Quincy, MA (Massachusetts) Houses and Residents

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Quincy Apartments for Rent

Total population: 92,339 (All urban)

Quincy, Massachusetts Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 40,093 (38,883 occupied: 19,081 owner occupied, 19,802 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	51%
State:	38%

Housing density: 2389 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $964 (lower quartile is $701, upper quartile is $1,279)

Housing units in Quincy with a mortgage: 8,784 (712 second mortgage, 873 home equity loan, 55 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 4,797

Quincy,MA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $366,100 (it was $181,500 in 2000)

Quincy:	$366,100
Massachusetts:	$366,400

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $286,600 - $457,100

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $414,046
Here: $414,046
State: $440,475

Townhouses or other attached units: $352,977
Here: $352,977
State: $384,213

In 2-unit structures: $407,916
Here: $407,916
State: $414,317

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $379,088
Here: $379,088
State: $431,982

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $256,258
Here: $256,258
State: $335,381

Mobile homes: $173,724
Here: $173,724
State: $71,966

Median year house/condo built: 1939

Median year apartment built: 1951

Household type by relationship

Households: 86,435

In family households: 63,958 (14,957 male householders, 5,731 female householders)
15,560 spouses, 21,556 children (20,579 natural, 470 adopted, 507 stepchildren), 971 grandchildren, 1,281 brothers or sisters, 1,098 parents, 1,691 other relatives, 1,113 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 22,477 (7,696 male householders (5,737 living alone)), 10,509 female householders (8,859 living alone)), 4,272 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 1,590 (786 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 9,066 2-persons, 4,946 3-persons, 3,775 4-persons, 1,799 5-persons, 767 6-persons, 335 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 14,596 1-person, 3,093 2-persons, 379 3-persons, 118 4-persons, 19 5-persons.

10,730 married couples with children.
3,329 single-parent households (564 men, 2,765 women).

76.2% of residents of Quincy speak English at home.
1.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
6.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (62% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
14.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (63% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 17,642 (20.0%)
(52.6% 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:	3.6
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Quincy, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 48 2 rooms: 492 3 rooms: 1,028 4 rooms: 2,045 5 rooms: 3,594 6 rooms: 5,056 7 rooms: 3,464 8 rooms: 1,710 9 or more rooms: 1,644

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Quincy, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 1,428 2 rooms: 2,460 3 rooms: 5,668 4 rooms: 5,321 5 rooms: 3,055 6 rooms: 1,291 7 rooms: 347 8 rooms: 119 9 or more rooms: 113

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 245
1995 to 1998: 675
1990 to 1994: 1,113
1980 to 1989: 4,067
1970 to 1979: 5,208
1960 to 1969: 3,246
1950 to 1959: 4,349
1940 to 1949: 4,539
1939 or earlier: 16,651

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Quincy:
	no bedroom: 176 1 bedroom: 1,486 2 bedrooms: 5,805 3 bedrooms: 7,756 4 bedrooms: 3,002 5 or more bedrooms: 856

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Quincy:
	no bedroom: 1,611 1 bedroom: 8,764 2 bedrooms: 7,236 3 bedrooms: 1,817 4 bedrooms: 328 5 or more bedrooms: 46

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Quincy in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,523 1 vehicle: 8,168 2 vehicles: 7,231 3 vehicles: 1,667 4 vehicles: 377 5 or more vehicles: 115

Cars and other vehicles available in Quincy in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 4,518 1 vehicle: 10,406 2 vehicles: 4,069 3 vehicles: 541 4 vehicles: 172 5 or more vehicles: 96

Quincy rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Quincy:

Less than $100: 147 people
$100 to $149: 126
$150 to $199: 237
$200 to $249: 505
$250 to $299: 311
$300 to $349: 283
$350 to $399: 339
$400 to $449: 480
$450 to $499: 420
$500 to $549: 488
$550 to $599: 445
$600 to $649: 292
$650 to $699: 597
$700 to $749: 492
$750 to $799: 601
$800 to $899: 1,802
$900 to $999: 2,349
$1,000 to $1,249: 4,528
$1,250 to $1,499: 1,780
$1,500 to $1,999: 1,335
$2,000 or more: 505
No cash rent: 467

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 4,694 1990 to 1994: 3,117 1985 to 1989: 2,478 1980 to 1984: 2,334 1975 to 1979: 1,560 1970 to 1974: 800 1970 to 1974: 716 1965 to 1969: 1,943

Quincy, MA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 45.1%
Number of people working at home: 680 (1.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 793
5 to 9 minutes: 3404
10 to 14 minutes: 5138
15 to 19 minutes: 5405
20 to 24 minutes: 5318
25 to 29 minutes: 2036
30 to 34 minutes: 7979
35 to 39 minutes: 1494
40 to 44 minutes: 2907
45 to 59 minutes: 6545
60 to 89 minutes: 4076
90 or more minutes: 1216

Quincy mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 29,646 (63%)
Carpooled: 4,898 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,412 (3%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 157 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 8,095 (17%)
Railroad: 245 (1%)
Ferryboat: 48 (0%)
Taxi: 43 (0%)
Motorcycle: 47 (0%)
Bicycle: 18 (0%)
Walked: 1,497 (3%)
Other means: 205 (0%)
Worked at home: 680 (1%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 2888
$10,000 to $14,999: 1989
$15,000 to $19,999: 2095
$20,000 to $24,999: 2138
$25,000 to $29,999: 2247
$30,000 to $34,999: 2288
$35,000 to $39,999: 2401
$40,000 to $44,999: 2306
$45,000 to $49,999: 2122
$50,000 to $59,999: 3693
$60,000 to $74,999: 4474
$75,000 to $99,999: 4933
$100,000 to $124,999: 2478
$125,000 to $149,999: 1305
$150,000 to $199,999: 914
$200,000 or more: 622

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 25271

Other groups: 15989

Italian: 9580

English: 3761

United States or American: 2437

German: 2103

Polish: 1805

Scotch-Irish: 1534

French Canadian: 1463

Scottish: 1280

French (except Basque): 1268

Arab:: 1121

Swedish: 972

Greek: 727

Canadian: 673

Lebanese: 671

Russian: 599

Portuguese: 490

Subsaharan African:: 469

Brazilian: 375

Finnish: 353

Albanian: 351

Norwegian: 343

Lithuanian: 328

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 325

British: 197

Dutch: 168

Ukrainian: 147

African: 130

Arab/Arabic: 125

Haitian: 121

Jamaican: 116

Welsh: 112

Turkish: 110

Other Arab: 109

Danish: 108

Cape Verdean: 101

Czech: 88

Hungarian: 83

Other Subsaharan African: 83

European: 82

Armenian: 79

Latvian: 78

Romanian: 69

Austrian: 64

Croatian: 63

Swiss: 55

Kenyan: 54

Yugoslavian: 53

Moroccan: 52

Syrian: 50

Belgian: 42

Egyptian: 39

Eastern European: 35

Sierra Leonean: 33

Barbadian: 33

Czechoslovakian: 31

Northern European: 31

Celtic: 30

Bulgarian: 30

West Indian: 30

Iranian: 29

Palestinian: 26

Jordanian: 26

Icelander: 24

Iraqi: 23

Nigerian: 22

Slovak: 22

Slovene: 21

Scandinavian: 17

Australian: 12

Slavic: 11

Ethiopian: 11

South African: 10

U.S. Virgin Islander: 10

Ghanian: 9

Pennsylvania German: 9

Senegalese: 8

Somalian: 8

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 8

British West Indian: 7

Macedonian: 6

Serbian: 6

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

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (25%)
Vietnam (9%)
Ireland (7%)
Hong Kong (7%)
India (5%)
Philippines (4%)
Canada (4%)

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

This state: 59721
Northeast: 5739
Midwest: 1578
South: 1777
West: 905

59% of Quincy residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 428
Nursery to 4th grade: 122
5th and 6th grade: 349
7th and 8th grade: 621
9th grade: 510
10th grade: 695
11th grade: 498
12th grade, no diploma: 1,253
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,196
Less than 1 year of college: 1,774
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,584
Associate degree: 1,793
Bachelor's degree: 7,358
Master's degree: 2,235
Professional school degree: 797
Doctorate degree: 404

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 635
Nursery to 4th grade: 207
5th and 6th grade: 405
7th and 8th grade: 623
9th grade: 666
10th grade: 773
11th grade: 731
12th grade, no diploma: 1,200
High school graduate (or equivalency): 10,590
Less than 1 year of college: 2,128
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,689
Associate degree: 3,246
Bachelor's degree: 6,838
Master's degree: 2,427
Professional school degree: 562
Doctorate degree: 183

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.7%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 5.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 11.3%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 11.7%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.9%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 12.1%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 2.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 2.4%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 7.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 1.7%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $55,439
Black householders: $45,705
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $13,325
Asian householders: $61,435
Some other race householders: $65,114
Two or more races householders: $36,810
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $60,698

Quincy household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Quincy household income for Black householders

Quincy household income for Asian householders

Quincy household income for Some other race householders

Quincy household income for Two or more races householders

Quincy household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Quincy marital status for males

Quincy marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $374,975
Black or African American householders: $437,101
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $277,348
Asian householders: $367,511
Some other race householders: $378,202
Two or more races householders: $354,602
Hispanic or Latino householders: $437,101

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 14,278
One, attached: 1,278
Two: 6,191
3 or 4: 4,645
5 to 9: 1,817
10 to 19: 2,121
20 to 49: 2,837
50 or more: 6,867
Mobile homes: 59

Median worth of mobile homes: $215,609

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Quincy:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%) Utility gas (38%) Electricity (14%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (34%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%) Electricity (29%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,312

Here:	18.9%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 644

Here:	16.9%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,301

Here:	51.1%
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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