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www.wbjournal.com Worcester Business Journal • 2015 Central Mass By The Numbers 43 Tourism & Transportation Gas prices Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. $4.00 $3.00 $2.00 $1.00 $0 2014 2015 $2.41 $3.38 Occupancy rates and revenue for Worcester County hotels 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80% $100 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 Occupancy rates Revenue (in millions of dollars) '14 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '15 $80 $60 $40 $20 0 66.5% $99.7M Source: STR Source: AAA Southern New England. While AAA Southern New England does a survey every week on Monday, price listed is average statewide price for self-serve regular unleaded on the first Monday of every month. Average travel time to work Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2009-2013 American Community Survey This map shows the mean commuting times by community, in minutes. Royalston Winchendon Ashburnham Ashby Townsend Pepperell Athol Templeton Gardner Westminster Fitchburg Lunenburg Shirley Groton Ayer Harvard Acton Leominster Lancaster Hubbardston Phillipston Petersham Barre Princeton Clinton Bolton Berlin Hudson Stow Sudbury Wayland Rutland West Boylston Boylston Shrewsbury Ashland Natick Holden Oakham Paxton Leicester Spencer Grafton Upton Milford Sherborn Holliston Millis Medway Franklin Hopedale Mendon Northbridge Millbury Sutton New Braintree Hardwick North Brookfield West Brookfield East Brookfield Brookfield Warren Charlton Southbridge Dudley Douglas Uxbridge Millville Blackstone Bellingham Maynard Littleton Westborough 2 2 Boxborough Southborough Northborough Marlborough Worcester Sterling Oxford Webster Framingham Hopkinton Auburn Sturbridge Devens 495 495 90 90 290 290 90 395 35.2 36.2 31.5 32.6 28.7 25 27 36.5 32.8 25.9 29.3 32.7 30.6 28.6 32 30.7 24.4 32.2 26.2 37.1 25.9 27.2 34.1 25.3 34.4 33.3 39.4 32.4 27.2 31.9 28.5 34.9 36.9 26.5 26.4 28.4 26.7 30.1 31.3 27.7 30.1 35.8 33.1 28.6 28.7 32.9 27.9 30.6 37.2 29.3 27.3 35.1 35.4 27.3 29 32.4 41.8 32 33.5 34.6 36.5 34.2 28.8 27.1 33.7 32.5 25.5 30.7 32.2 34.7 27.7 30.7 31.8 32.1 29.6 30.4 34 31.8 26 22.5 31.3 33.5 32.1 31.2 23.5 As of October 2015, consumers are saving on average $1.10 per gallon compared with the same month in 2014. After falling in 2009 during the Great Recession, hotel occupancy rates and revenue in the region have risen. The average commuting time to work for the region is just under 31 minutes.