CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Amherst County, Virginia
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	28,578	100.0	31,894	100.0	3,316	11.6
In households	26,283	92.0	29,929	93.8	3,646	13.9
In group quarters	2,295	8.0	1,965	6.2	-330	-14.4
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	9,829	100.0	11,928	100.0	2,099	21.4
1-person household	1,890	19.2	2,866	24.0	976	51.6
2-person household	3,225	32.8	4,177	35.0	952	29.5
3-person household	2,024	20.6	2,270	19.0	246	12.2
4-person household	1,765	18.0	1,676	14.1	-89	-5.0
5-or-more-person household	925	9.4	939	7.9	14	1.5
Mean number of persons per household	2.67	(X)	2.51	(X)	-0.16	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	9,829	100.0	11,928	100.0	2,099	21.4
No vehicle available	764	7.8	718	6.0	-46	-6.0
1 vehicle available	2,636	26.8	3,473	29.1	837	31.8
2 vehicles available	3,997	40.7	4,312	36.2	315	7.9
3 vehicles available	1,787	18.2	2,338	19.6	551	30.8
4 vehicles available	451	4.6	737	6.2	286	63.4
5 or more vehicles available	194	2.0	350	2.9	156	80.4
Mean vehicles per household	1.92	(X)	2.00	(X)	0.09	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	13,138	100.0	14,450	100.0	1,312	10.0
Male	7,005	53.3	7,490	51.8	485	6.9
Female	6,133	46.7	6,960	48.2	827	13.5
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	13,138	100.0	14,450	100.0	1,312	10.0
Drove alone	10,303	78.4	11,486	79.5	1,183	11.5
Carpooled	2,113	16.1	1,733	12.0	-380	-18.0
Public transportation (including taxicab)	92	0.7	111	0.8	19	20.7
Bicycle or walked	228	1.7	588	4.1	360	157.9
Motorcycle or other means	89	0.7	176	1.2	87	97.8
Worked at home	313	2.4	356	2.5	43	13.7
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	12,825	100.0	14,094	100.0	1,269	9.9
Less than 5 minutes	419	3.3	521	3.7	102	24.3
5 to 9 minutes	1,241	9.7	1,166	8.3	-75	-6.0
10 to 14 minutes	1,967	15.3	2,246	15.9	279	14.2
15 to 19 minutes	2,503	19.5	2,439	17.3	-64	-2.6
20 to 29 minutes	3,342	26.1	3,441	24.4	99	3.0
30 to 44 minutes	2,350	18.3	2,841	20.2	491	20.9
45 or more minutes	1,003	7.8	1,440	10.2	437	43.6
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	20.9	(X)	23.6	(X)	2.7	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	12,825	100.0	14,094	100.0	1,269	9.9
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	3,786	29.5	4,377	31.1	591	15.6
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	3,876	30.2	4,351	30.9	475	12.3
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	2,163	16.9	1,980	14.0	-183	-8.5
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	529	4.1	600	4.3	71	13.4
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	266	2.1	187	1.3	-79	-29.7
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	1,986	15.5	2,226	15.8	240	12.1
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	219	1.7	373	2.6	154	70.3
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: Amherst County, Virginia
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	31,894	100.0
Under 16 years	6,579	20.6
16 to 20 years	2,516	7.9
21 to 24 years	1,506	4.7
25 to 44 years	8,867	27.8
45 to 64 years	8,052	25.2
65 years and over	4,374	13.7
Mean age (years)	37.6	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	11,928	100.0
Less than $15,000	2,086	17.5
$15,000 to 19,999	800	6.7
$20,000 to 24,999	928	7.8
$25,000 to 49,999	4,161	34.9
$50,000 to 74,999	2,411	20.2
$75,000 to 99,999	905	7.6
$100,000 or more	637	5.3
Mean household income (dollars)	44,712	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	37,393	(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		2.00	11,930	720	3,475	4,310	2,340	1,085
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	6.0	29.1	36.1	19.6	9.1
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		1.20	2,865	400	1,740	535	165	30
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	14.0	60.7	18.7	5.8	1.0
	Column percent	(X)	24.0	55.6	50.1	12.4	7.1	2.8
2-person household		2.02	4,175	170	965	1,995	820	230
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	4.1	23.1	47.8	19.6	5.5
	Column percent	(X)	35.0	23.6	27.8	46.3	35.0	21.2
3-person household		2.33	2,270	115	430	825	570	325
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	5.1	18.9	36.3	25.1	14.3
	Column percent	(X)	19.0	16.0	12.4	19.1	24.4	30.0
4-or-more-person household		2.58	2,615	35	335	965	780	500
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	1.3	12.8	36.9	29.8	19.1
	Column percent	(X)	21.9	4.9	9.6	22.4	33.3	46.1
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		23.6	14,095	1,685	4,685	3,440	2,840	1,440
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	12.0	33.2	24.4	20.1	10.2
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		23.0	11,485	1,070	3,965	2,975	2,470	1,005
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	9.3	34.5	25.9	21.5	8.8
	Column percent	(X)	81.5	63.5	84.6	86.5	87.0	69.8
Carpooled		31.6	1,735	180	415	450	345	345
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	10.4	23.9	25.9	19.9	19.9
	Column percent	(X)	12.3	10.7	8.9	13.1	12.1	24.0
Public transportation (including taxicab)		52.1	110	30	4	0	0	75
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	27.3	3.6	0.0	0.0	68.2
	Column percent	(X)	0.8	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.0	5.2
Bicycle or walked		5.7	590	395	195	0	0	0
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	66.9	33.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Column percent	(X)	4.2	23.4	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
Motorcycle or other means		28.5	175	15	105	15	25	15
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	8.6	60.0	8.6	14.3	8.6
	Column percent	(X)	1.2	0.9	2.2	0.4	0.9	1.0
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.