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Rockland, MA map Population (year 2000): 17,670. Estimated population in July 2006: 17,896 (+1.3% change)
 

Males: 8,458  (47.9%)
Females: 9,212  (52.1%)

Plymouth County

Median resident age:  36.3 years
Massachusetts median age:  36.5 years

Zip codes: 02370.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $60,800 (it was $50,613 in 2000)
Rockland  $60,800
Massachusetts:  $57,184

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $335,100 (it was $162,500 in 2000)
Rockland  $335,100
Massachusetts:  $361,500

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Races in Rockland:

  • White Non-Hispanic (94.2%)
  • Black (1.7%)
  • Two or more races (1.5%)
  • Hispanic (1.0%)
  • Other race (0.8%)
  • American Indian (0.6%)
  • Vietnamese (0.6%)

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Ancestries: Irish (36.9%), Italian (16.0%), English (15.1%), French (6.4%), United States (5.9%), German (4.7%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated in 1874

Elevation: 140 feet

Land area: 10.0 square miles.

Population density: 1778 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Rockland

  • High school or higher: 88.6%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 18.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 4.7%
  • Unemployed: 2.9%
  • Mean travel time to work: 29.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Rockland town

  • Never married: 26.4%
  • Now married: 54.6%
  • Separated: 1.9%
  • Widowed: 7.8%
  • Divorced: 9.3%

426 residents are foreign born (1.1% Europe, 0.7% Latin America, 0.4% North America).

This town:  2.4%
Massachusetts:  12.2%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Rockland:  1.5% ($2,432)
Massachusetts:  1.3% ($2,336)
Rockland satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Weymouth, MA (5.8 miles , pop. 53,988).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (18.0 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (222.0 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Abington, MA (2.6 miles ), Hanover, MA (3.6 miles ), Whitman, MA (3.7 miles ), Weymouth, MA (5.8 miles ), Hanson, MA (6.0 miles ), .


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 79 buildings, average cost: $71,700
  • 1997: 55 buildings, average cost: $71,400
  • 1998: 79 buildings, average cost: $77,800
  • 1999: 37 buildings, average cost: $87,100
  • 2000: 30 buildings, average cost: $81,900
  • 2001: 32 buildings, average cost: $108,000
  • 2002: 8 buildings, average cost: $156,600
  • 2003: 7 buildings, average cost: $149,300
  • 2004: 39 buildings, average cost: $111,900
  • 2005: 99 buildings, average cost: $123,300
  • 2006: 67 buildings, average cost: $122,500
  • 2007: 57 buildings, average cost: $122,700

Number of permits per 10,000 residents
Average cost (in 1000s)

Latitude: 42.13 N, Longitude: 70.91 W


People in group quarters in Rockland
  • 170 people in nursing homes
  • 12 people in religious group quarters
  • 9 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse

Area codes: 781, 339

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Rockland, Massachusetts business and economic data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Unemployment in September 2007:
Here:  4.5%
Massachusetts:  4.4%


Unemployment by year (%)

Historical population

Historical housing units


Most common industries for males:
  • Construction (14%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Repair and maintenance (5%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (19%)
  • Finance and insurance (16%)
  • Educational services (12%)
  • Accommodation and food services (9%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (3%)
  • Food and beverage stores (2%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (4%)
  • Carpenters (4%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (4%)
  • Health technologists and technicians (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)



 

Crime in Rockland by Year
Type 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 00000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 53864241
    per 100,000 28.116.345.133.522.211.222.55.6
Robberies 545111117108
    per 100,000 28.121.728.261.561.094.956.144.6
Assaults 8287954462121211
    per 100,000 460.4471.8535.1246.0343.667.067.461.3
Burglaries 7582386581464061
    per 100,000 421.1444.7214.0363.4449.0256.7224.6339.9
Thefts 275236117180280246192222
    per 100,000 1544.01279.8659.01006.21551.91372.71077.91237.0
Auto thefts 5151527366363658
    per 100,000 286.3276.6292.9408.1365.8200.9202.1323.2
Arson 51N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
    per 100,000 286.3N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 323.2) 237.1218.3216.3192.8227.5139.7123.3129.2

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 41 (33 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.85
US city average:  3.00

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Rockland-area historical tornado activity is below Massachusetts state average. It is 53% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/9/1953, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 20.5 miles away from the Rockland town center injured 17 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

On 6/9/1953, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 43.4 miles away from the town center killed 90 people and injured 1228 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.


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Main business address for: INDEPENDENT BANK CORP (STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS), BIOSPHERE MEDICAL INC (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS).


Hospitals/medical centers near Rockland:
  • SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; SOUTH WEYMOUTH, MA)
  • BROCKTON HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; BROCKTON, MA)
  • HEALTHSOUTH BRAINTREE REHAB HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; BRAINTREE, MA)

Political contributions by individuals in Rockland, MA

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Rockland:
  • GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (about 17 miles; BOSTON, MA; ID: BOS)
  • LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (about 35 miles; BEDFORD, MA; ID: BED)
  • THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN STATE (about 45 miles; PROVIDENCE, RI; ID: PVD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rockland:
  • CRANLAND (about 10 miles; HANSON, MA; ID: 28M)
  • MONPONSETT POND (about 11 miles; HALIFAX, MA; ID: MA6)
  • MARSHFIELD MUNICIPAL - GEORGE HARLOW FIELD (about 18 miles; MARSHFIELD, MA; ID: 3B2)

Amtrak stations near Rockland:
  • 18 miles: ROUTE 128 (WESTWOOD, UNIVERSITY AVE. & RTE. 128). Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, paid short-term parking, taxi stand, public transit connection.
  • 19 miles: BOSTON (SO. STA) (BOSTON, ATLANTIC AVE. & SUMMER ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities and snack bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.
  • 19 miles: BACK BAY (BOSTON, 145 DARTMOUTH ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Rockland:
  • MASSASOIT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; BROCKTON, MA; Full-time enrollment: 4,161)
  • QUINCY COLLEGE (about 11 miles; QUINCY, MA; FT enrollment: 2,528)
  • BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE (about 11 miles; BRIDGEWATER, MA; FT enrollment: 6,843)
  • BABSON COLLEGE (about 13 miles; WELLESLEY, MA; FT enrollment: 2,659)
  • STONEHILL COLLEGE (about 13 miles; EASTON, MA; FT enrollment: 2,374)
  • UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS-BOSTON (about 17 miles; BOSTON, MA; FT enrollment: 9,248)
  • EMERSON COLLEGE (about 19 miles; Boston, MA; FT enrollment: 3,697)
Public high school in Rockland:
  • ROCKLAND SENIOR HIGH (Students: 753; Location: 34 MACKINLAY WAY; Grades: Primary Kindergarten Enrollment-12th grade Enrollment; Our rating: 52)
Public elementary/middle schools in Rockland:
  • JOHN W ROGERS MIDDLE (Students: 615; Location: 100 TAUNTON AVENUE; Grades: 6th grade Enrollment-8th grade Enrollment)
  • R STEWART ESTEN (Students: 411; Location: 733 SUMMER STREET; Grades: 1st grade Enrollment-5th grade Enrollment)
  • JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 393; Location: 34 JAMES STREET; Grades: Kindergarten Enrollment-5th grade Enrollment)
  • MEMORIAL PARK (Students: 352; Location: 1 COL BRIAN DUFFY WAY; Grades: 1st grade Enrollment-5th grade Enrollment)
Private elementary/middle schools in Rockland:
  • HOLY FAMILY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 427; Location: 6 DEL PRETE AVENUE; Grades: KG - 8)
  • SUPER KIDS OF ROCKLAND (Students: 25; Location: 330 PLEASANT ST; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Rockland:
  • ROCKLAND MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating income: $401,071; Location: 20 BELMONT ST.; 58,883 books; 1,715 audio materials; 1,012 video materials; 93 serial subscriptions)

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Notable locations in Rockland: Rockland Golf Course (A), Rockland Plaza (B), Rockland Memorial Library (C), Rockland Town Hall (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Rockland include: Trinity Episcopal Church (A), Channing Unitarian Church (B), First Baptist Church of Rockland (C), First Church of Christ Scientist (D), First Congregational Church (E), Hatherly United Methodist Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Beal Cemetery (1), Maplewood Cemetery (2), Mount Pleasant Cemetery (3), Saint Patricks Cemetery (4), Holy Family Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map

Reservoirs and swamps: Studleys Pond (A), Beech Hill Swamp (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Park in Rockland: Lower Union Street Historic District (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Rockland Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attraction: Country Rentals (Arcades & Amusements; 20 Spring Street).

Hotels: Holiday Inn Rockland Massachusetts (909 Hingham St), Comfort Inn Rockland (850 Hingham Street), Radisson-Rockland (929 Hingham Street), Radisson Hotel-Rockland-Grand Ballroom (929 Hingham Street).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Rockland and their reported violations in the past:

ABINGTON/ROCKLAND JOINT WTR. WORKS (Population served: 32706, Surface_water):
Past health violations:
  • Treatment Technique (SWTR) - Between OCT-2003 and DEC-2003. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (JAN-30-2004)
Past monitoring violations:
  • One regular monitoring violation

Average household size:
This town:  2.7 people
Massachusetts:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This town:  70.1%
Whole state:  64.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This town:  5.4%
Whole state:  5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  6.8%
Whole state:  9.3%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This town:  3.0%
Whole state:  4.4%

Rockland compared to Massachusetts state average:
  • Median house value above state average.
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage below state average.


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Banks with branches in Rockland (2007 data):
  • Rockland Trust Company: at 288 Union Street, branch established on 1907-09-10. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,825.3 mil, Deposits: $2,129.5 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 52 total offices, Holding Company: Independent Bank Corp.
  • South Coastal Bank: at 279 Union Street, branch established on 1868-03-30. Info updated 2006-12-07: Bank assets: $221.1 mil, Deposits: $153.1 mil, local headquarters, negative income in the last year, Commercial Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: South Coastal Holdings Mhc, Inc



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Most commonly used house heating fuel:

5.34% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($60,926 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  5.34%
Massachusetts average:  6.31%

0.04% of residents moved from foreign countries ($402 average AGI)
Plymouth County:  0.04%
Massachusetts average:  0.28%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Norfolk County, MA  1.57% ($60,184 average AGI)
from Bristol County, MA  0.84% ($49,926)
from Suffolk County, MA  0.72% ($62,461)


6.02% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($51,677 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.02%
Massachusetts average:  6.91%

0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($247 average AGI)
Plymouth County:  0.04%
Massachusetts average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Norfolk County, MA  1.28% ($54,265 average AGI)
to Bristol County, MA  1.01% ($42,010)
to Suffolk County, MA  0.60% ($49,190)


Strongest AM radio stations in Rockland:
  • WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WWZN (1510 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
  • WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WBET (1460 AM; 5 kW; BROCKTON, MA; Owner: KJI BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WBIX (1060 AM; 40 kW; NATICK, MA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WUNR (1600 AM; 20 kW; BROOKLINE, MA; Owner: CHAMPION BROADCASTING SYSTEMS, INC.)
  • WRCA (1330 AM; 25 kW; WALTHAM, MA; Owner: WRCA LICENSE, LLC)
  • WMKI (1260 AM; 5 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WAMG (890 AM; 25 kW; DEDHAM, MA; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF DEDHAM LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WEZE (590 AM; 5 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: NEW ENGLAND CONTINENTAL MEDIA, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Rockland:
  • WRPS (88.3 FM; ROCKLAND, MA; Owner: ROCKLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS)
  • WXKS-FM (107.9 FM; MEDFORD, MA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WMJX (106.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WBOT (97.7 FM; BROCKTON, MA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
  • WBMX (98.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WBOS (92.9 FM; BROOKLINE, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WJMN (94.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WCRB (102.5 FM; WALTHAM, MA; Owner: CHARLES RIVER BROADCASTING WCRB LICE)
  • WTKK (96.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WROR-FM (105.7 FM; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WBCN (104.1 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: HEMISPHERE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WZLX (100.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF BOSTON)
  • W267AI (101.3 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: MCC BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WERS (88.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: EMERSON COLLEGE)
  • WGBH (89.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • WBUR-FM (90.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY)
  • WATD-FM (95.9 FM; MARSHFIELD, MA; Owner: MARSHFIELD BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WHRB (95.3 FM; CAMBRIDGE, MA; Owner: HARVARD RADIO BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WODS (103.3 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WWBB (101.5 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Rockland:
  • WWDP (Channel 46; NORWELL, MA; Owner: NORWELL TELEVISION, LLC)
  • WCVB-TV (Channel 5; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WCVB HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
  • WGBH-TV (Channel 2; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • WBPX (Channel 68; BOSTON, MA; Owner: PAXSON BOSTON-68 LICENSE, INC.)
  • WHDH-TV (Channel 7; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WHDH-TV)
  • WMFP (Channel 62; LAWRENCE, MA; Owner: WSAH LICENSE, INC.)
  • WSBK-TV (Channel 38; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
  • WLVI-TV (Channel 56; CAMBRIDGE, MA; Owner: WLVI, INC.)
  • WBZ-TV (Channel 4; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
  • WGBX-TV (Channel 44; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • WFXT (Channel 25; BOSTON, MA; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS INC.)
  • WTMU-LP (Channel 32; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ZGS BOSTON, INC.)
  • WCEA-LP (Channel 58; BOSTON, MA; Owner: CHANNEL 19 TV CORPORATION)
  • W40BO (Channel 40; BOSTON, MA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
  • WLNE-TV (Channel 6; NEW BEDFORD, MA; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, INC.)
  • WLWC (Channel 28; NEW BEDFORD, MA; Owner: C-28 FCC LICENSEE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
  • WPRI-TV (Channel 12; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: TVL BROADCASTING OF RHODE ISLAND, LLC)
  • WNAC-TV (Channel 64; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: WNAC, LLC)
  • WJAR (Channel 10; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WUTF (Channel 66; MARLBOROUGH, MA; Owner: TELEFUTURA BOSTON LLC)
  • WSBE-TV (Channel 36; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TELECOM. AUTHORITY)

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