Dracut, MA (Massachusetts) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 29,501 (Urban population: 27,643, Rural population: 1,858 (23 farm, 1,835 nonfarm))

Houses: 10,643 (10,451 occupied: 8,208 owner occupied, 2,243 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	21%
State:	38%

Housing density: 509 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $897 (lower quartile is $730, upper quartile is $1,012)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,000

Median gross rent in Dracut, MA in 2007: $988

Housing units in Dracut with a mortgage: 5,078 (420 second mortgage, 685 home equity loan, 22 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,646

Dracut,MA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $286,079 (it was $158,400 in 2000)

Dracut:	$286,079
Massachusetts:	$366,400

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $246,795 - $347,827

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $319,752
Here: $319,752
State: $440,475

Townhouses or other attached units: $258,339
Here: $258,339
State: $384,213

In 2-unit structures: $414,267
Here: $414,267
State: $414,317

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $212,556
Here: $212,556
State: $431,982

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $168,254
Here: $168,254
State: $335,381

Household type by relationship

Households: 28,523

In family households: 25,251 (5,779 male householders, 1,977 female householders)
6,089 spouses, 9,299 children (8,855 natural, 182 adopted, 262 stepchildren), 441 grandchildren, 360 brothers or sisters, 281 parents, 619 other relatives, 406 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 3,272 (1,242 male householders (957 living alone)), 1,452 female householders (1,233 living alone)), 578 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 39 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 2,747 2-persons, 2,005 3-persons, 1,866 4-persons, 788 5-persons, 225 6-persons, 125 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,190 1-person, 464 2-persons, 12 3-persons, 18 4-persons, 6 5-persons, 4 6-persons.

5,478 married couples with children.
1,252 single-parent households (271 men, 981 women).

86.7% of residents of Dracut speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
9.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (80% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 40% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (55% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 17% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 1,553 (5.4%)
(57.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
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 Dracut, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 9 2 rooms: 34 3 rooms: 176 4 rooms: 1,032 5 rooms: 1,561 6 rooms: 2,107 7 rooms: 1,474 8 rooms: 1,093 9 or more rooms: 722

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dracut, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 69 2 rooms: 68 3 rooms: 434 4 rooms: 1,100 5 rooms: 332 6 rooms: 141 7 rooms: 59 8 rooms: 19 9 or more rooms: 21

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 85
1995 to 1998: 348
1990 to 1994: 1,019
1980 to 1989: 2,312
1970 to 1979: 1,662
1960 to 1969: 1,502
1950 to 1959: 1,510
1940 to 1949: 614
1939 or earlier: 1,591

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Dracut:
	no bedroom: 25 1 bedroom: 186 2 bedrooms: 2,175 3 bedrooms: 4,047 4 bedrooms: 1,413 5 or more bedrooms: 362

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Dracut:
	no bedroom: 80 1 bedroom: 534 2 bedrooms: 1,301 3 bedrooms: 267 4 bedrooms: 41 5 or more bedrooms: 20

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Dracut in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 236 1 vehicle: 1,997 2 vehicles: 4,075 3 vehicles: 1,296 4 vehicles: 409 5 or more vehicles: 195

Cars and other vehicles available in Dracut in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 167 1 vehicle: 1,192 2 vehicles: 829 3 vehicles: 48 4 vehicles: 7 5 or more vehicles: 0

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Dracut, 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: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 4
$50,000 to $59,999: 14
$60,000 to $69,999: 33
$70,000 to $79,999: 39
$80,000 to $89,999: 39
$90,000 to $99,999: 31
$100,000 to $124,999: 119
$125,000 to $149,999: 323
$150,000 to $174,999: 448
$175,000 to $199,999: 483
$200,000 to $249,999: 1402
$250,000 to $299,999: 1807
$300,000 to $399,999: 2184
$400,000 to $499,999: 895
$500,000 to $749,999: 522
$750,000 to $999,999: 37
$1,000,000 or more: 97

Dracut rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Dracut:

Less than $100: 0 people
$100 to $149: 11
$150 to $199: 35
$200 to $249: 38
$250 to $299: 42
$300 to $349: 43
$350 to $399: 38
$400 to $449: 4
$450 to $499: 7
$500 to $549: 24
$550 to $599: 69
$600 to $649: 53
$650 to $699: 102
$700 to $749: 153
$750 to $799: 145
$800 to $899: 358
$900 to $999: 489
$1,000 to $1,249: 461
$1,250 to $1,499: 99
$1,500 to $1,999: 42
$2,000 or more: 7
No cash rent: 80

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 286 1990 to 1994: 268 1985 to 1989: 203 1980 to 1984: 199 1975 to 1979: 204 1970 to 1974: 67 1970 to 1974: 106 1965 to 1969: 220

Percentage of workers working in this county: 75.2%
Number of people working at home: 296 (2.0% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 302
5 to 9 minutes: 1072
10 to 14 minutes: 1616
15 to 19 minutes: 2306
20 to 24 minutes: 2220
25 to 29 minutes: 995
30 to 34 minutes: 2480
35 to 39 minutes: 424
40 to 44 minutes: 554
45 to 59 minutes: 1520
60 to 89 minutes: 907
90 or more minutes: 344

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 13,188 (88%)
Carpooled: 1,152 (8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 35 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 17 (0%)
Railroad: 157 (1%)
Taxi: 20 (0%)
Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
Bicycle: 10 (0%)
Walked: 88 (1%)
Other means: 64 (0%)
Worked at home: 296 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 459
$10,000 to $14,999: 423
$15,000 to $19,999: 381
$20,000 to $24,999: 392
$25,000 to $29,999: 387
$30,000 to $34,999: 550
$35,000 to $39,999: 493
$40,000 to $44,999: 523
$45,000 to $49,999: 641
$50,000 to $59,999: 1227
$60,000 to $74,999: 1662
$75,000 to $99,999: 1593
$100,000 to $124,999: 919
$125,000 to $149,999: 353
$150,000 to $199,999: 308
$200,000 or more: 139

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 5366

French Canadian: 4141

French (except Basque): 3787

Italian: 2316

Other groups: 1526

English: 1483

Polish: 1442

Greek: 1185

Portuguese: 974

United States or American: 940

German: 605

Scotch-Irish: 403

Scottish: 296

Canadian: 269

Russian: 172

Arab:: 137

Lebanese: 124

Swedish: 102

Lithuanian: 99

Armenian: 88

Norwegian: 68

European: 57

Subsaharan African:: 45

African: 45

Hungarian: 41

Dutch: 39

Ukrainian: 34

Danish: 28

Slovak: 20

Belgian: 14

Austrian: 14

Palestinian: 13

Scandinavian: 12

Brazilian: 9

Welsh: 9

Iranian: 8

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

Portugal (15%)
Canada (11%)
Colombia (10%)
India (8%)
Vietnam (8%)
Greece (6%)
Cambodia (6%)

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

This state: 24048
Northeast: 1636
Midwest: 370
South: 513
West: 232

68% of Dracut residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 76% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 40% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 71
Nursery to 4th grade: 46
5th and 6th grade: 78
7th and 8th grade: 345
9th grade: 201
10th grade: 268
11th grade: 210
12th grade, no diploma: 247
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,045
Less than 1 year of college: 642
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,247
Associate degree: 676
Bachelor's degree: 1,346
Master's degree: 491
Professional school degree: 109
Doctorate degree: 60

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 92
Nursery to 4th grade: 105
5th and 6th grade: 86
7th and 8th grade: 351
9th grade: 254
10th grade: 228
11th grade: 179
12th grade, no diploma: 332
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,615
Less than 1 year of college: 709
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,159
Associate degree: 1,129
Bachelor's degree: 1,265
Master's degree: 436
Professional school degree: 80
Doctorate degree: 73

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 2.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 8.7%
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: 4.7%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 13.6%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 12.1%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 6.2%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $71,221
Black householders: $60,459
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $41,625
Asian householders: $95,274
Some other race householders: $70,890
Two or more races householders: $57,530
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $74,266

Dracut household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Dracut household income for Black householders

Dracut household income for Asian householders

Dracut household income for Some other race householders

Dracut household income for Two or more races householders

Dracut household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Dracut marital status for males

Dracut marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $295,831
Black or African American householders: $293,484
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $812,725
Asian householders: $274,339
Some other race householders: $135,454
Two or more races householders: $338,635
Hispanic or Latino householders: $311,002

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 6,814
One, attached: 620
Two: 725
3 or 4: 370
5 to 9: 612
10 to 19: 666
20 to 49: 711
50 or more: 125

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Dracut:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (67%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%) Electricity (5%) Wood (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (60%) Electricity (27%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (8%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 506

Here:	14.6%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 268

Here:	17.9%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 331

Here:	25.3%
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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