No gay or lesbian households reported Housing units in zip code 01069 with a mortgage: 2,240 (200 second mortgage, 569 home equity loan, 59 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,046
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,614
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $566
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
10.3%
Whole state:
10.8%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 01069: Mapletree Industrial Center (A), Palmer Industrial Park (B), George Washington Plaza (C), Big Y Plaza (D), Palmer Ambulance Service (E), Palmer Fire Department (F), Converse Middle School Library (G), Palmer Public Library (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery (1), Four Corners Cemetery (2), Saint Thomas Cemetery (3), Palmer Center Cemetery (4), Oak Knoll Cemetery (5). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Pattaquattic Pond (A), Knox Pond (B), Crystal Lake (C), Thompson Lake (D), Palmer Reservoir (E), Forest Lake (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
1,517 married couples with children.
1,096 single-parent households (577 men, 519 women).
93.6% of residents of 01069 zip code speak English at home.
20.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% very well, 20% well, 9% not well, 31% not at all).
12.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% very well, 8% well, 35% not well).
2.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% well).
1.6% of residents speak other language at home (7% very well, 93% well).
Foreign born population: 364 (3.3%) (46.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
3.3%
Whole state:
14.8%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Canada (19%)
Russia (18%)
Portugal (16%)
Italy (10%)
Poland (9%)
United Kingdom (7%)
Other Eastern Europe (6%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 379
1990 to 1999: 58
1980 to 1989: 52
Before 1980: 208
Races in zip code 01069:
White population: 10,288 Black population: 481 American Indian population: 0 Asian population: 786 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 948 Two or more races population: 210 Hispanic or Latino population: 232
First ancestries reported:
Polish: 2,090
French (except Basque): 1,577
Irish: 1,226
Italian: 850
English: 759
Other groups: 712
French Canadian: 623
German: 494
Portuguese: 328
American: 281
Czech: 262
Egyptian: 225
British: 203
Scandinavian: 175
Canadian: 157
Russian: 149
Scottish: 132
Armenian: 124
Swedish: 121
Dutch: 100
Scotch-Irish: 85
Finnish: 74
European: 63
Czechoslovakian: 52
Ukrainian: 46
Arab: 36
Welsh: 36
Albanian: 35
Greek: 34
Hungarian: 34
Jamaican: 34
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 29
Danish: 27
Lithuanian: 26
Austrian: 23
Norwegian: 20
Cape Verdean: 16
Subsaharan African: 16
Lebanese: 14
Belgian: 13
Slovak: 9
Croatian: 8
Turkish: 8
Bermudan: 8
Latvian: 7
Swiss: 3
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
PALMER WWT PLANT (1 NORBELL ST in PALMER, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2003-0027, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-1996-0062, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ICIS-01-1985-0011, CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY, Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS; AIR AND WATER RESOURCE AND SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Organizations: PALMER W P C F (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, TOWN OF PALMER (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: PALMER W P C F, PALMER WWTP
PATHFINDER REG TECH HIGH SCHOOL (240 SYKES STREET in PALMER, MA)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-860605 Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: PATHFINDER REG VOC TECH HIGH SCH DIST (CONTACT/OWNER)
, PATHFINDER VOC TECH (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
Alternative names: PATHFINDER VOC TECH
PALMER HIGH SCHOOL (4105 MAIN STREET in PALMER, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-227505 CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
OLD MILL POND (4107 MAIN STREET in PALMER, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-227008 Organizations: PALMER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
PALMER PAVING CORP (25 BLANCHARD ST in PALMER, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: ASPHALT PAVING MIXTURES AND BLOCKS Organizations: PALMER PAVING CORPORATION (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, CHARLES CALLAHAN (CONTACT/OWNER)
CHURCHILL COATINGS CORP (103 WATER ST in PALMER, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: LUMBER, PLYWOOD, MILLWORK, AND WOOD PANELS
NEW ENGLAND INTERMODAL TERM IN (1 WILBRAHAM ST in PALMER, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: W ROBERT BENTLEY (CONTACT/OWNER)
, GEORGE KLOSTER (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: MA CENTRAL RAILROAD CORP, NEW ENGLAND INTERMODAL TERM INC, NEW ENGLAND INTERMODAL TERMINAL MASS CENTRAL RAILROAD
BONDSVILLE BODY & FENDER (67 GRIFFIN ST in PALMER, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: JOSEPH E BYCENSKI (CONTACT/OWNER)
PALMER AUTO SERVICE (2198 THORNDIKE ST in PALMER, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business NAICS classification: GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. Organizations: JOSEPH BOLDUC (CONTACT/OWNER)
B M AUTO BODY (BOSTON RD in PALMER, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: ROBT HARRIS & MIKE PARTYINSKI (CONTACT/OWNER)
NORTHEAST SEAT COMPANY (20 WILBRAHAM STREET in PALMER, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Business SIC classification: MOTORCYCLES, BICYCLES, AND PARTS
BEE JOHN AUTO BODY (RTE 2 RFD 2 in PALMER, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business NAICS classification: TIRE RETREADING.; GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR. Organizations: JOHN BEDINOTTI (CONTACT/OWNER)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 19.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4.5%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (60%)
Electricity (12%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
Utility gas (7%)
Wood (6%)
Other fuel (4%)
Coal or coke (2%)
Population in 1990: 9,778. Population change in the 1990s: +106 (+1.1%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 7,896
Northeast: 1,068
Midwest: 144
South: 212
West: 150
67% of the 01069 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 72% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Massachusetts.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 995
Here:
51.0%
Massachusetts:
10.3%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 841
Here:
58.3%
Massachusetts:
12.3%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 762
Here:
67.3%
Massachusetts:
49.8%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code (PALMER, MA):
NORTHERN CONSTRUCTION SVC INC (290 PARK ST; small business) : $111,884 in 5 contractsfrom 2003 to 2005
Contracts for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Dams, Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways (includes resurfacing) by Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $39,184; 2004: $0; 2005: $72,700; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$70,300 with Army for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Dams. Signed on 2005-10-25. Completion date: 2005-11-04.
$47,250, same as above.Signed on 2005-10-21. Completion date: 2005-10-27.
$39,184 with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Highways, Roads, Streets, Bridges, and Railways (includes resurfacing). Signed on 2003-08-31. Completion date: 2003-10-31.
$2,400 with Army for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Dams. Signed on 2005-11-09. Completion date: 2005-11-04.
PALMER PAVING CORP (25 BLANCHARD ST; small business) : $92,199 in 3 contractsfrom 1999 to 2005
$47,250 with Army for Miscellaneous Construction Materials. Signed on 2005-10-26. Completion date: 2005-10-28.
$29,000 with Air Force for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Airport Runways. Signed on 2005-09-15. Completion date: 2005-10-19.
$15,949, same as above.Signed on 1999-12-30. Completion date: 2000-02-29.
AMERICAN CARBONATION CORPORATI (19 SECOND STREET, PALMER I; small business) : $58,120 in 3 contractsfrom 2002 to 2003
$41,000 with Army for Fueling and Other Petroleum Services - Excluding Storage. Signed on 2002-04-11. Completion date: 2002-08-25.
$8,560 with Navy for Gases: Compressed and Liquefied. Signed on 2003-09-09. Completion date: 2004-07-09.
$8,560, same as above.Signed on 2002-09-18. Completion date: 2002-09-30.
BENOIT & COMPANY (1240 PARK ST; small business) : $22,387 in 3 contractsin 2005
$16,449 with Army for Specialized Shipping and Storage Containers. Signed on 2005-01-18. Completion date: 2005-02-08.
$2,969 with Navy for Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Instruments. Taking place in TX. Signed on 2005-06-21. Completion date: 2005-08-21.
$2,969, same as above.Signed on 2005-06-21. Completion date: 2005-08-21.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (500-999 employees: 1 establishment)
Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (50-99: 2, 20-49: 1)
Information: Newspaper Publishers (100-249: 1)
Construction: Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction (50-99: 1, 20-49: 2, 5-9: 1)