CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Sterling town, Windham County, Connecticut
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	2,357	100.0	3,099	100.0	742	31.5
In households	2,357	100.0	3,099	100.0	742	31.5
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	806	100.0	1,120	100.0	314	39.0
1-person household	124	15.4	203	18.1	79	63.7
2-person household	258	32.0	342	30.5	84	32.6
3-person household	164	20.3	256	22.9	92	56.1
4-person household	150	18.6	200	17.9	50	33.3
5-or-more-person household	110	13.6	119	10.6	9	8.2
Mean number of persons per household	2.92	(X)	2.77	(X)	-0.16	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	806	100.0	1,120	100.0	314	39.0
No vehicle available	40	5.0	35	3.1	-5	-12.5
1 vehicle available	188	23.3	250	22.3	62	33.0
2 vehicles available	373	46.3	556	49.6	183	49.1
3 vehicles available	148	18.4	221	19.7	73	49.3
4 vehicles available	41	5.1	43	3.8	2	4.9
5 or more vehicles available	16	2.0	15	1.3	-1	-6.2
Mean vehicles per household	2.02	(X)	2.03	(X)	0.01	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	1,134	100.0	1,640	100.0	506	44.6
Male	625	55.1	880	53.7	255	40.8
Female	509	44.9	760	46.3	251	49.3
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,134	100.0	1,642	100.0	508	44.8
Drove alone	825	72.8	1,288	78.4	463	56.1
Carpooled	214	18.9	210	12.8	-4	-1.9
Public transportation (including taxicab)	3	0.3	4	0.2	1	33.3
Bicycle or walked	38	3.4	13	0.8	-25	-65.8
Motorcycle or other means	9	0.8	13	0.8	4	44.4
Worked at home	45	4.0	114	6.9	69	153.3
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	1,089	100.0	1,528	100.0	439	40.3
Less than 5 minutes	44	4.0	45	2.9	1	2.3
5 to 9 minutes	82	7.5	117	7.7	35	42.7
10 to 14 minutes	139	12.8	211	13.8	72	51.8
15 to 19 minutes	183	16.8	169	11.1	-14	-7.7
20 to 29 minutes	184	16.9	303	19.8	119	64.7
30 to 44 minutes	231	21.2	364	23.8	133	57.6
45 or more minutes	226	20.8	319	20.9	93	41.2
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	26.3	(X)	29.9	(X)	3.6	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	1,089	100.0	1,528	100.0	439	40.3
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	364	33.4	525	34.4	161	44.2
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	320	29.4	369	24.1	49	15.3
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	131	12.0	182	11.9	51	38.9
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	28	2.6	43	2.8	15	53.6
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	34	3.1	21	1.4	-13	-38.2
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	183	16.8	304	19.9	121	66.1
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	29	2.7	84	5.5	55	189.7
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: Sterling town, Windham County, Connecticut
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	3,099	100.0
Under 16 years	778	25.1
16 to 20 years	207	6.7
21 to 24 years	122	3.9
25 to 44 years	1,115	36.0
45 to 64 years	640	20.7
65 years and over	237	7.6
Mean age (years)	33.2	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	1,120	100.0
Less than $15,000	116	10.4
$15,000 to 19,999	38	3.4
$20,000 to 24,999	63	5.6
$25,000 to 49,999	357	31.9
$50,000 to 74,999	317	28.3
$75,000 to 99,999	139	12.4
$100,000 or more	90	8.0
Mean household income (dollars)	53,344	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	49,167	(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		2.03	1,120	35	250	555	220	60
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	3.1	22.3	49.6	19.6	5.4
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.22	205	15	135	45	10	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	7.3	65.9	22.0	4.9	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	18.3	42.9	54.0	8.1	4.5	0.0
2-person household		2.15	340	10	45	195	75	15
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.9	13.2	57.4	22.1	4.4
	Column percent	(X)	30.4	28.6	18.0	35.1	34.1	25.0
3-person household		2.09	255	4	55	125	60	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.6	21.6	49.0	23.5	3.9
	Column percent	(X)	22.8	11.4	22.0	22.5	27.3	16.7
4-or-more-person household		2.38	320	4	15	195	75	30
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.2	4.7	60.9	23.4	9.4
	Column percent	(X)	28.6	11.4	6.0	35.1	34.1	50.0
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		29.9	1,530	160	380	305	365	320
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.5	24.8	19.9	23.9	20.9
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		28.1	1,290	120	335	270	315	250
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	9.3	26.0	20.9	24.4	19.4
	Column percent	(X)	84.3	75.0	88.2	88.5	86.3	78.1
Carpooled		36.6	210	30	35	35	45	65
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	14.3	16.7	16.7	21.4	31.0
	Column percent	(X)	13.7	18.8	9.2	11.5	12.3	20.3
Public transportation (including taxicab)		10.0	4	0	4	0	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.3	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bicycle or walked		1.5	15	15	0	0	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	1.0	9.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Motorcycle or other means		128.8	15	0	4	0	0	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	26.7	0.0	0.0	66.7
	Column percent	(X)	1.0	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	3.1
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.