Agawam, MA (Massachusetts) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 28,091 (Urban population: 25,877, Rural population: 2,214 (69 farm, 2,145 nonfarm))

Agawam, Massachusetts Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 11,659 (11,260 occupied: 8,292 owner occupied, 2,968 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	26%
State:	38%

Housing density: 502 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $767 (lower quartile is $542, upper quartile is $900)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $796

Median gross rent in Agawam, MA in 2007: $856

Housing units in Agawam with a mortgage: 4,964 (399 second mortgage, 871 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,269

Agawam,MA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $226,838 (it was $128,700 in 2000)

Agawam:	$226,838
Massachusetts:	$366,400

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $187,709 - $283,733

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $259,346
Here: $259,346
State: $440,475

Townhouses or other attached units: $221,026
Here: $221,026
State: $384,213

In 2-unit structures: $225,172
Here: $225,172
State: $414,317

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $180,390
Here: $180,390
State: $431,982

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $170,218
Here: $170,218
State: $335,381

Mobile homes: $24,397
Here: $24,397
State: $71,966

Household type by relationship

Households: 27,418

In family households: 22,804 (5,716 male householders, 1,731 female householders)
5,911 spouses, 8,230 children (7,791 natural, 156 adopted, 283 stepchildren), 287 grandchildren, 147 brothers or sisters, 128 parents, 291 other relatives, 363 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,614 (1,511 male householders (1,146 living alone)), 2,313 female householders (2,008 living alone)), 790 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 726 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 3,204 2-persons, 1,738 3-persons, 1,639 4-persons, 598 5-persons, 224 6-persons, 44 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,154 1-person, 570 2-persons, 48 3-persons, 45 4-persons, 7 5-persons.

4,724 married couples with children.
1,079 single-parent households (195 men, 884 women).

91.4% of residents of Agawam speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
6.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (73% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (53% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (73% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 1,502 (5.3%)
(64.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.9
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Agawam, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 15 3 rooms: 159 4 rooms: 733 5 rooms: 2,257 6 rooms: 2,428 7 rooms: 1,415 8 rooms: 780 9 or more rooms: 505

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Agawam, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 198 2 rooms: 311 3 rooms: 522 4 rooms: 962 5 rooms: 522 6 rooms: 225 7 rooms: 84 8 rooms: 61 9 or more rooms: 83

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 63
1995 to 1998: 433
1990 to 1994: 615
1980 to 1989: 1,619
1970 to 1979: 2,151
1960 to 1969: 2,212
1950 to 1959: 1,930
1940 to 1949: 931
1939 or earlier: 1,705

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Agawam:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 209 2 bedrooms: 1,911 3 bedrooms: 4,518 4 bedrooms: 1,506 5 or more bedrooms: 148

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Agawam:
	no bedroom: 230 1 bedroom: 850 2 bedrooms: 1,404 3 bedrooms: 303 4 bedrooms: 155 5 or more bedrooms: 26

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Agawam in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 211 1 vehicle: 2,459 2 vehicles: 4,199 3 vehicles: 998 4 vehicles: 358 5 or more vehicles: 67

Cars and other vehicles available in Agawam in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 461 1 vehicle: 1,567 2 vehicles: 841 3 vehicles: 70 4 vehicles: 22 5 or more vehicles: 7

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Agawam, MA:

Less than $10,000: 5
$10,000 to $14,999: 2
$15,000 to $19,999: 1
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 10
$40,000 to $49,999: 21
$50,000 to $59,999: 6
$60,000 to $69,999: 16
$70,000 to $79,999: 49
$80,000 to $89,999: 50
$90,000 to $99,999: 44
$100,000 to $124,999: 135
$125,000 to $149,999: 428
$150,000 to $174,999: 814
$175,000 to $199,999: 1234
$200,000 to $249,999: 2386
$250,000 to $299,999: 1645
$300,000 to $399,999: 1027
$400,000 to $499,999: 281
$500,000 to $749,999: 98
$750,000 to $999,999: 9
$1,000,000 or more: 15

Agawam rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Agawam:

Less than $100: 46 people
$100 to $149: 29
$150 to $199: 48
$200 to $249: 133
$250 to $299: 79
$300 to $349: 50
$350 to $399: 38
$400 to $449: 50
$450 to $499: 120
$500 to $549: 99
$550 to $599: 106
$600 to $649: 163
$650 to $699: 94
$700 to $749: 227
$750 to $799: 278
$800 to $899: 545
$900 to $999: 317
$1,000 to $1,249: 172
$1,250 to $1,499: 42
$1,500 to $1,999: 90
$2,000 or more: 33
No cash rent: 175

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 188 1990 to 1994: 235 1985 to 1989: 147 1980 to 1984: 43 1975 to 1979: 75 1970 to 1974: 80 1970 to 1974: 213 1965 to 1969: 521

Agawam, MA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 76.9%
Number of people working at home: 321 (2.2% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 406
5 to 9 minutes: 1919
10 to 14 minutes: 2669
15 to 19 minutes: 2352
20 to 24 minutes: 2891
25 to 29 minutes: 1052
30 to 34 minutes: 1495
35 to 39 minutes: 212
40 to 44 minutes: 280
45 to 59 minutes: 532
60 to 89 minutes: 334
90 or more minutes: 213

Agawam mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 13,118 (89%)
Carpooled: 1,000 (7%)
Bus or trolley bus: 59 (0%)
Railroad: 10 (0%)
Taxi: 6 (0%)
Bicycle: 7 (0%)
Walked: 139 (1%)
Other means: 16 (0%)
Worked at home: 321 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 660
$10,000 to $14,999: 572
$15,000 to $19,999: 524
$20,000 to $24,999: 510
$25,000 to $29,999: 619
$30,000 to $34,999: 720
$35,000 to $39,999: 713
$40,000 to $44,999: 744
$45,000 to $49,999: 656
$50,000 to $59,999: 1235
$60,000 to $74,999: 1540
$75,000 to $99,999: 1606
$100,000 to $124,999: 696
$125,000 to $149,999: 269
$150,000 to $199,999: 153
$200,000 or more: 54

First ancestries reported:

Italian: 5491

Irish: 3691

French (except Basque): 2691

French Canadian: 2579

Polish: 2434

English: 1772

German: 1289

Other groups: 1226

United States or American: 1161

Russian: 371

Scottish: 356

Swedish: 324

Scotch-Irish: 244

Arab:: 240

Greek: 229

Lebanese: 212

Canadian: 130

Portuguese: 127

British: 111

Ukrainian: 81

Norwegian: 81

Lithuanian: 78

Dutch: 73

European: 62

Jamaican: 60

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 60

Danish: 49

Austrian: 38

Slovak: 34

Czechoslovakian: 34

Welsh: 33

Croatian: 31

Finnish: 29

Swiss: 24

Cape Verdean: 23

Subsaharan African:: 23

Egyptian: 17

Czech: 17

Scandinavian: 16

Belgian: 15

Other Arab: 11

Hungarian: 9

Armenian: 8

Eastern European: 8

Pennsylvania German: 7

Iranian: 7

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Italy (16%)
Canada (15%)
United Kingdom (10%)
Russia (10%)
Vietnam (5%)
Germany (5%)
Ukraine (5%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 21446
Northeast: 3263
Midwest: 572
South: 766
West: 390

66% of Agawam residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 83% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 76
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 12
7th and 8th grade: 231
9th grade: 218
10th grade: 178
11th grade: 227
12th grade, no diploma: 227
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,203
Less than 1 year of college: 699
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,317
Associate degree: 694
Bachelor's degree: 1,536
Master's degree: 487
Professional school degree: 141
Doctorate degree: 50

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 44
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 154
7th and 8th grade: 229
9th grade: 183
10th grade: 283
11th grade: 238
12th grade, no diploma: 213
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,166
Less than 1 year of college: 949
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,102
Associate degree: 1,192
Bachelor's degree: 1,502
Master's degree: 441
Professional school degree: 117
Doctorate degree: 49

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.1%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 18.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 3.6%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $60,876
Black householders: $63,420
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $27,526
Asian householders: $44,852
Some other race householders: $54,820
Two or more races householders: $30,679
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $61,993

Agawam household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Agawam household income for Black householders

Agawam household income for Asian householders

Agawam household income for Two or more races householders

Agawam household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Agawam marital status for males

Agawam marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $232,478
Black or African American householders: $256,977
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $198,284
Asian householders: $383,527
Some other race householders: $96,939
Two or more races householders: $198,284
Hispanic or Latino householders: $211,503

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 7,573
One, attached: 643
Two: 848
3 or 4: 488
5 to 9: 700
10 to 19: 469
20 to 49: 543
50 or more: 360
Mobile homes: 35

Median worth of mobile homes: $30,959

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Agawam:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (58%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (28%) Electricity (10%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Wood (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (42%) Electricity (40%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (15%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) No fuel used (1%) Wood (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 199

Here:	6.9%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 147

Here:	10.6%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 431

Here:	33.1%
Massachusetts:	48.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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