Fall River, MA (Massachusetts) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 90,931 (Urban population: 90,213, Rural population: 718 (all nonfarm))

Fall River, Massachusetts Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 41,857 (38,759 occupied: 13,539 owner occupied, 25,220 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	65%
State:	38%

Housing density: 1349 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $528 (lower quartile is $388, upper quartile is $665)

Housing units in Fall River with a mortgage: 5,020 (350 second mortgage, 645 home equity loan, 30 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,534

Fall River,MA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $273,300 (it was $133,900 in 2000)

Fall River:	$273,300
Massachusetts:	$366,400

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $219,000 - $343,400

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $288,157
Here: $288,157
State: $440,475

Townhouses or other attached units: $408,111
Here: $408,111
State: $384,213

In 2-unit structures: $301,072
Here: $301,072
State: $414,317

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $285,485
Here: $285,485
State: $431,982

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $178,215
Here: $178,215
State: $335,381

Median year house/condo built: 1939

Median year apartment built: 1939

Household type by relationship

Households: 90,040

In family households: 72,814 (15,589 male householders, 8,164 female householders)
15,664 spouses, 27,836 children (26,714 natural, 408 adopted, 714 stepchildren), 1,115 grandchildren, 711 brothers or sisters, 865 parents, 830 other relatives, 2,040 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 17,226 (6,289 male householders (5,235 living alone)), 8,733 female householders (7,993 living alone)), 2,204 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,898 (1,481 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 9,940 2-persons, 6,170 3-persons, 4,746 4-persons, 1,984 5-persons, 632 6-persons, 281 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 13,228 1-person, 1,609 2-persons, 137 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 6 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons.

11,773 married couples with children.
8,536 single-parent households (1,164 men, 7,372 women).

65.4% of residents of Fall River speak English at home.
2.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (59% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
29.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 2% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 18,216 (19.8%)
(53.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.8
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.4
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Fall River, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 25 2 rooms: 66 3 rooms: 432 4 rooms: 1,385 5 rooms: 3,647 6 rooms: 3,783 7 rooms: 1,811 8 rooms: 1,105 9 or more rooms: 1,285

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fall River, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 650 2 rooms: 2,065 3 rooms: 3,935 4 rooms: 6,731 5 rooms: 6,344 6 rooms: 3,760 7 rooms: 1,195 8 rooms: 366 9 or more rooms: 174

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 207
1995 to 1998: 767
1990 to 1994: 1,284
1980 to 1989: 3,132
1970 to 1979: 3,495
1960 to 1969: 3,046
1950 to 1959: 3,448
1940 to 1949: 4,286
1939 or earlier: 22,192

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Fall River:
	no bedroom: 25 1 bedroom: 582 2 bedrooms: 3,913 3 bedrooms: 6,947 4 bedrooms: 1,449 5 or more bedrooms: 623

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Fall River:
	no bedroom: 709 1 bedroom: 6,005 2 bedrooms: 10,838 3 bedrooms: 6,928 4 bedrooms: 637 5 or more bedrooms: 103

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Fall River in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,057 1 vehicle: 4,932 2 vehicles: 5,450 3 vehicles: 1,620 4 vehicles: 390 5 or more vehicles: 90

Cars and other vehicles available in Fall River in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 6,948 1 vehicle: 12,375 2 vehicles: 5,093 3 vehicles: 669 4 vehicles: 65 5 or more vehicles: 70

Fall River rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Fall River:

Less than $100: 376 people
$100 to $149: 217
$150 to $199: 692
$200 to $249: 1,101
$250 to $299: 1,397
$300 to $349: 1,462
$350 to $399: 1,351
$400 to $449: 1,496
$450 to $499: 2,464
$500 to $549: 2,231
$550 to $599: 2,146
$600 to $649: 2,189
$650 to $699: 1,431
$700 to $749: 1,140
$750 to $799: 1,003
$800 to $899: 943
$900 to $999: 683
$1,000 to $1,249: 892
$1,250 to $1,499: 361
$1,500 to $1,999: 22
$2,000 or more: 111
No cash rent: 638

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 1,488 1990 to 1994: 992 1985 to 1989: 2,284 1980 to 1984: 1,835 1975 to 1979: 2,776 1970 to 1974: 3,017 1970 to 1974: 3,546 1965 to 1969: 2,278

Fall River, MA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 79.0%
Number of people working at home: 374 (1.0% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1157
5 to 9 minutes: 5735
10 to 14 minutes: 8442
15 to 19 minutes: 7008
20 to 24 minutes: 4642
25 to 29 minutes: 1545
30 to 34 minutes: 3770
35 to 39 minutes: 698
40 to 44 minutes: 846
45 to 59 minutes: 1960
60 to 89 minutes: 1732
90 or more minutes: 931

Fall River mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 30,645 (79%)
Carpooled: 5,738 (15%)
Bus or trolley bus: 390 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 5 (0%)
Railroad: 37 (0%)
Taxi: 135 (0%)
Motorcycle: 12 (0%)
Bicycle: 68 (0%)
Walked: 1,195 (3%)
Other means: 241 (1%)
Worked at home: 374 (1%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 6744
$10,000 to $14,999: 4100
$15,000 to $19,999: 3619
$20,000 to $24,999: 2992
$25,000 to $29,999: 2321
$30,000 to $34,999: 2462
$35,000 to $39,999: 2474
$40,000 to $44,999: 1811
$45,000 to $49,999: 1709
$50,000 to $59,999: 3299
$60,000 to $74,999: 3139
$75,000 to $99,999: 2460
$100,000 to $124,999: 933
$125,000 to $149,999: 333
$150,000 to $199,999: 176
$200,000 or more: 203

First ancestries reported:

Portuguese: 39475

French (except Basque): 8382

Other groups: 5898

Irish: 5879

French Canadian: 4755

English: 3793

Italian: 2278

United States or American: 2197

Polish: 2193

Arab:: 836

German: 831

Lebanese: 760

Brazilian: 580

Subsaharan African:: 559

Cape Verdean: 509

Scottish: 380

Canadian: 180

Swedish: 156

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 145

Scotch-Irish: 143

Ukrainian: 121

Russian: 118

Greek: 106

Norwegian: 89

British: 78

European: 72

Haitian: 72

Dutch: 64

African: 50

Welsh: 47

Syrian: 41

Austrian: 40

Egyptian: 35

Jamaican: 35

Iranian: 32

Lithuanian: 29

West Indian: 28

Danish: 25

Hungarian: 19

Scandinavian: 19

Turkish: 18

Latvian: 17

Eastern European: 17

Czech: 15

Finnish: 14

British West Indian: 10

Romanian: 9

Swiss: 8

Yugoslavian: 8

Albanian: 7

Acadian/Cajun: 6

Slovak: 4

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

Portugal (79%)
Cambodia (4%)
Brazil (4%)
Canada (1%)
Lebanon (1%)
Thailand (1%)
Mexico (1%)

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

This state: 64063
Northeast: 5628
Midwest: 971
South: 1167
West: 679

60% of Fall River residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 81% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 36% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,361
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,523
5th and 6th grade: 1,153
7th and 8th grade: 2,615
9th grade: 1,720
10th grade: 1,295
11th grade: 890
12th grade, no diploma: 1,429
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,352
Less than 1 year of college: 1,323
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,138
Associate degree: 1,482
Bachelor's degree: 2,160
Master's degree: 770
Professional school degree: 203
Doctorate degree: 75

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,665
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,871
5th and 6th grade: 1,325
7th and 8th grade: 3,122
9th grade: 2,258
10th grade: 2,056
11th grade: 1,134
12th grade, no diploma: 1,137
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,634
Less than 1 year of college: 1,919
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,899
Associate degree: 2,328
Bachelor's degree: 2,429
Master's degree: 665
Professional school degree: 195
Doctorate degree: 51

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 7.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 23.9%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 19.5%

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: 5.6%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 21.4%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 5.4%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 18.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 11.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 5.7%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 13.2%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 20.3%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $36,663
Black householders: $53,687
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $17,497
Asian householders: $39,451
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $4,852
Some other race householders: $20,886
Two or more races householders: $54,919
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $14,936

Fall River household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Fall River household income for Black householders

Fall River household income for Asian householders

Fall River household income for Some other race householders

Fall River household income for Two or more races householders

Fall River household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Fall River marital status for males

Fall River marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $270,850
Black or African American householders: $276,361
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $229,620
Asian householders: $287,995
Some other race householders: $285,138
Two or more races householders: $288,608
Hispanic or Latino householders: $277,586

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 8,301
One, attached: 592
Two: 4,986
3 or 4: 15,035
5 to 9: 6,966
10 to 19: 1,858
20 to 49: 1,183
50 or more: 2,889
Mobile homes: 47

Median worth of mobile homes: $150,069

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Fall River:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (78%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (17%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Electricity (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (83%) Electricity (9%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,481

Here:	14.1%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 187

Here:	3.7%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 657

Here:	20.1%
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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