Buzzards Bay, MA (Massachusetts) Houses and Residents

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(Urban population: 3,382, Rural population: 44 (all nonfarm))

Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 1,528 (1,167 occupied: 861 owner occupied, 306 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	26%
State:	38%

Housing density: 772 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2008 in this state: $344,154.

Median contract rent in 2008: $865 (lower quartile is $742, upper quartile is $1,085)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2008: $947

Median gross rent in Buzzards Bay, MA in 2008: $1,025

Housing units in Buzzards Bay with a mortgage: 503 (44 second mortgage, 34 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 290

Buzzards Bay,MA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2008: $305,139 (it was $138,100 in 2000)

Buzzards Bay:	$305,139
Massachusetts:	$353,600

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $242,769 - $393,120

Mean price in 2008:

Detached houses: $356,276
Here: $356,276
State: $431,615

In 2-unit structures: $283,979
Here: $283,979
State: $385,911

Household type by relationship

Households: 2,666

In family households: 2,176 (556 male householders, 221 female householders)
599 spouses, 662 children (632 natural, 11 adopted, 19 stepchildren), 0 grandchildren, 20 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 26 other relatives, 71 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 490 (163 male householders (108 living alone)), 219 female householders (194 living alone)), 108 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 760 (78 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 375 2-persons, 216 3-persons, 138 4-persons, 38 5-persons, 10 6-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 302 1-person, 62 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 9 4-persons.

335 married couples with children.
179 single-parent households (39 men, 140 women).

94.0% of residents of Buzzards Bay speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (84% speak English very well, 16% speak English not well).
3.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 45% speak English well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (58% speak English very well, 42% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 98 (2.9%)
(58.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 14 3 rooms: 35 4 rooms: 87 5 rooms: 189 6 rooms: 219 7 rooms: 194 8 rooms: 57 9 or more rooms: 66

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 36 3 rooms: 56 4 rooms: 105 5 rooms: 56 6 rooms: 24 7 rooms: 7 8 rooms: 22 9 or more rooms: 0

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 23
1995 to 1998: 7
1990 to 1994: 28
1980 to 1989: 90
1970 to 1979: 141
1960 to 1969: 212
1950 to 1959: 289
1940 to 1949: 435
1939 or earlier: 303

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Buzzards Bay:
	no bedroom: 14 1 bedroom: 43 2 bedrooms: 228 3 bedrooms: 411 4 bedrooms: 142 5 or more bedrooms: 23

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Buzzards Bay:
	no bedroom: 7 1 bedroom: 62 2 bedrooms: 147 3 bedrooms: 64 4 bedrooms: 20 5 or more bedrooms: 6

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Buzzards Bay in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 49 1 vehicle: 292 2 vehicles: 367 3 vehicles: 127 4 vehicles: 19 5 or more vehicles: 7

Cars and other vehicles available in Buzzards Bay in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 22 1 vehicle: 152 2 vehicles: 107 3 vehicles: 18 4 vehicles: 7 5 or more vehicles: 0

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2008 in Buzzards Bay, MA:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 1
$35,000 to $39,999: 3
$40,000 to $49,999: 3
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 0
$70,000 to $79,999: 0
$80,000 to $89,999: 0
$90,000 to $99,999: 0
$100,000 to $124,999: 0
$125,000 to $149,999: 17
$150,000 to $174,999: 20
$175,000 to $199,999: 53
$200,000 to $249,999: 139
$250,000 to $299,999: 174
$300,000 to $399,999: 283
$400,000 to $499,999: 50
$500,000 to $749,999: 72
$750,000 to $999,999: 27
$1,000,000 or more: 19

Buzzards Bay rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Buzzards Bay:

Less than $100: 0 people
$100 to $149: 0
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 5
$250 to $299: 3
$300 to $349: 0
$350 to $399: 0
$400 to $449: 3
$450 to $499: 5
$500 to $549: 8
$550 to $599: 12
$600 to $649: 12
$650 to $699: 9
$700 to $749: 30
$750 to $799: 24
$800 to $899: 36
$900 to $999: 39
$1,000 to $1,249: 32
$1,250 to $1,499: 40
$1,500 to $1,999: 12
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 29

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 19 1990 to 1994: 18 1985 to 1989: 0 1980 to 1984: 12 1975 to 1979: 0 1970 to 1974: 10 1970 to 1974: 0 1965 to 1969: 39

Buzzards Bay, MA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 58.9%
Number of people working at home: 52 (3.5% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 98
5 to 9 minutes: 255
10 to 14 minutes: 170
15 to 19 minutes: 133
20 to 24 minutes: 142
25 to 29 minutes: 56
30 to 34 minutes: 163
35 to 39 minutes: 36
40 to 44 minutes: 70
45 to 59 minutes: 111
60 to 89 minutes: 95
90 or more minutes: 98

Buzzards Bay mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 1,098 (74%)
Carpooled: 202 (14%)
Bus or trolley bus: 10 (1%)
Railroad: 6 (0%)
Walked: 94 (6%)
Other means: 17 (1%)
Worked at home: 52 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 113
$10,000 to $14,999: 77
$15,000 to $19,999: 80
$20,000 to $24,999: 48
$25,000 to $29,999: 86
$30,000 to $34,999: 110
$35,000 to $39,999: 69
$40,000 to $44,999: 108
$45,000 to $49,999: 43
$50,000 to $59,999: 109
$60,000 to $74,999: 67
$75,000 to $99,999: 170
$100,000 to $124,999: 51
$125,000 to $149,999: 0
$150,000 to $199,999: 8
$200,000 or more: 20

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 795

Italian: 459

English: 332

German: 199

French (except Basque): 148

French Canadian: 125

Other groups: 91

United States or American: 78

Portuguese: 76

Greek: 66

Polish: 58

Subsaharan African:: 56

Cape Verdean: 56

Swedish: 54

Scotch-Irish: 51

Lithuanian: 49

British: 45

Scottish: 41

Norwegian: 31

Russian: 17

Canadian: 12

Swiss: 9

Czechoslovakian: 8

Belgian: 7

Ukrainian: 7

Welsh: 7

Austrian: 6

European: 6

Latvian: 6

Danish: 6

Hungarian: 6

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

United Kingdom (35%)
Greece (18%)
Germany (13%)
Vietnam (10%)
Panama (10%)
France (9%)
Canada (4%)

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

This state: 2653
Northeast: 409
Midwest: 71
South: 161
West: 17

58% of Buzzards Bay residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 11
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 4
7th and 8th grade: 28
9th grade: 25
10th grade: 9
11th grade: 6
12th grade, no diploma: 32
High school graduate (or equivalency): 369
Less than 1 year of college: 67
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 163
Associate degree: 88
Bachelor's degree: 115
Master's degree: 73
Professional school degree: 0
Doctorate degree: 6

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 11
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 6
7th and 8th grade: 23
9th grade: 11
10th grade: 35
11th grade: 6
12th grade, no diploma: 35
High school graduate (or equivalency): 421
Less than 1 year of college: 104
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 193
Associate degree: 78
Bachelor's degree: 125
Master's degree: 50
Professional school degree: 6
Doctorate degree: 0

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 22.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 6.7%

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

Median household income in 2008 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $49,354
Black householders: $63,014
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $32,387
Asian householders: $37,736
Two or more races householders: $41,125
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $46,393

Buzzards Bay household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Buzzards Bay household income for Asian householders

Buzzards Bay marital status for males

Buzzards Bay marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $298,510
Black or African American householders: $359,051
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $773,342
Asian householders: $303,813
Hispanic or Latino householders: $303,813

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 1,396
Two: 58
3 or 4: 27
5 to 9: 28
10 to 19: 13
Mobile homes: 6

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Buzzards Bay:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (48%) Utility gas (44%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Electricity (3%) Wood (2%) Other fuel (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (65%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%) Electricity (13%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 0

Here:	0.0%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 16

Here:	11.4%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 121

Here:	16.1%
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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