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Notable locations in Taunton: Plaza 44 Taunton (A), Trucchi Shopping Plaza (B), Taunton City Hall (C), Weir Junction Station (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Center: Fernandes Raynham Shopping Center (1). Display/hide its location on the map
Churches in Taunton include: Spanish Church of God (A), Saint Pauls Church (B), North Taunton Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Mayflower Hill Cemetery (1), Richmond Cemetery (2), Saint Francis Cemetery (3), Westville Cemetery (4), Blake Cemetery (5), Plain Cemetery (6), Saint Josephs Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Richmond Pond (A), Cain Pond (B), Sheppards Factory Pond (C), Black Pond (D), Deep Pond (E), Little Bearhole Pond (F), Thatchers Pond (G), Willis Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Cotley River (A), Spring Brook (B), Fall Brook (C), Cobb Brook (D), Mill River (E), Thompson Brook (F), Snake River (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in Taunton include: Watson Pond State Park (1), Taunton Common (2), Memorial Park (3), Hopewell Park (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attractions: Coin-Op Connection (Arcades & Amusements; 388 Bay) (1), Aime Caron (Arcades & Amusements; 17 Fourth Avenue) (2). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
Courts: Mass Commonwealth - Trial Court- Juvenile Court Dept- Bristol County Div- Juvenile Probation (9 Court Street) (1), Bristol County - Courts- Probate Court Ofc (11 Court Street) (2), Mass Commonwealth - Trial Court- Superior Court- Clerk Of Courts Ofc (9 Court Street) (3), Mass Commonwealth - Trial Court- Superior Court- Probation Ofc (9 Court Street) (4), Bristol County - Taunton Superior Court House- Custodial Ofc (9 Court Street) (5), Mass Commonwealth - Trial Court- Superior Court- Judge's Lobby (31 Taunton Green) (6). Display/hide their approximate locations on the map
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Drinking water stations with addresses in Taunton and their reported violations in the past:
TAUNTON WATER DEPARTMENT (Population served: 56500, Surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
- 51 regular monitoring violations
PAUL DEVER STATE SCHOOL (Population served: 150, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
- Follow-up and Routine Tap Sampling - Between JAN-01-2000 and JUN-13-2001, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (MAY-25-2001), St Compliance achieved (JUN-13-2001)
- One routine major monitoring violation
- 159 regular monitoring violations
Drinking water stations with addresses in Taunton that have no violations reported:
- WOLFEBORO 7 ELEVEN NO 32506 (Serves NH, Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: |  10.0% | | Whole state: |  9.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This city: | 4.5% | | Whole state: | 4.4% |
Taunton compared to Massachusetts state average:
- Median house value above state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher below state average.
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Banks with branches in Taunton (2007 data):
- Bristol County Savings Bank: Taunton High School Branch, Taunton Branch, at 35 Broadway. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,108.2 mil, Deposits: $692.4 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 12 total offices, Holding Company: Beacon Bancorp
- Mechanics' Co-operative Bank: Mechanics' Co-Operative Bank at 308 Bay Street, branch established on 1877-01-01; Taunton Branch at 75 County Street, branch established on 1976-01-01. Info updated 2006-05-16: Bank assets: $162.8 mil, Deposits: $110.0 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 3 total offices
- Sovereign Bank: Taunton-Broadway Branch at 188 Broadway, branch established on 1979-09-06; Taunton Green Branch at 12 Taunton Green, branch established on 1869-02-11. Info updated 2006-12-07: Bank assets: $89,506.4 mil, Deposits: $51,244.7 mil, headquarters in Wyomissing, PA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 860 total offices, Holding Company: Banco Santander Central Hispano, S.A.
- Bank of America, National Association: Taunton Branch at 130 High Street, branch established on 1983-09-21; Silver City Galleria Branch at 2 Galleria Mall Drive, branch established on 1995-11-20. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $1,196,123.8 mil, Deposits: $759,600.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 5839 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
- Webster Bank, National Association: 2 Washington Street Branch at 2 Washington Street, branch established on 1946-07-08; Plaza #44 Branch at 291 Winthrop Street, branch established on 1968-05-09. Info updated 2006-10-31: Bank assets: $16,847.6 mil, Deposits: $12,556.9 mil, headquarters in Waterbury, CT, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 182 total offices, Holding Company: Webster Financial Corporation
- Bridgewater Savings Bank: Taunton Branch at 2109 Bay Street, branch established on 2005-06-06. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $373.3 mil, Deposits: $305.5 mil, headquarters in Raynham, MA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 7 total offices, Holding Company: Bridgewater Financial, Mhc
- Eastern Bank: Taunton Branch at 742 County Street, branch established on 2003-09-28. Info updated 2007-01-05: Bank assets: $6,581.5 mil, Deposits: $4,827.3 mil, headquarters in Boston, MA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 72 total offices, Holding Company: Eastern Bank Corporation
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)
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| Function |
Full-time employees |
Monthly full-time payroll |
Average yearly full-time wage |
Part-time employees |
Monthly part-time payroll |
| Elementary and Secondary - Instruction |
889 | $3,563,218 | $48,097 | 196 | $177,173 |
| Elementary and Secondary - Other Total |
241 | $746,791 | $37,185 | 135 | $118,113 |
Taunton government finances in 2004:
- Charges - All Other: $8,654,000
Sewerage: $3,726,000
Solid Waste Management: $2,143,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Lunch: $1,517,000
Elementary & Secondary Education School Tuition: $375,000
Parking Facilities: $171,000
Elementary & Secondary Education - Other: $25,000
- Construction - Electric Utilities: $6,342,000
Water Utilities: $5,871,000
Sewerage: $1,501,000
General: $489,000
Regular Highways: $372,000
Elementary & Secondary Education: $45,000
General Public Buildings: $17,000
- Current Operations - Elementary & Secondary Education: $72,378,000
Electric Utilities: $58,706,000
General - Other: $23,554,000
Police Protection: $8,104,000
Fire Protection: $7,581,000
Welfare - Other: $5,223,000
Water Utilities: $3,288,000
Regular Highways: $2,889,000
Solid Waste Management: $1,577,000
Sewerage: $1,498,000
Financial Administration: $1,218,000
General Public Buildings: $1,172,000
Libraries: $896,000
Housing & Community Development: $776,000
Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $680,000
Parks & Recreation: $616,000
Central Staff Services: $433,000
Health Services - Other: $405,000
Air Transportation: $273,000
Judicial and Legal Services: $225,000
Natural Resources - Other: $136,000
Parking Facilities: $47,000
- Electric Utilities - Interest on Debt: $454,000
- Employee Retirement - Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $60,833,000
Total Federal Securities: $42,073,000
Interest Revenue: $21,651,000
Total Other Securities: $13,764,000
Benefit Payments: $11,348,000
From Local Government: $6,664,000
Other Investments - Other: $5,733,000
Local Employee Contribution: $4,019,000
Total Cash & Deposits: $2,679,000
Withdrawals: $773,000
From Other Government: $428,000
- Federal Intergovernmental - All Other: $1,147,000
Housing & Community Development: $784,000
Education: $343,000
- General - Interest on Debt: $3,342,000
- Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,795,000
Health: $85,000
- Intergovernmental to State - Transit Utilities: $222,000
General: $90,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $9,993,000
Electric Utilities: $5,680,000
Industrial Revenue: $1,954,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, Education, NEC: $43,647,000
- Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $26,356,000
- Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Water Utilities: $6,977,000
Other NEC: $499,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Elementary & Secondary Education: $40,766,000
Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $24,769,000
- Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $16,187,000
Electric Utilities: $3,930,000
Industrial Revenue: $1,694,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $260,000
- Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,881,000
Other, NEC: $2,086,000
Electric Utilities: $1,750,000
Water Utilities: $783,000
- Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $3,669,000
Interest Earnings: $241,000
- Other Capital Outlay - Elementary and Secondary Education: $829,000
General - Other: $256,000
Fire Protection: $33,000
Regular Highways: $28,000
General Public Building: $26,000
Police Protection: $19,000
Financial Administration: $17,000
Parks & Recreation: $10,000
Central Staff: $1,000
- Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $15,138,000
- Revenue - Electric Utilities: $66,624,000
Water Utilities: $8,177,000
- Short Term Debt Outstanding - Beginning: $1,550,000
End of Fiscal Year: $300,000
- Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $1,694,000
- State Intergovernmental - Education: $50,314,000
General Support: $10,547,000
Water Utilities: $5,450,000
Public Welfare: $3,592,000
All Other: $2,464,000
Health & Hospitals: $264,000
Highways: $58,000
- Tax - Property: $52,978,000
NEC: $1,198,000
Other Selective Sales: $379,000
- Total Salaries & Wages: $91,427,000
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $539,000
4.30% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($46,521 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.30% | | Massachusetts average: | 6.31% |
0.07% of residents moved from foreign countries ($358 average AGI)| Bristol County: | 0.07% | | Massachusetts average: | 0.28% |
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
4.91% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($47,049 average adjusted gross income) | Here: | 4.91% | | Massachusetts average: | 6.91% |
0.04% of residents moved to foreign countries ($202 average AGI)| Bristol County: | 0.04% | | Massachusetts average: | 0.11% |
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
Strongest AM radio stations in Taunton:
- WPEP (1570 AM; 1 kW; TAUNTON, MA; Owner: ANASTOS MEDIA GROUP, INC.)
- WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- 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)
- WWZN (1510 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
- WAMG (890 AM; 25 kW; DEDHAM, MA; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF DEDHAM LICENSEE, LLC)
- WPRO (630 AM; 5 kW; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WSAR (1480 AM; 5 kW; FALL RIVER, MA; Owner: BRISTOL COUNTY BROADCASTING, INC.)
- WDDZ (550 AM; 5 kW; PAWTUCKET, RI; Owner: ABC, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Taunton:
- WWBB (101.5 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WBOT (97.7 FM; BROCKTON, MA; Owner: RADIO ONE LICENSES, LLC)
- WSNE-FM (93.3 FM; TAUNTON, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- 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.)
- 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.)
- WGBH (89.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
- WBUR-FM (90.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY)
- WODS (103.3 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
- WBRU (95.5 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: BROWN BROADCASTING SERVICE, INC.)
- WHJY (94.1 FM; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WKKB (100.3 FM; MIDDLETOWN, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- WBCN (104.1 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: HEMISPHERE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WZLX (100.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF BOSTON)
- WCTK (98.1 FM; NEW BEDFORD, MA; Owner: HALL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Taunton:
- WWDP (Channel 46; NORWELL, MA; Owner: NORWELL TELEVISION, LLC)
- WLNE-TV (Channel 6; NEW BEDFORD, MA; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, INC.)
- 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.)
- WSBE-TV (Channel 36; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TELECOM. AUTHORITY)
- WLWC (Channel 28; NEW BEDFORD, MA; Owner: C-28 FCC LICENSEE SUBSIDIARY, LLC)
- WCVB-TV (Channel 5; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WCVB HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
- WGBH-TV (Channel 2; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
- 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.)
- WBPX (Channel 68; BOSTON, MA; Owner: PAXSON BOSTON-68 LICENSE, INC.)
- W40BO (Channel 40; BOSTON, MA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
- WTMU-LP (Channel 32; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ZGS BOSTON, INC.)
- WCEA-LP (Channel 58; BOSTON, MA; Owner: CHANNEL 19 TV CORPORATION)
- WUTF (Channel 66; MARLBOROUGH, MA; Owner: TELEFUTURA BOSTON LLC)
- WPXQ (Channel 69; BLOCK ISLAND, RI; Owner: OCEAN STATE TELEVISION, L.L.C.)
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