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Data type:  
Opacity:
%

Area: 0.592 square miles

Population: 4,369

Population density:
Forest Park Heights:  7,384 people per square mile
Springfield:  4,738 people per square mile

House/condo value distribution in Forest Park Heights in Springfield, MA neighborhood, block, subdivision, or community

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Age and Sex of Residents in Forest Park Heights in Springfield, MA

Races in Forest Park Heights in Springfield neighborhood in MA

Zip codes: 01108.

Males:  2,093
Females:  2,277

Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:  28.5 years
Whole city:  31.9 years

Females:
This neighborhood:  30.6 years
Whole city:  33.7 years


Average household size:
Forest Park Heights:  2.4 people
Springfield:  2.6 people

Average family size:
Forest Park Heights:  3.3 members
Springfield:  3.2 members

Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:  31.2%
city:  34.7%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Forest Park Heights:  15.8%
Springfield:  15.2%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
This neighborhood:  13.4%
Springfield:  18.1%


Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Here:  20.1%
Springfield:  19.6%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Forest Park Heights:  21.2%
city:  18.8%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
This neighborhood:  5.8%
Springfield:  6.7%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:  59.4%
Springfield:  59.3%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Forest Park Heights:  25.7%
Springfield:  20.5%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:  8.1%
city:  12.2%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:  6.8%
Springfield:  8.0%



Educational Attainment


Rooms in owner-occupied houses/condos in Forest Park Heights:
  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 10
  • 3 rooms: 10
  • 4 rooms: 214
  • 5 rooms: 592
  • 6 rooms: 596
  • 7 rooms: 163
  • 8 rooms: 632
  • 9+ rooms: 3,201


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Forest Park Heights:
  • 1 room: 251
  • 2 rooms: 238
  • 3 rooms: 2,023
  • 4 rooms: 2,883
  • 5 rooms: 3,603
  • 6 rooms: 1,471
  • 7 rooms: 213
  • 8 rooms: 166
  • 9+ rooms: 496


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Forest Park Heights:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 236
  • 2 bedrooms: 634
  • 3 bedrooms: 826
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,383
  • 5+ bedrooms: 2,341


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Forest Park Heights:
  • no bedroom: 359
  • 1 bedroom: 3,451
  • 2 bedrooms: 4,900
  • 3 bedrooms: 2,046
  • 4 bedrooms: 220
  • 5+ bedrooms: 370


Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:  1.7
Springfield:  1.6

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
Here:  1.0
city:  0.8

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Forest Park Heights:  84.9%
Springfield:  67.3%

Housing prices:
Average estimated value of detached houses in 2007 (25.0% of all units):
Forest Park Heights:  $247,106
Springfield:  $171,503

Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2007 (1.6% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $38,438
city:  $87,312

Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2007 (21.8% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $98,887
Springfield:  $89,548

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (11.4% of all units):
Forest Park Heights:  $39,239
city:  $190,159

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (39.9% of all units):
Forest Park Heights:  $3,563
Springfield:  $142,172



Owners and renters by unit type in %

Mode of transportation to work in Forest Park Heights in Springfield, MA

Occupations of males:
Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  4.1%
city:  5.6%

Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  5.9%
city:  2.5%

Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  1.9%
city:  1.6%

Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  3.1%
city:  2.3%

Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  1.9%
city:  0.5%

Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
Here:  5.4%
city:  1.9%

Percentage of males in legal occupations:
Here:  2.7%
city:  0.9%

Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  9.0%
city:  3.4%

Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  5.5%
city:  1.6%

Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  2.0%
city:  1.3%

Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here:  15.8%
city:  20.5%

Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here:  14.7%
city:  17.9%

Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Here:  10.8%
city:  13.5%

Percentage of males in production occupations:
Here:  11.2%
city:  14.6%

Percentage of males in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  6.1%
city:  11.4%

Occupations of females:
Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  6.6%
city:  5.1%

Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  6.5%
city:  3.9%

Percentage of females in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  1.1%
city:  0.5%

Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here:  5.0%
city:  3.7%

Percentage of females in legal occupations:
Here:  1.5%
city:  0.7%

Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  19.5%
city:  9.5%

Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  1.9%
city:  1.1%

Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  6.9%
city:  6.5%

Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here:  17.6%
city:  22.6%

Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here:  25.0%
city:  34.4%

Percentage of females in production occupations:
Here:  8.4%
city:  7.1%

Percentage of people 18-64 in Armed Forces:
Forest Park Heights:  0.4%
Springfield:  0.0%

Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Forest Park Heights:  20.0%
Springfield:  22.4%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in undgraduate colleges:
Forest Park Heights:  5.1%
Springfield:  6.5%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Forest Park Heights:  4.3%
Springfield:  1.0%

Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Forest Park Heights:  21.9%
Springfield:  11.0%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Forest Park Heights:  22.4%
Springfield:  23.1%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Forest Park Heights:  1983
Springfield:  1985

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Forest Park Heights:  1998
Springfield:  1997

Median rent in 2007:
Forest Park Heights:  $673
Springfield:  $591

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Forest Park Heights:  65.6%
Springfield:  57.4%



Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (45%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (44%)
  • Electricity (10%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)


Highways in this neighborhood:
State Hwy 21 (Sumner Ave, State Hwy 83)
Length: 0.92 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 354
US Hwy 5
Length: 0.27 miles
Direction: N-S
State Hwy 83
Length: 0.06 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 305 to 334
Roads and streets:
Maplewood Ter
Length: 0.70 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 2 to 198
Belmont Ave
Length: 0.70 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 96 to 399
Forest Park Ave
Length: 0.69 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 32 to 399
Magnolia Ter
Length: 0.61 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Longhill St
Length: 0.60 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 153 to 499
Pineywoods Ave
Length: 0.50 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Washington Blvd
Length: 0.46 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 152 to 299
Riverview Ter
Length: 0.45 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 2 to 98
Marengo Park
Length: 0.44 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Garfield St
Length: 0.39 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 150
Spruceland Ave
Length: 0.36 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 135
Bellevue Ave
Length: 0.35 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Firglade Ave
Length: 0.31 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 199
Fort Pleasant Ave
Length: 0.28 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 120 to 299
Washington Rd
Length: 0.25 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 9 to 87
Randolph St
Length: 0.23 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Fairfield St
Length: 0.22 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Warner St
Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Forest St
Length: 0.18 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Cherryvale Ave
Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Westernview St
Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Greenleaf St
Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Chase Ave
Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Florentine Gdns
Length: 0.16 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Oakland St
Length: 0.16 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 82
Mountainview St
Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Oxford St
Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Riverview St
Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Churchill St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
E Columbus Ave
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: N-S
Beechwood Ave
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Woodside Ter
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 51
Edgeland St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 85 to 99
Litchfield St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Dickinson St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 40 to 99
Laverne St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Sumner Ter
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Buena Vista Plz
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Belmont Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Cloverdale St
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99

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