CENSUS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PACKAGE (CTPP 2000) Table 1. Profile of Selected 1990 and 2000 Characteristics
Geographic Area: Bennington town, Bennington County, Vermont
Subject	1990 Census		Census 2000		Change 1990 to 2000
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
POPULATION
Total population	16,451	100.0	15,827	100.0	-624	-3.8
In households	15,216	92.5	14,649	92.6	-567	-3.7
In group quarters	1,235	7.5	1,178	7.4	-57	-4.6
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
Total households	6,011	100.0	6,160	100.0	149	2.5
1-person household	1,537	25.6	1,844	29.9	307	20.0
2-person household	1,892	31.5	2,105	34.2	213	11.3
3-person household	1,016	16.9	996	16.2	-20	-2.0
4-person household	948	15.8	736	11.9	-212	-22.4
5-or-more-person household	618	10.3	479	7.8	-139	-22.5
Mean number of persons per household	2.53	(X)	2.38	(X)	-0.15	(X)
VEHICLES AVAILABLE1
Total households	6,011	100.0	6,160	100.0	149	2.5
No vehicle available	895	14.9	779	12.6	-116	-13.0
1 vehicle available	2,200	36.6	2,406	39.1	206	9.4
2 vehicles available	2,209	36.7	2,207	35.8	-2	-0.1
3 vehicles available	517	8.6	536	8.7	19	3.7
4 vehicles available	171	2.8	170	2.8	-1	-0.6
5 or more vehicles available	19	0.3	62	1.0	43	226.3
Mean vehicles per household	1.49	(X)	1.53	(X)	0.04	(X)
WORKERS BY SEX1
Workers 16 years and over	7,400	100.0	7,520	100.0	120	1.6
Male	3,746	50.6	3,720	49.5	-26	-0.7
Female	3,654	49.4	3,800	50.5	146	4.0
MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	7,400	100.0	7,519	100.0	119	1.6
Drove alone	5,284	71.4	5,409	71.9	125	2.4
Carpooled	974	13.2	935	12.4	-39	-4.0
Public transportation (including taxicab)	28	0.4	48	0.6	20	71.4
Bicycle or walked	813	11.0	698	9.3	-115	-14.1
Motorcycle or other means	66	0.9	81	1.1	15	22.7
Worked at home	235	3.2	348	4.6	113	48.1
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	7,165	100.0	7,171	100.0	6	0.1
Less than 5 minutes	839	11.7	593	8.3	-246	-29.3
5 to 9 minutes	2,339	32.6	2,210	30.8	-129	-5.5
10 to 14 minutes	1,722	24.0	1,851	25.8	129	7.5
15 to 19 minutes	880	12.3	1,030	14.4	150	17.0
20 to 29 minutes	569	7.9	494	6.9	-75	-13.2
30 to 44 minutes	442	6.2	466	6.5	24	5.4
45 or more minutes	374	5.2	527	7.3	153	40.9
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	13.1	(X)	16.2	(X)	3.1	(X)
TIME LEAVING HOME TO GO TO WORK
Workers who did not work at home	7,165	100.0	7,171	100.0	6	0.1
5:00 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.	1,615	22.5	1,647	23.0	32	2.0
7:00 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.	1,926	26.9	2,072	28.9	146	7.6
8:00 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.	1,343	18.7	1,209	16.9	-134	-10.0
9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.	446	6.2	359	5.0	-87	-19.5
10:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.	313	4.4	263	3.7	-50	-16.0
12:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.	1,336	18.6	1,376	19.2	40	3.0
12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.	186	2.6	245	3.4	59	31.7
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: Bennington town, Bennington County, Vermont
Subject	Census 2000
	Number	Percent
POPULATION BY AGE
Total population	15,827	100.0
Under 16 years	3,351	21.2
16 to 20 years	1,358	8.6
21 to 24 years	783	4.9
25 to 44 years	4,130	26.1
45 to 64 years	3,414	21.6
65 years and over	2,791	17.6
Mean age (years)	38.4	(X)
HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 19991
Total households	6,160	100.0
Less than $15,000	1,211	19.7
$15,000 to 19,999	594	9.6
$20,000 to 24,999	561	9.1
$25,000 to 49,999	1,935	31.4
$50,000 to 74,999	1,026	16.7
$75,000 to 99,999	459	7.5
$100,000 or more	374	6.1
Mean household income (dollars)	42,778	(X)
Median household income (dollars)	33,706	(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		1.53	6,160	780	2,405	2,205	535	230
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	12.7	39.0	35.8	8.7	3.7
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
1-person household		0.84	1,845	515	1,140	165	15	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	27.9	61.8	8.9	0.8	0.5
	Column percent	(X)	30.0	66.0	47.4	7.5	2.8	4.3
2-person household		1.63	2,105	170	665	1,105	115	50
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	8.1	31.6	52.5	5.5	2.4
	Column percent	(X)	34.2	21.8	27.7	50.1	21.5	21.7
3-person household		1.87	995	70	270	445	150	60
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	7.0	27.1	44.7	15.1	6.0
	Column percent	(X)	16.2	9.0	11.2	20.2	28.0	26.1
4-or-more-person household		2.13	1,215	30	325	495	255	110
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	2.5	26.7	40.7	21.0	9.1
	Column percent	(X)	19.7	3.8	13.5	22.4	47.7	47.8
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		16.2	7,170	2,805	2,880	495	465	525
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	39.1	40.2	6.9	6.5	7.3
	Column percent	(X)	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Drove alone		15.8	5,410	2,045	2,235	385	345	395
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	37.8	41.3	7.1	6.4	7.3
	Column percent	(X)	75.5	72.9	77.6	77.8	74.2	75.2
Carpooled		19.5	935	335	370	55	90	80
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	35.8	39.6	5.9	9.6	8.6
	Column percent	(X)	13.0	11.9	12.8	11.1	19.4	15.2
Public transportation (including taxicab)		42.7	50	0	25	0	10	15
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	0.0	50.0	0.0	20.0	30.0
	Column percent	(X)	0.7	0.0	0.9	0.0	2.2	2.9
Bicycle or walked		9.0	700	405	210	50	20	10
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	57.9	30.0	7.1	2.9	1.4
	Column percent	(X)	9.8	14.4	7.3	10.1	4.3	1.9
Motorcycle or other means		58.6	80	15	40	0	0	30
	Row percent	(X)	100.0	18.8	50.0	0.0	0.0	37.5
	Column percent	(X)	1.1	0.5	1.4	0.0	0.0	5.7
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.