CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Palmer town, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	12,054	100.0	12,497	100.0	443	3.7
In households	11,973	99.3	12,425	99.4	452	3.8
In group quarters	81	0.7	72	0.6	-9	-11.1
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	4,747	100.0	5,090	100.0	343	7.2
1-person household	1,234	26.0	1,461	28.7	227	18.4
2-person household	1,558	32.8	1,642	32.3	84	5.4
3-person household	838	17.7	824	16.2	-14	-1.7
4-person household	706	14.9	709	13.9	3	0.4
5-or-more-person household	411	8.7	454	8.9	43	10.5
Mean number of persons per household	2.52	(X)	2.44	(X)	-0.08	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	4,747	100.0	5,090	100.0	343	7.2
No vehicle available	399	8.4	342	6.7	-57	-14.3
1 vehicle available	1,795	37.8	2,059	40.5	264	14.7
2 vehicles available	1,867	39.3	2,072	40.7	205	11.0
3 vehicles available	472	9.9	460	9.0	-12	-2.5
4 vehicles available	172	3.6	102	2.0	-70	-40.7
5 or more vehicles available	42	0.9	55	1.1	13	31.0
Mean vehicles per household	1.65	(X)	1.63	(X)	-0.03	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	5,729	100.0	6,290	100.0	561	9.8
Male	3,043	53.1	3,310	52.6	267	8.8
Female	2,686	46.9	2,980	47.4	294	10.9
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	5,729	100.0	6,291	100.0	562	9.8
Drove alone	4,864	84.9	5,238	83.3	374	7.7
Carpooled	415	7.2	593	9.4	178	42.9
Public transportation (including taxicab)	41	0.7	5	0.1	-36	-87.8
Bicycle or walked	246	4.3	271	4.3	25	10.2
Motorcycle or other means	11	0.2	38	0.6	27	245.5
Worked at home	152	2.7	146	2.3	-6	-3.9
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	5,577	100.0	6,145	100.0	568	10.2
Less than 5 minutes	240	4.3	422	6.9	182	75.8
5 to 9 minutes	1,137	20.4	961	15.6	-176	-15.5
10 to 14 minutes	909	16.3	837	13.6	-72	-7.9
15 to 19 minutes	685	12.3	724	11.8	39	5.7
20 to 29 minutes	1,170	21.0	1,089	17.7	-81	-6.9
30 to 44 minutes	1,008	18.1	1,294	21.1	286	28.4
45 or more minutes	428	7.7	818	13.3	390	91.1
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	19.5	(X)	22.9	(X)	3.4	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	5,577	100.0	6,145	100.0	568	10.2
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	1,866	33.5	1,983	32.3	117	6.3
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	1,480	26.5	1,639	26.7	159	10.7
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	982	17.6	822	13.4	-160	-16.3
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	250	4.5	224	3.6	-26	-10.4
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	124	2.2	219	3.6	95	76.6
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	746	13.4	1,085	17.7	339	45.4
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	129	2.3	173	2.8	44	34.1
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.

CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 2. Profile of Selected 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Palmer town, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	12,497	100.0
Under 16 years	2,744	22.0
16 to 20 years	877	7.0
21 to 24 years	366	2.9
25 to 44 years	3,803	30.4
45 to 64 years	2,785	22.3
65 years and over	1,922	15.4
Mean age (years)	37.9	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	5,090	100.0
Less than $15,000	844	16.6
$15,000 to 19,999	279	5.5
$20,000 to 24,999	356	7.0
$25,000 to 49,999	1,627	32.0
$50,000 to 74,999	1,229	24.1
$75,000 to 99,999	431	8.5
$100,000 or more	324	6.4
Mean household income (dollars)	45,672	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	41,443	(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		1.63	5,090	340	2,060	2,070	460	155
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	6.7	40.5	40.7	9.0	3.0
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		0.97	1,460	225	1,100	120	4	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	15.4	75.3	8.2	0.3	0.7
	Column percent	(X)	28.7	66.2	53.4	5.8	0.9	6.5
2-person household		1.64	1,640	95	535	890	115	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	5.8	32.6	54.3	7.0	0.2
	Column percent	(X)	32.2	27.9	26.0	43.0	25.0	2.6
3-person household		1.98	825	20	220	380	170	25
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.4	26.7	46.1	20.6	3.0
	Column percent	(X)	16.2	5.9	10.7	18.4	37.0	16.1
4-or-more-person household		2.19	1,165	0	205	680	165	115
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	17.6	58.4	14.2	9.9
	Column percent	(X)	22.9	0.0	10.0	32.9	35.9	74.2
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		22.9	6,145	1,385	1,560	1,090	1,295	820
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	22.5	25.4	17.7	21.1	13.3
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		23.2	5,240	1,050	1,345	1,010	1,125	705
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	20.0	25.7	19.3	21.5	13.5
	Column percent	(X)	85.3	75.8	86.2	92.7	86.9	86.0
Carpooled		24.0	595	130	205	55	115	90
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	21.8	34.5	9.2	19.3	15.1
	Column percent	(X)	9.7	9.4	13.1	5.0	8.9	11.0
Public transportation (including taxicab)		20.0	4	0	0	4	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
Bicycle or walked		13.0	270	190	4	20	35	20
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	70.4	1.5	7.4	13.0	7.4
	Column percent	(X)	4.4	13.7	0.3	1.8	2.7	2.4
Motorcycle or other means		25.3	40	15	4	0	15	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	37.5	10.0	0.0	37.5	10.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.7	1.1	0.3	0.0	1.2	0.5
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.