CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Methuen city, Essex County, Massachusetts
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	39,990	100.0	43,789	100.0	3,799	9.5
In households	39,430	98.6	43,308	98.9	3,878	9.8
In group quarters	560	1.4	481	1.1	-79	-14.1
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	14,566	100.0	16,527	100.0	1,961	13.5
1-person household	3,306	22.7	4,169	25.2	863	26.1
2-person household	4,391	30.1	5,092	30.8	701	16.0
3-person household	2,669	18.3	2,824	17.1	155	5.8
4-person household	2,490	17.1	2,591	15.7	101	4.1
5-or-more-person household	1,710	11.7	1,851	11.2	141	8.2
Mean number of persons per household	2.71	(X)	2.62	(X)	-0.09	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	14,566	100.0	16,527	100.0	1,961	13.5
No vehicle available	1,342	9.2	1,314	8.0	-28	-2.1
1 vehicle available	5,165	35.5	5,895	35.7	730	14.1
2 vehicles available	5,765	39.6	6,841	41.4	1,076	18.7
3 vehicles available	1,579	10.8	1,882	11.4	303	19.2
4 vehicles available	473	3.2	444	2.7	-29	-6.1
5 or more vehicles available	242	1.7	151	0.9	-91	-37.6
Mean vehicles per household	1.69	(X)	1.68	(X)	[ <0 ]	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	18,835	100.0	20,470	100.0	1,635	8.7
Male	9,790	52.0	10,695	52.2	905	9.2
Female	9,045	48.0	9,780	47.8	735	8.1
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	18,835	100.0	20,471	100.0	1,636	8.7
Drove alone	15,463	82.1	17,383	84.9	1,920	12.4
Carpooled	2,230	11.8	1,940	9.5	-290	-13.0
Public transportation (including taxicab)	371	2.0	318	1.6	-53	-14.3
Bicycle or walked	341	1.8	297	1.5	-44	-12.9
Motorcycle or other means	106	0.6	168	0.8	62	58.5
Worked at home	324	1.7	365	1.8	41	12.7
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	18,511	100.0	20,106	100.0	1,595	8.6
Less than 5 minutes	481	2.6	392	1.9	-89	-18.5
5 to 9 minutes	2,291	12.4	1,740	8.7	-551	-24.1
10 to 14 minutes	3,937	21.3	3,727	18.5	-210	-5.3
15 to 19 minutes	3,878	20.9	3,817	19.0	-61	-1.6
20 to 29 minutes	3,395	18.3	3,723	18.5	328	9.7
30 to 44 minutes	2,468	13.3	3,670	18.3	1,202	48.7
45 or more minutes	2,061	11.1	3,037	15.1	976	47.4
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	20.5	(X)	25.4	(X)	4.9	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	18,511	100.0	20,106	100.0	1,595	8.6
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	5,724	30.9	5,570	27.7	-154	-2.7
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	5,655	30.5	6,270	31.2	615	10.9
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	3,022	16.3	3,465	17.2	443	14.7
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	775	4.2	1,000	5.0	225	29.0
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	456	2.5	468	2.3	12	2.6
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	2,563	13.8	2,704	13.4	141	5.5
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	316	1.7	629	3.1	313	99.1
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: Methuen city, Essex County, Massachusetts
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	43,789	100.0
Under 16 years	9,798	22.4
16 to 20 years	2,247	5.1
21 to 24 years	1,782	4.1
25 to 44 years	13,655	31.2
45 to 64 years	9,598	21.9
65 years and over	6,709	15.3
Mean age (years)	37.7	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	16,527	100.0
Less than $15,000	2,302	13.9
$15,000 to 19,999	834	5.0
$20,000 to 24,999	784	4.7
$25,000 to 49,999	4,400	26.6
$50,000 to 74,999	3,611	21.8
$75,000 to 99,999	2,384	14.4
$100,000 or more	2,212	13.4
Mean household income (dollars)	58,640	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	49,627	(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		1.68	16,525	1,315	5,895	6,840	1,880	595
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	8.0	35.7	41.4	11.4	3.6
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		0.94	4,170	785	2,970	325	65	20
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	18.8	71.2	7.8	1.6	0.5
	Column percent	(X)	25.2	59.7	50.4	4.8	3.5	3.4
2-person household		1.65	5,090	250	1,695	2,830	275	40
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.9	33.3	55.6	5.4	0.8
	Column percent	(X)	30.8	19.0	28.8	41.4	14.6	6.7
3-person household		2.04	2,825	115	575	1,350	675	105
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.1	20.4	47.8	23.9	3.7
	Column percent	(X)	17.1	8.7	9.8	19.7	35.9	17.6
4-or-more-person household		2.19	4,440	160	655	2,335	865	430
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	3.6	14.8	52.6	19.5	9.7
	Column percent	(X)	26.9	12.2	11.1	34.1	46.0	72.3
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		25.4	20,105	2,130	7,545	3,725	3,670	3,035
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.6	37.5	18.5	18.3	15.1
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		24.9	17,385	1,750	6,585	3,355	3,200	2,500
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.1	37.9	19.3	18.4	14.4
	Column percent	(X)	86.5	82.2	87.3	90.1	87.2	82.4
Carpooled		26.5	1,940	200	790	265	375	310
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.3	40.7	13.7	19.3	16.0
	Column percent	(X)	9.6	9.4	10.5	7.1	10.2	10.2
Public transportation (including taxicab)		54.4	320	20	25	55	55	170
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	6.2	7.8	17.2	17.2	53.1
	Column percent	(X)	1.6	0.9	0.3	1.5	1.5	5.6
Bicycle or walked		17.9	295	140	70	20	30	35
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	47.5	23.7	6.8	10.2	11.9
	Column percent	(X)	1.5	6.6	0.9	0.5	0.8	1.2
Motorcycle or other means		26.2	170	25	75	30	15	20
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	14.7	44.1	17.6	8.8	11.8
	Column percent	(X)	0.8	1.2	1.0	0.8	0.4	0.7
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.