CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Mechanic Falls town, Androscoggin County, Maine
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	2,862	100.0	3,138	100.0	276	9.6
In households	2,847	99.5	3,104	98.9	257	9.0
In group quarters	15	0.5	34	1.1	19	126.7
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	998	100.0	1,168	100.0	170	17.0
1-person household	177	17.7	249	21.3	72	40.7
2-person household	303	30.4	386	33.0	83	27.4
3-person household	165	16.5	217	18.6	52	31.5
4-person household	196	19.6	205	17.6	9	4.6
5-or-more-person household	157	15.7	111	9.5	-46	-29.3
Mean number of persons per household	2.85	(X)	2.66	(X)	-0.20	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	998	100.0	1,168	100.0	170	17.0
No vehicle available	98	9.8	69	5.9	-29	-29.6
1 vehicle available	262	26.3	387	33.1	125	47.7
2 vehicles available	454	45.5	506	43.3	52	11.5
3 vehicles available	144	14.4	135	11.6	-9	-6.2
4 vehicles available	35	3.5	49	4.2	14	40.0
5 or more vehicles available	5	0.5	22	1.9	17	340.0
Mean vehicles per household	1.77	(X)	1.81	(X)	0.04	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	1,262	100.0	1,530	100.0	268	21.2
Male	706	55.9	800	52.3	94	13.3
Female	556	44.1	730	47.7	174	31.3
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,262	100.0	1,528	100.0	266	21.1
Drove alone	921	73.0	1,190	77.9	269	29.2
Carpooled	250	19.8	208	13.6	-42	-16.8
Public transportation (including taxicab)	12	1.0	7	0.5	-5	-41.7
Bicycle or walked	16	1.3	41	2.7	25	156.2
Motorcycle or other means	0	0.0	35	2.3	35	0.0
Worked at home	63	5.0	47	3.1	-16	-25.4
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	1,199	100.0	1,481	100.0	282	23.5
Less than 5 minutes	32	2.7	86	5.8	54	168.8
5 to 9 minutes	163	13.6	112	7.6	-51	-31.3
10 to 14 minutes	81	6.8	117	7.9	36	44.4
15 to 19 minutes	206	17.2	220	14.9	14	6.8
20 to 29 minutes	421	35.1	447	30.2	26	6.2
30 to 44 minutes	158	13.2	224	15.1	66	41.8
45 or more minutes	138	11.5	275	18.6	137	99.3
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.6	(X)	27.4	(X)	4.8	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	1,199	100.0	1,481	100.0	282	23.5
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	509	42.5	609	41.1	100	19.6
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	278	23.2	381	25.7	103	37.1
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	128	10.7	139	9.4	11	8.6
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	21	1.8	67	4.5	46	219.0
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	18	1.5	22	1.5	4	22.2
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	172	14.3	168	11.3	-4	-2.3
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	73	6.1	95	6.4	22	30.1
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: Mechanic Falls town, Androscoggin County, Maine
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	3,138	100.0
Under 16 years	759	24.2
16 to 20 years	193	6.2
21 to 24 years	143	4.6
25 to 44 years	963	30.7
45 to 64 years	722	23.0
65 years and over	358	11.4
Mean age (years)	35.6	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	1,168	100.0
Less than $15,000	222	19.0
$15,000 to 19,999	73	6.2
$20,000 to 24,999	72	6.2
$25,000 to 49,999	442	37.8
$50,000 to 74,999	261	22.3
$75,000 to 99,999	56	4.8
$100,000 or more	42	3.6
Mean household income (dollars)	41,115	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	34,864	(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	1,170	70	385	505	135	70
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	6.0	32.9	43.2	11.5	6.0
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		0.88	250	60	160	30	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	24.0	64.0	12.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	21.4	85.7	41.6	5.9	0.0	0.0
2-person household		1.88	385	4	110	220	40	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.0	28.6	57.1	10.4	2.6
	Column percent	(X)	32.9	5.7	28.6	43.6	29.6	14.3
3-person household		2.04	215	0	75	80	40	20
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	34.9	37.2	18.6	9.3
	Column percent	(X)	18.4	0.0	19.5	15.8	29.6	28.6
4-or-more-person household		2.30	315	4	40	175	50	45
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.3	12.7	55.6	15.9	14.3
	Column percent	(X)	26.9	5.7	10.4	34.7	37.0	64.3
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		27.4	1,480	200	335	445	225	275
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	13.5	22.6	30.1	15.2	18.6
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		26.6	1,190	150	290	365	190	200
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	12.6	24.4	30.7	16.0	16.8
	Column percent	(X)	80.4	75.0	86.6	82.0	84.4	72.7
Carpooled		32.7	210	10	40	70	35	55
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.8	19.0	33.3	16.7	26.2
	Column percent	(X)	14.2	5.0	11.9	15.7	15.6	20.0
Public transportation (including taxicab)		25.0	4	0	0	4	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0
Bicycle or walked		4.0	40	30	10	0	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	75.0	25.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	2.7	15.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Motorcycle or other means		51.4	35	10	0	4	0	25
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	28.6	0.0	11.4	0.0	71.4
	Column percent	(X)	2.4	5.0	0.0	0.9	0.0	9.1
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.