CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Peru town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	784	100.0	801	100.0	17	2.2
In households	784	100.0	801	100.0	17	2.2
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	266	100.0	295	100.0	29	10.9
1-person household	55	20.7	51	17.3	-4	-7.3
2-person household	65	24.4	126	42.7	61	93.8
3-person household	51	19.2	37	12.5	-14	-27.5
4-person household	60	22.6	55	18.6	-5	-8.3
5-or-more-person household	35	13.2	26	8.8	-9	-25.7
Mean number of persons per household	2.95	(X)	2.72	(X)	-0.23	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	266	100.0	295	100.0	29	10.9
No vehicle available	4	1.5	6	2.0	2	50.0
1 vehicle available	98	36.8	91	30.8	-7	-7.1
2 vehicles available	116	43.6	135	45.8	19	16.4
3 vehicles available	39	14.7	52	17.6	13	33.3
4 vehicles available	7	2.6	4	1.4	-3	-42.9
5 or more vehicles available	2	0.8	7	2.4	5	250.0
Mean vehicles per household	1.84	(X)	1.93	(X)	0.09	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	374	100.0	420	100.0	46	12.3
Male	219	58.6	240	57.1	21	9.6
Female	155	41.4	180	42.9	25	16.1
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	374	100.0	418	100.0	44	11.8
Drove alone	325	86.9	335	80.1	10	3.1
Carpooled	34	9.1	57	13.6	23	67.6
Public transportation (including taxicab)	2	0.5	0	0.0	-2	-100.0
Bicycle or walked	0	0.0	13	3.1	13	0.0
Worked at home	13	3.5	13	3.1	0	0.0
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	361	100.0	405	100.0	44	12.2
Less than 5 minutes	0	0.0	10	2.5	10	0.0
5 to 9 minutes	17	4.7	16	4.0	-1	-5.9
10 to 14 minutes	13	3.6	33	8.1	20	153.8
15 to 19 minutes	62	17.2	62	15.3	0	0.0
20 to 29 minutes	125	34.6	96	23.7	-29	-23.2
30 to 44 minutes	108	29.9	145	35.8	37	34.3
45 or more minutes	36	10.0	43	10.6	7	19.4
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	25.5	(X)	29.4	(X)	3.9	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	361	100.0	405	100.0	44	12.2
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	129	35.7	156	38.5	27	20.9
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	122	33.8	124	30.6	2	1.6
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	47	13.0	33	8.1	-14	-29.8
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	0	0.0	17	4.2	17	0.0
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	16	4.4	17	4.2	1	6.2
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	38	10.5	54	13.3	16	42.1
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	9	2.5	4	1.0	-5	-55.6
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: Peru town, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	801	100.0
Under 16 years	198	24.7
16 to 20 years	47	5.9
21 to 24 years	28	3.5
25 to 44 years	231	28.8
45 to 64 years	223	27.8
65 years and over	74	9.2
Mean age (years)	36.0	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	295	100.0
Less than $15,000	22	7.5
$15,000 to 19,999	10	3.4
$20,000 to 24,999	17	5.8
$25,000 to 49,999	122	41.4
$50,000 to 74,999	68	23.1
$75,000 to 99,999	35	11.9
$100,000 or more	21	7.1
Mean household income (dollars)	50,903	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	44,531	(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		1.93	295	4	90	135	50	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.4	30.5	45.8	16.9	3.4
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.08	50	0	45	4	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	90.0	8.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	16.9	0.0	50.0	3.0	0.0	0.0
2-person household		1.85	125	4	25	80	15	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	3.2	20.0	64.0	12.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	42.4	100.0	27.8	59.3	30.0	0.0
3-person household		2.43	35	0	4	15	15	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	11.4	42.9	42.9	11.4
	Column percent	(X)	11.9	0.0	4.4	11.1	30.0	40.0
4-or-more-person household		2.35	80	4	10	35	25	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	5.0	12.5	43.8	31.2	12.5
	Column percent	(X)	27.1	100.0	11.1	25.9	50.0	100.0
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		29.4	405	25	95	95	145	45
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	6.2	23.5	23.5	35.8	11.1
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		26.2	335	25	75	80	125	30
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	7.5	22.4	23.9	37.3	9.0
	Column percent	(X)	82.7	100.0	78.9	84.2	86.2	66.7
Carpooled		43.9	55	0	15	15	20	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	27.3	27.3	36.4	18.2
	Column percent	(X)	13.6	0.0	15.8	15.8	13.8	22.2
Bicycle or walked		48.5	15	0	10	0	0	4
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	66.7	0.0	0.0	26.7
	Column percent	(X)	3.7	0.0	10.5	0.0	0.0	8.9
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.