CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Belchertown town, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	10,579	100.0	12,968	100.0	2,389	22.6
In households	10,314	97.5	12,952	99.9	2,638	25.6
In group quarters	265	2.5	16	0.1	-249	-94.0
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	3,791	100.0	4,904	100.0	1,113	29.4
1-person household	769	20.3	991	20.2	222	28.9
2-person household	1,276	33.7	1,690	34.5	414	32.4
3-person household	695	18.3	844	17.2	149	21.4
4-person household	691	18.2	943	19.2	252	36.5
5-or-more-person household	360	9.5	436	8.9	76	21.1
Mean number of persons per household	2.72	(X)	2.64	(X)	-0.08	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	3,791	100.0	4,904	100.0	1,113	29.4
No vehicle available	174	4.6	199	4.1	25	14.4
1 vehicle available	1,143	30.2	1,261	25.7	118	10.3
2 vehicles available	1,742	46.0	2,560	52.2	818	47.0
3 vehicles available	525	13.8	615	12.5	90	17.1
4 vehicles available	141	3.7	203	4.1	62	44.0
5 or more vehicles available	66	1.7	66	1.3	0	0.0
Mean vehicles per household	1.87	(X)	1.92	(X)	0.04	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	5,628	100.0	7,165	100.0	1,537	27.3
Male	3,003	53.4	3,615	50.5	612	20.4
Female	2,625	46.6	3,550	49.5	925	35.2
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	5,628	100.0	7,165	100.0	1,537	27.3
Drove alone	4,826	85.7	6,077	84.8	1,251	25.9
Carpooled	537	9.5	748	10.4	211	39.3
Public transportation (including taxicab)	68	1.2	54	0.8	-14	-20.6
Bicycle or walked	48	0.9	95	1.3	47	97.9
Motorcycle or other means	6	0.1	24	0.3	18	300.0
Worked at home	143	2.5	167	2.3	24	16.8
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	5,485	100.0	6,998	100.0	1,513	27.6
Less than 5 minutes	147	2.7	159	2.3	12	8.2
5 to 9 minutes	573	10.4	416	5.9	-157	-27.4
10 to 14 minutes	543	9.9	682	9.7	139	25.6
15 to 19 minutes	584	10.6	748	10.7	164	28.1
20 to 29 minutes	1,483	27.0	1,809	25.9	326	22.0
30 to 44 minutes	1,726	31.5	2,264	32.4	538	31.2
45 or more minutes	429	7.8	920	13.1	491	114.5
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	23.8	(X)	28.1	(X)	4.3	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	5,485	100.0	6,998	100.0	1,513	27.6
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	1,331	24.3	1,903	27.2	572	43.0
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	1,774	32.3	2,344	33.5	570	32.1
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	993	18.1	1,189	17.0	196	19.7
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	364	6.6	399	5.7	35	9.6
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	150	2.7	149	2.1	-1	-0.7
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	829	15.1	885	12.6	56	6.8
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	44	0.8	129	1.8	85	193.2
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: Belchertown town, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	12,968	100.0
Under 16 years	3,144	24.2
16 to 20 years	690	5.3
21 to 24 years	579	4.5
25 to 44 years	4,352	33.6
45 to 64 years	3,071	23.7
65 years and over	1,132	8.7
Mean age (years)	34.7	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	4,904	100.0
Less than $15,000	509	10.4
$15,000 to 19,999	186	3.8
$20,000 to 24,999	301	6.1
$25,000 to 49,999	1,307	26.7
$50,000 to 74,999	1,358	27.7
$75,000 to 99,999	673	13.7
$100,000 or more	570	11.6
Mean household income (dollars)	57,716	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	52,467	(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		1.92	4,905	200	1,260	2,560	615	270
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.1	25.7	52.2	12.5	5.5
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.15	990	90	715	140	50	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	9.1	72.2	14.1	5.1	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	20.2	45.0	56.7	5.5	8.1	0.0
2-person household		1.83	1,690	105	330	1,085	125	45
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	6.2	19.5	64.2	7.4	2.7
	Column percent	(X)	34.5	52.5	26.2	42.4	20.3	16.7
3-person household		2.14	845	4	120	490	210	20
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.5	14.2	58.0	24.9	2.4
	Column percent	(X)	17.2	2.0	9.5	19.1	34.1	7.4
4-or-more-person household		2.44	1,380	0	100	845	230	205
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	7.2	61.2	16.7	14.9
	Column percent	(X)	28.1	0.0	7.9	33.0	37.4	75.9
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		28.1	7,000	575	1,430	1,810	2,265	920
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	8.2	20.4	25.9	32.4	13.1
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		27.9	6,075	480	1,305	1,490	2,060	745
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	7.9	21.5	24.5	33.9	12.3
	Column percent	(X)	86.8	83.5	91.3	82.3	90.9	81.0
Carpooled		29.4	750	20	105	305	185	130
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.7	14.0	40.7	24.7	17.3
	Column percent	(X)	10.7	3.5	7.3	16.9	8.2	14.1
Public transportation (including taxicab)		42.5	55	0	0	10	10	35
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	0.0	18.2	18.2	63.6
	Column percent	(X)	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.4	3.8
Bicycle or walked		8.7	95	70	10	4	15	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	73.7	10.5	4.2	15.8	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	1.4	12.2	0.7	0.2	0.7	0.0
Motorcycle or other means		71.0	25	4	10	0	0	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	16.0	40.0	0.0	0.0	40.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.4	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.1
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.