent	(X)	30.9	0.0	7.0	31.3	46.2	58.3
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		23.9	3,915	445	1,085	915	1,055	415
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	11.4	27.7	23.4	26.9	10.6
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		24.3	3,490	385	955	780	1,000	370
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	11.0	27.4	22.3	28.7	10.6
	Column percent	(X)	89.1	86.5	88.0	85.2	94.8	89.2
Carpooled		20.4	345	35	125	105	45	35
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.1	36.2	30.4	13.0	10.1
	Column percent	(X)	8.8	7.9	11.5	11.5	4.3	8.4
Public transportation (including taxicab)		47.4	15	0	0	0	4	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	26.7	66.7
	Column percent	(X)	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	2.4
Bicycle or walked		9.7	30	25	4	0	4	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	83.3	13.3	0.0	13.3	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.8	5.6	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.0
Motorcycle or other means		20.0	30	0	0	30	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.8	0.0	0.0	3.3	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.