CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Cheshire town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	3,479	100.0	3,401	100.0	-78	-2.2
In households	3,479	100.0	3,401	100.0	-78	-2.2
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	1,280	100.0	1,372	100.0	92	7.2
1-person household	250	19.5	317	23.1	67	26.8
2-person household	448	35.0	546	39.8	98	21.9
3-person household	239	18.7	221	16.1	-18	-7.5
4-person household	217	17.0	188	13.7	-29	-13.4
5-or-more-person household	126	9.8	100	7.3	-26	-20.6
Mean number of persons per household	2.72	(X)	2.48	(X)	-0.24	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	1,280	100.0	1,372	100.0	92	7.2
No vehicle available	21	1.6	44	3.2	23	109.5
1 vehicle available	456	35.6	445	32.4	-11	-2.4
2 vehicles available	564	44.1	683	49.8	119	21.1
3 vehicles available	180	14.1	155	11.3	-25	-13.9
4 vehicles available	47	3.7	29	2.1	-18	-38.3
5 or more vehicles available	12	0.9	16	1.2	4	33.3
Mean vehicles per household	1.85	(X)	1.81	(X)	-0.04	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	1,707	100.0	1,710	100.0	3	0.2
Male	885	51.8	825	48.2	-60	-6.8
Female	822	48.2	885	51.8	63	7.7
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,707	100.0	1,709	100.0	2	0.1
Drove alone	1,416	83.0	1,471	86.1	55	3.9
Carpooled	173	10.1	135	7.9	-38	-22.0
Public transportation (including taxicab)	30	1.8	9	0.5	-21	-70.0
Bicycle or walked	16	0.9	27	1.6	11	68.8
Motorcycle or other means	0	0.0	11	0.6	11	0.0
Worked at home	72	4.2	56	3.3	-16	-22.2
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	1,635	100.0	1,653	100.0	18	1.1
Less than 5 minutes	8	0.5	18	1.1	10	125.0
5 to 9 minutes	90	5.5	107	6.5	17	18.9
10 to 14 minutes	190	11.6	259	15.7	69	36.3
15 to 19 minutes	342	20.9	241	14.6	-101	-29.5
20 to 29 minutes	685	41.9	628	38.0	-57	-8.3
30 to 44 minutes	250	15.3	289	17.5	39	15.6
45 or more minutes	70	4.3	111	6.7	41	58.6
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	21.5	(X)	22.1	(X)	0.6	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	1,635	100.0	1,653	100.0	18	1.1
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	642	39.3	417	25.2	-225	-35.0
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	311	19.0	489	29.6	178	57.2
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	258	15.8	312	18.9	54	20.9
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	132	8.1	89	5.4	-43	-32.6
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	17	1.0	27	1.6	10	58.8
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	268	16.4	249	15.1	-19	-7.1
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	7	0.4	70	4.2	63	900.0
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.

CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 2. Profile of Selected 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Cheshire town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	3,401	100.0
Under 16 years	734	21.6
16 to 20 years	161	4.7
21 to 24 years	104	3.1
25 to 44 years	942	27.7
45 to 64 years	980	28.8
65 years and over	480	14.1
Mean age (years)	39.0	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	1,372	100.0
Less than $15,000	150	10.9
$15,000 to 19,999	126	9.2
$20,000 to 24,999	139	10.1
$25,000 to 49,999	360	26.2
$50,000 to 74,999	324	23.6
$75,000 to 99,999	173	12.6
$100,000 or more	100	7.3
Mean household income (dollars)	47,765	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	41,981	(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		1.81	1,370	45	445	685	155	45
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	3.3	32.5	50.0	11.3	3.3
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.14	315	30	225	55	4	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	9.5	71.4	17.5	1.3	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	23.0	66.7	50.6	8.0	2.6	0.0
2-person household		1.75	545	10	170	320	40	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.8	31.2	58.7	7.3	0.7
	Column percent	(X)	39.8	22.2	38.2	46.7	25.8	8.9
3-person household		2.25	220	0	25	130	55	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	11.4	59.1	25.0	4.5
	Column percent	(X)	16.1	0.0	5.6	19.0	35.5	22.2
4-or-more-person household		2.35	290	4	30	175	50	30
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.4	10.3	60.3	17.2	10.3
	Column percent	(X)	21.2	8.9	6.7	25.5	32.3	66.7
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		22.1	1,655	125	500	630	290	110
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	7.6	30.2	38.1	17.5	6.6
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		22.5	1,470	110	445	540	270	105
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	7.5	30.3	36.7	18.4	7.1
	Column percent	(X)	88.8	88.0	89.0	85.7	93.1	95.5
Carpooled		21.9	135	10	25	75	20	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	7.4	18.5	55.6	14.8	3.0
	Column percent	(X)	8.2	8.0	5.0	11.9	6.9	3.6
Public transportation (including taxicab)		10.0	10	0	10	0	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.6	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Bicycle or walked		8.1	25	4	20	0	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	16.0	80.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	1.5	3.2	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Motorcycle or other means		20.0	10	0	0	10	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.6	0.0	0.0	1.6	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.