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Data type:  
Opacity:
%

Area: 0.556 square miles

Population: 9,128

Population density:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  16,430 people per square mile
Somerville:  18,868 people per square mile

House/condo value distribution in Powderhouse/Powder House in Somerville, MA neighborhood, block, subdivision, or community

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Age and Sex of Residents in Powderhouse/Powder House in Somerville, MA

Races in Powderhouse/Powder House in Somerville neighborhood in MA

Zip codes: 02143, 02144, 02145.

Males:  4,417
Females:  4,711

Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:  29.1 years
Whole city:  31.1 years

Females:
This neighborhood:  30.7 years
Whole city:  31.9 years


Average household size:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  2.3 people
Somerville:  2.4 people

Average family size:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  2.9 members
Somerville:  3.1 members

Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:  31.8%
city:  32.2%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Powderhouse/Powder House:  11.6%
Somerville:  13.1%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
This neighborhood:  3.3%
Somerville:  5.4%


Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Here:  27.1%
Somerville:  26.8%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  27.4%
city:  24.8%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
This neighborhood:  3.6%
Somerville:  8.1%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:  49.5%
Somerville:  45.1%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  33.0%
Somerville:  24.2%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:  0.9%
city:  1.3%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:  16.6%
Somerville:  29.3%



Educational Attainment


Rooms in owner-occupied houses/condos in Powderhouse/Powder House:
  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 24
  • 3 rooms: 414
  • 4 rooms: 1,516
  • 5 rooms: 2,184
  • 6 rooms: 2,168
  • 7 rooms: 1,301
  • 8 rooms: 1,211
  • 9+ rooms: 2,949


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Powderhouse/Powder House:
  • 1 room: 332
  • 2 rooms: 1,165
  • 3 rooms: 4,895
  • 4 rooms: 5,469
  • 5 rooms: 6,263
  • 6 rooms: 2,089
  • 7 rooms: 735
  • 8 rooms: 921
  • 9+ rooms: 433


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Powderhouse/Powder House:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 1,043
  • 2 bedrooms: 3,150
  • 3 bedrooms: 3,085
  • 4 bedrooms: 2,545
  • 5+ bedrooms: 1,946


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Powderhouse/Powder House:
  • no bedroom: 495
  • 1 bedroom: 7,107
  • 2 bedrooms: 9,674
  • 3 bedrooms: 3,282
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,209
  • 5+ bedrooms: 536


Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:  1.4
Somerville:  1.4

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
Here:  1.3
city:  1.1

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  66.5%
Somerville:  68.8%

Housing prices:
Average estimated value of detached houses in 2007 (9.1% of all units):
Powderhouse/Powder House:  $547,270
Somerville:  $518,076

Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2007 (2.0% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $109,455
city:  $209,013

Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2007 (41.1% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $309,043
Somerville:  $294,473

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (32.2% of all units):
Powderhouse/Powder House:  $531,408
city:  $507,749

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (15.6% of all units):
Powderhouse/Powder House:  $260,569
Somerville:  $524,404



Owners and renters by unit type in %

Mode of transportation to work in Powderhouse/Powder House in Somerville, MA

Occupations of males:
Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  8.7%
city:  7.5%

Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  4.8%
city:  5.5%

Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  12.5%
city:  10.7%

Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  6.8%
city:  3.9%

Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  6.2%
city:  5.0%

Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
Here:  2.3%
city:  1.3%

Percentage of males in legal occupations:
Here:  1.6%
city:  1.3%

Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  6.3%
city:  5.1%

Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  7.2%
city:  4.1%

Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  2.5%
city:  1.8%

Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here:  9.9%
city:  16.0%

Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here:  16.1%
city:  16.7%

Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Here:  6.7%
city:  9.2%

Percentage of males in production occupations:
Here:  2.6%
city:  4.9%

Percentage of males in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  5.7%
city:  7.1%

Occupations of females:
Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  12.9%
city:  8.7%

Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  8.4%
city:  6.9%

Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  4.4%
city:  3.5%

Percentage of females in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  1.0%
city:  1.4%

Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  5.9%
city:  4.1%

Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here:  1.8%
city:  2.5%

Percentage of females in legal occupations:
Here:  3.0%
city:  1.9%

Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  12.3%
city:  10.6%

Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  7.4%
city:  4.9%

Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  5.7%
city:  5.2%

Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here:  11.6%
city:  16.7%

Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here:  23.2%
city:  28.1%

Percentage of females in production occupations:
Here:  1.3%
city:  3.7%

Percentage of people 18-64 in Armed Forces:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  0.1%
Somerville:  0.0%

Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  7.8%
Somerville:  11.0%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in undgraduate colleges:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  7.3%
Somerville:  8.5%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  9.4%
Somerville:  6.7%

Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  27.6%
Somerville:  14.4%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  8.2%
Somerville:  12.5%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Powderhouse/Powder House:  1980
Somerville:  1983

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Powderhouse/Powder House:  1998
Somerville:  1997

Median rent in 2007:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  $1,307
Somerville:  $1,149

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Powderhouse/Powder House:  66.4%
Somerville:  61.7%



Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (62%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (27%)
  • Electricity (8%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)


Roads and streets:
Albion St
Length: 0.67 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Morrison Ave
Length: 0.64 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 202
Highland Ave
Length: 0.60 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 175 to 296
Hudson St
Length: 0.54 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 28 to 199
Kidder Ave
Length: 0.53 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 30 to 199
Willow Ave
Length: 0.46 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 101 to 299
Cedar St
Length: 0.42 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 80 to 244
Boston Ave
Length: 0.41 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 158
Josephine Ave
Length: 0.36 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Rogers Ave
Length: 0.35 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Lowell St
Length: 0.35 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 131 to 264
Lexington Ave
Length: 0.34 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Highland Rd
Length: 0.34 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Alpine St
Length: 0.34 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 1 to 199
Liberty Ave
Length: 0.33 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 120
Pearson Ave
Length: 0.28 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Broadway
Length: 0.27 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 670 to 772
Lowden Ave
Length: 0.27 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Bay State Ave
Length: 0.26 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Prichard Ave
Length: 0.24 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Warwick St
Length: 0.23 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Benton Rd
Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 16 to 99
Spencer Ave
Length: 0.19 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Murdock St
Length: 0.18 miles
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Foskett St
Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Mallet St
Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Woodbine St
Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 33
Clyde St
Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Princeton St
Length: 0.16 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Spring Hill Ter
Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 98
Appleton St
Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Powder House Ter
Length: 0.14 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Tower St
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 50
Aberdeen Rd
Length: 0.12 miles
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Belmont St
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 83 to 124
Crocker St
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Crown St
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 62
Clifton St
Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Centre St
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 98
Conwell St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Newberne St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Eastman Rd
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Cedar Pl
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Porter St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 105 to 199
Central St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 101 to 116
Liberty Rd
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 121 to 199
Francis St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Hall Ave
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 58 to 99
Bristol Rd
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Ellington Rd
Length: 0.04 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Albion Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Hancock St
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 112 to 199
Gibbens St
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 31 to 46
Newman Pl
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Bellevue Ter
Length: 0.03 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Morrison Pl
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Albion Ter
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Albion Ct
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Railroad features:
Boston and Maine RR (Abandoned)
Length: 0.47 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Mbta Commuter Rail
Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: SE-NW

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