Weymouth, MA (Massachusetts) Houses and Residents

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Weymouth, Massachusetts Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 22,573 (22,028 occupied: 14,834 owner occupied, 7,194 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	33%
State:	38%

Housing density: 1327 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $1,042 (lower quartile is $749, upper quartile is $1,241)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $1,027

Median gross rent in Weymouth, MA in 2007: $1,104

Housing units in Weymouth with a mortgage: 8,734 (740 second mortgage, 1,129 home equity loan, 6 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,854

Weymouth,MA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $329,817 (it was $177,600 in 2000)

Weymouth:	$329,817
Massachusetts:	$366,400

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $291,230 - $418,350

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $345,141
Here: $345,141
State: $440,475

Townhouses or other attached units: $338,821
Here: $338,821
State: $384,213

In 2-unit structures: $374,969
Here: $374,969
State: $414,317

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $337,131
Here: $337,131
State: $431,982

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $214,351
Here: $214,351
State: $335,381

Mobile homes: $99,829
Here: $99,829
State: $71,966

Household type by relationship

Households: 53,300

In family households: 43,919 (10,287 male householders, 3,758 female householders)
10,813 spouses, 16,376 children (15,686 natural, 346 adopted, 344 stepchildren), 761 grandchildren, 383 brothers or sisters, 287 parents, 615 other relatives, 639 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 9,381 (2,908 male householders (2,355 living alone)), 5,075 female householders (4,387 living alone)), 1,398 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 688 (496 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 5,857 2-persons, 3,244 3-persons, 2,893 4-persons, 1,458 5-persons, 489 6-persons, 104 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 6,742 1-person, 1,124 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 23 4-persons, 5 5-persons.

8,915 married couples with children.
2,099 single-parent households (368 men, 1,731 women).

93.6% of residents of Weymouth speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (75% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 2,913 (5.4%)
(57.5% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.3
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.7
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Weymouth, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 83 3 rooms: 387 4 rooms: 1,342 5 rooms: 2,374 6 rooms: 3,928 7 rooms: 3,343 8 rooms: 1,984 9 or more rooms: 1,393

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Weymouth, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 212 2 rooms: 718 3 rooms: 2,168 4 rooms: 2,148 5 rooms: 1,045 6 rooms: 558 7 rooms: 191 8 rooms: 64 9 or more rooms: 90

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 40
1995 to 1998: 266
1990 to 1994: 694
1980 to 1989: 2,335
1970 to 1979: 3,682
1960 to 1969: 2,783
1950 to 1959: 4,037
1940 to 1949: 2,796
1939 or earlier: 5,940

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Weymouth:
	no bedroom: 19 1 bedroom: 604 2 bedrooms: 3,884 3 bedrooms: 6,887 4 bedrooms: 2,866 5 or more bedrooms: 574

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Weymouth:
	no bedroom: 281 1 bedroom: 2,989 2 bedrooms: 2,769 3 bedrooms: 852 4 bedrooms: 259 5 or more bedrooms: 44

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Weymouth in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 519 1 vehicle: 4,787 2 vehicles: 6,951 3 vehicles: 1,794 4 vehicles: 589 5 or more vehicles: 194

Cars and other vehicles available in Weymouth in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,097 1 vehicle: 3,759 2 vehicles: 2,137 3 vehicles: 154 4 vehicles: 41 5 or more vehicles: 6

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Weymouth, MA:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$15,000 to $19,999: 1
$20,000 to $24,999: 5
$25,000 to $29,999: 3
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 5
$40,000 to $49,999: 21
$50,000 to $59,999: 14
$60,000 to $69,999: 9
$70,000 to $79,999: 30
$80,000 to $89,999: 40
$90,000 to $99,999: 50
$100,000 to $124,999: 123
$125,000 to $149,999: 178
$150,000 to $174,999: 250
$175,000 to $199,999: 492
$200,000 to $249,999: 1583
$250,000 to $299,999: 2744
$300,000 to $399,999: 5233
$400,000 to $499,999: 2403
$500,000 to $749,999: 1506
$750,000 to $999,999: 94
$1,000,000 or more: 51

Weymouth rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Weymouth:

Less than $100: 43 people
$100 to $149: 39
$150 to $199: 77
$200 to $249: 212
$250 to $299: 175
$300 to $349: 141
$350 to $399: 113
$400 to $449: 88
$450 to $499: 107
$500 to $549: 130
$550 to $599: 160
$600 to $649: 77
$650 to $699: 126
$700 to $749: 170
$750 to $799: 183
$800 to $899: 534
$900 to $999: 764
$1,000 to $1,249: 2,167
$1,250 to $1,499: 921
$1,500 to $1,999: 570
$2,000 or more: 97
No cash rent: 288

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 649 1990 to 1994: 281 1985 to 1989: 371 1980 to 1984: 175 1975 to 1979: 150 1970 to 1974: 227 1970 to 1974: 250 1965 to 1969: 810

Weymouth, MA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 50.4%
Number of people working at home: 465 (1.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 583
5 to 9 minutes: 2263
10 to 14 minutes: 3226
15 to 19 minutes: 3642
20 to 24 minutes: 3681
25 to 29 minutes: 1395
30 to 34 minutes: 3470
35 to 39 minutes: 731
40 to 44 minutes: 1443
45 to 59 minutes: 3110
60 to 89 minutes: 3358
90 or more minutes: 721

Weymouth mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 22,203 (79%)
Carpooled: 2,378 (8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 312 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 23 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 1,494 (5%)
Railroad: 327 (1%)
Ferryboat: 231 (1%)
Taxi: 15 (0%)
Motorcycle: 33 (0%)
Bicycle: 36 (0%)
Walked: 490 (2%)
Other means: 81 (0%)
Worked at home: 465 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1627
$10,000 to $14,999: 828
$15,000 to $19,999: 946
$20,000 to $24,999: 898
$25,000 to $29,999: 1115
$30,000 to $34,999: 1444
$35,000 to $39,999: 1173
$40,000 to $44,999: 1421
$45,000 to $49,999: 1115
$50,000 to $59,999: 2036
$60,000 to $74,999: 3021
$75,000 to $99,999: 3062
$100,000 to $124,999: 1830
$125,000 to $149,999: 732
$150,000 to $199,999: 443
$200,000 or more: 337

First ancestries reported:

Irish: 17095

Italian: 7103

English: 4304

United States or American: 2636

Other groups: 2508

German: 1479

French (except Basque): 1335

Scottish: 1296

French Canadian: 1271

Polish: 1089

Scotch-Irish: 1048

Swedish: 958

Portuguese: 453

Canadian: 436

Dutch: 412

Greek: 407

Arab:: 404

Subsaharan African:: 310

Norwegian: 305

Brazilian: 244

Lithuanian: 238

Cape Verdean: 231

Finnish: 211

Lebanese: 178

Russian: 171

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 167

British: 140

European: 103

Haitian: 90

Danish: 85

Welsh: 76

Armenian: 72

Albanian: 71

Austrian: 67

Hungarian: 61

Syrian: 61

Celtic: 51

Czech: 49

Egyptian: 48

Moroccan: 48

Belgian: 31

Ethiopian: 31

Northern European: 29

Arab/Arabic: 29

Iranian: 27

Swiss: 27

Ukrainian: 27

Jamaican: 25

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 23

Estonian: 22

African: 22

Jordanian: 21

Other Arab: 19

Kenyan: 19

Icelander: 18

Scandinavian: 18

Bulgarian: 17

U.S. Virgin Islander: 15

West Indian: 14

Czechoslovakian: 11

Croatian: 9

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 7

South African: 7

Latvian: 6

Yugoslavian: 6

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

Canada (11%)
Ireland (9%)
Brazil (9%)
United Kingdom (9%)
Other Western Africa (4%)
Greece (4%)
India (3%)

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

This state: 44856
Northeast: 3313
Midwest: 875
South: 1008
West: 588

64% of Weymouth residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% 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: 55
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 57
7th and 8th grade: 318
9th grade: 191
10th grade: 394
11th grade: 162
12th grade, no diploma: 682
High school graduate (or equivalency): 5,820
Less than 1 year of college: 1,182
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,539
Associate degree: 1,248
Bachelor's degree: 3,486
Master's degree: 1,054
Professional school degree: 321
Doctorate degree: 89

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 119
Nursery to 4th grade: 9
5th and 6th grade: 77
7th and 8th grade: 201
9th grade: 208
10th grade: 215
11th grade: 367
12th grade, no diploma: 615
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,433
Less than 1 year of college: 1,485
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 3,018
Associate degree: 2,033
Bachelor's degree: 3,567
Master's degree: 1,212
Professional school degree: 226
Doctorate degree: 59

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.3%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 6.2%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 29.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.9%

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

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 6.4%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 15.6%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 9.9%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $65,266
Black householders: $31,449
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $42,608
Asian householders: $69,223
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $11,321
Some other race householders: $43,696
Two or more races householders: $81,649
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $78,482

Weymouth household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Weymouth household income for Black householders

Weymouth household income for Asian householders

Weymouth household income for Some other race householders

Weymouth household income for Two or more races householders

Weymouth household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Weymouth marital status for males

Weymouth marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $339,102
Black or African American householders: $313,475
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $320,717
Asian householders: $342,074
Some other race householders: $632,521
Two or more races householders: $322,203
Hispanic or Latino householders: $421,557

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 13,254
One, attached: 855
Two: 1,063
3 or 4: 903
5 to 9: 974
10 to 19: 1,295
20 to 49: 2,106
50 or more: 1,971
Mobile homes: 152

Median worth of mobile homes: $82,225

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Weymouth:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (53%) Utility gas (34%) Electricity (11%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (42%) Utility gas (30%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (26%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 779

Here:	14.6%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 437

Here:	17.6%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 644

Here:	32.0%
Massachusetts:	48.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

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