Seekonk, MA (Massachusetts) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 13,575 (Urban population: 11,806, Rural population: 1,769 (all nonfarm))

Houses: 4,947 (4,843 occupied: 4,300 owner occupied, 543 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	11%
State:	38%

Housing density: 270 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $808 (lower quartile is $477, upper quartile is $1,061)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $869

Median gross rent in Seekonk, MA in 2007: $900

Housing units in Seekonk with a mortgage: 2,618 (266 second mortgage, 461 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,360

Seekonk,MA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $355,150 (it was $162,800 in 2000)

Seekonk:	$355,150
Massachusetts:	$366,400

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $264,275 - $422,857

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $390,626
Here: $390,626
State: $440,475

Townhouses or other attached units: $376,878
Here: $376,878
State: $384,213

In 2-unit structures: $348,538
Here: $348,538
State: $414,317

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $440,581
Here: $440,581
State: $431,982

Household type by relationship

Households: 13,423

In family households: 12,341 (3,081 male householders, 798 female householders)
3,346 spouses, 4,463 children (4,232 natural, 71 adopted, 160 stepchildren), 230 grandchildren, 48 brothers or sisters, 99 parents, 158 other relatives, 118 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,082 (392 male householders (292 living alone)), 559 female householders (525 living alone)), 131 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,521 2-persons, 885 3-persons, 960 4-persons, 393 5-persons, 101 6-persons, 19 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 817 1-person, 120 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 5 4-persons.

2,717 married couples with children.
438 single-parent households (91 men, 347 women).

87.2% of residents of Seekonk speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 8% speak English well, 19% speak English not well).
11.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 21% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 1,015 (7.6%)
(70.6% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.4
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.8
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Seekonk, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 44 4 rooms: 237 5 rooms: 854 6 rooms: 1,168 7 rooms: 762 8 rooms: 685 9 or more rooms: 550

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Seekonk, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 19 3 rooms: 143 4 rooms: 68 5 rooms: 139 6 rooms: 58 7 rooms: 67 8 rooms: 25 9 or more rooms: 24

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 93
1995 to 1998: 140
1990 to 1994: 297
1980 to 1989: 610
1970 to 1979: 702
1960 to 1969: 941
1950 to 1959: 760
1940 to 1949: 453
1939 or earlier: 951

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Seekonk:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 67 2 bedrooms: 647 3 bedrooms: 2,464 4 bedrooms: 937 5 or more bedrooms: 185

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Seekonk:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 178 2 bedrooms: 175 3 bedrooms: 112 4 bedrooms: 54 5 or more bedrooms: 24

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Seekonk in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 136 1 vehicle: 963 2 vehicles: 2,135 3 vehicles: 889 4 vehicles: 114 5 or more vehicles: 63

Cars and other vehicles available in Seekonk in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 83 1 vehicle: 227 2 vehicles: 157 3 vehicles: 54 4 vehicles: 0 5 or more vehicles: 22

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Seekonk, 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: 0
$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: 0
$150,000 to $174,999: 5
$175,000 to $199,999: 25
$200,000 to $249,999: 479
$250,000 to $299,999: 747
$300,000 to $399,999: 1578
$400,000 to $499,999: 805
$500,000 to $749,999: 494
$750,000 to $999,999: 121
$1,000,000 or more: 95

Seekonk rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Seekonk:

Less than $100: 0 people
$100 to $149: 0
$150 to $199: 15
$200 to $249: 19
$250 to $299: 23
$300 to $349: 25
$350 to $399: 20
$400 to $449: 15
$450 to $499: 12
$500 to $549: 12
$550 to $599: 13
$600 to $649: 12
$650 to $699: 23
$700 to $749: 30
$750 to $799: 31
$800 to $899: 106
$900 to $999: 9
$1,000 to $1,249: 70
$1,250 to $1,499: 61
$1,500 to $1,999: 16
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 29

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 20 1990 to 1994: 50 1985 to 1989: 42 1980 to 1984: 61 1975 to 1979: 200 1970 to 1974: 205 1970 to 1974: 207 1965 to 1969: 230

Percentage of workers working in this county: 40.5%
Number of people working at home: 169 (2.5% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 207
5 to 9 minutes: 854
10 to 14 minutes: 1270
15 to 19 minutes: 1093
20 to 24 minutes: 1230
25 to 29 minutes: 426
30 to 34 minutes: 546
35 to 39 minutes: 108
40 to 44 minutes: 188
45 to 59 minutes: 284
60 to 89 minutes: 253
90 or more minutes: 186

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 6,048 (89%)
Carpooled: 443 (7%)
Bus or trolley bus: 55 (1%)
Railroad: 41 (1%)
Bicycle: 8 (0%)
Walked: 24 (0%)
Other means: 26 (0%)
Worked at home: 169 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 124
$10,000 to $14,999: 207
$15,000 to $19,999: 252
$20,000 to $24,999: 270
$25,000 to $29,999: 190
$30,000 to $34,999: 237
$35,000 to $39,999: 292
$40,000 to $44,999: 241
$45,000 to $49,999: 289
$50,000 to $59,999: 441
$60,000 to $74,999: 785
$75,000 to $99,999: 733
$100,000 to $124,999: 228
$125,000 to $149,999: 288
$150,000 to $199,999: 111
$200,000 or more: 142

First ancestries reported:

Portuguese: 2644

Irish: 1841

English: 1424

Italian: 1174

French (except Basque): 1091

French Canadian: 711

United States or American: 511

Polish: 460

Other groups: 344

German: 306

Swedish: 238

Arab:: 186

Scottish: 156

Scotch-Irish: 142

Lebanese: 139

Cape Verdean: 79

Subsaharan African:: 79

Canadian: 75

Armenian: 75

Greek: 70

European: 51

Norwegian: 51

Czechoslovakian: 50

Syrian: 47

Lithuanian: 34

Northern European: 23

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 18

Romanian: 17

Danish: 17

Ukrainian: 17

Hungarian: 17

Other West Indian: 13

British: 10

Dutch: 8

Russian: 8

Welsh: 8

Latvian: 8

West Indian: 5

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

Portugal (66%)
United Kingdom (6%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
India (3%)
Germany (2%)
Canada (2%)
Italy (2%)

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

This state: 3264
Northeast: 8591
Midwest: 112
South: 272
West: 107

73% of Seekonk residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 49% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 10% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 48
Nursery to 4th grade: 48
5th and 6th grade: 42
7th and 8th grade: 110
9th grade: 182
10th grade: 88
11th grade: 107
12th grade, no diploma: 166
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,249
Less than 1 year of college: 280
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 484
Associate degree: 336
Bachelor's degree: 872
Master's degree: 279
Professional school degree: 79
Doctorate degree: 19

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 51
Nursery to 4th grade: 44
5th and 6th grade: 45
7th and 8th grade: 168
9th grade: 115
10th grade: 126
11th grade: 87
12th grade, no diploma: 136
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,665
Less than 1 year of college: 324
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 468
Associate degree: 426
Bachelor's degree: 785
Master's degree: 340
Professional school degree: 44
Doctorate degree: 0

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.6%

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

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

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $70,882
Black householders: $90,659
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $66,909
Asian householders: $51,773
Some other race householders: $101,180
Two or more races householders: $57,545
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $101,317

Seekonk household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Seekonk household income for Black householders

Seekonk household income for Asian householders

Seekonk household income for Two or more races householders

Seekonk household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Seekonk marital status for males

Seekonk marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $353,840
Black or African American householders: $259,163
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $299,957
Asian householders: $370,856
Some other race householders: $354,495
Two or more races householders: $368,238
Hispanic or Latino householders: $346,423

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 4,365
One, attached: 78
Two: 311
3 or 4: 168
5 to 9: 21
20 to 49: 4

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Seekonk:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (65%) Utility gas (30%) Electricity (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (54%) Utility gas (27%) Electricity (15%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 143

Here:	9.3%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 193

Here:	19.4%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 144

Here:	30.6%
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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