Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.0% of all households
Housing units in zip code 01230 with a mortgage: 1,542 (147 second mortgage, 449 home equity loan, 708 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,016
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,729
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $633
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
8.5%
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 01230: Wyantenuck Country Club (A), Butternut Ski Area (B), United States Fish Hatchery (C), Southern Berkshire Volunteer Ambulance (D), Egremont Fire Department (E), Alford Fire Department (F), New Marlborough Fire Department (G), Great Barrington Fire Department Station 1 Headquarters (H), Alford Free Public Library (I), Searles Castle (J), Albert Schweitzer Center (K), Jenifer House (L), Alford Town Hall (M), Great Barrington Town Hall (N), Mill River Town Hall (O). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 01230 include: Macedonia Baptist Church (A), First Congregational Church (B), First Church of Christ Scientist (C), Calvary Christian Chapel (D), United Church of New Marlboro (E), Trinity Lutheran Church (F), Saint James Episcopal Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Fountain Pond (A), Davis Pond (B), Juniper Pond (C), Mansfield Pond (D), Marsh Pond (E), Lake Buel (F), Root Pond (G), Threemile Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Williams River (A), Stony Brook (B), Seekonk Brook (C), Muddy Brook (D), Long Pond Brook (E), Karner Brook (F), Fenton Brook (G), Alford Brook (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 01230 include: North Egremont Historic District (1), Newsboy Statue (2), Monument Mountain Reservation (3), Battlesite Monument (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 01230:
Less than $10,000: 68
$20,000 to $24,999: 17
$25,000 to $29,999: 368
$30,000 to $34,999: 10
$35,000 to $39,999: 234
$50,000 to $59,999: 15
$70,000 to $79,999: 46
$90,000 to $99,999: 9
$100,000 to $124,999: 47
$125,000 to $149,999: 92
$150,000 to $174,999: 131
$175,000 to $199,999: 117
$200,000 to $249,999: 349
$250,000 to $299,999: 354
$300,000 to $399,999: 590
$400,000 to $499,999: 282
$500,000 to $749,999: 332
$750,000 to $999,999: 240
$1,000,000 or more: 175
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 01230:
Less than $100: 157
$100 to $149: 96
$150 to $199: 57
$200 to $249: 12
$250 to $299: 1,128
$300 to $349: 73
$350 to $399: 452
$400 to $449: 3,558
$450 to $499: 4,842
$500 to $549: 326
$550 to $599: 134
$600 to $649: 250
$650 to $699: 714
$700 to $749: 232
$750 to $799: 151
$800 to $899: 674
$900 to $999: 84
$1,000 to $1,249: 450
$1,250 to $1,499: 62
$1,500 to $1,999: 314
$2,000 or more: 14
No cash rent: 101
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2010: $238,590.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $346,017
Black or African American householders: $271,638
Two or more races householders: $713,228
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $353,558
01230:
$353,558
Massachusetts:
$342,000
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $249,909 - $557,470
Mean price in 2010:
Detached houses: $502,860
Here:
$502,860
State:
$415,289
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 3,387
One, attached: 268
Two: 431
3 or 4: 546
5 to 9: 325
10 to 19: 126
20 to 49: 11,186
50 or more: 285
Mobile homes: 71
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 3,189 (73%)
Carpooled: 531 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 148 (3%)
Subway or elevated: 33 (1%)
Railroad: 91 (2%)
Motorcycle: 23 (1%)
Bicycle: 45 (1%)
Walked: 229 (5%)
Other means: 92 (2%)
Worked at home: 485 (11%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 357
5 to 9 minutes: 696
10 to 14 minutes: 936
15 to 19 minutes: 689
20 to 24 minutes: 357
25 to 29 minutes: 212
30 to 34 minutes: 396
35 to 39 minutes: 97
40 to 44 minutes: 38
45 to 59 minutes: 183
60 to 89 minutes: 155
90 or more minutes: 114
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 89.0%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 8,491
In family households: 6,740 (1,576 male householders, 718 female householders)
1,717 spouses, 2,296 children (2,216 natural, 30 adopted, 50 stepchildren), 136 grandchildren, 36 brothers or sisters, 44 parents, 39 other relatives, 178 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,751 (616 male householders (482 living alone)), 811 female householders (682 living alone)), 324 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 751 (611 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,123 2-persons, 460 3-persons, 388 4-persons, 123 5-persons, 61 6-persons, 26 7-or-more-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 1,317 1-person, 232 2-persons, 209 3-persons
855 married couples with children.
639 single-parent households (392 men, 247 women).
89.3% of residents of 01230 zip code speak English at home.
21.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (29% very well, 8% well, 56% not well, 7% not at all).
103.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (3% very well, 94% well, 2% not at all).
15.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (5% very well, 89% well, 3% not well, 3% not at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (68% very well, 32% well).
Foreign born population: 892 (10.4%) (23.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
10.4%
Whole state:
14.8%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Jamaica (25%)
Poland (11%)
Ecuador (9%)
United Kingdom (9%)
Canada (9%)
Germany (7%)
Other Western Europe (5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 520
1990 to 1999: 182
1980 to 1989: 54
Before 1980: 208
Races in zip code 01230:
White population: 7,376 Black population: 397 American Indian population: 34 Asian population: 268 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 1,018 Two or more races population: 64 Hispanic or Latino population: 537
First ancestries reported:
Irish: 1,075
Other groups: 944
Italian: 818
German: 745
English: 628
Polish: 555
Scotch-Irish: 316
French (except Basque): 299
Russian: 283
American: 277
Scottish: 241
Eastern European: 226
Brazilian: 208
European: 148
Iranian: 109
French Canadian: 106
Dutch: 95
Belgian: 87
Canadian: 82
Swedish: 76
Albanian: 73
British: 62
Austrian: 59
Lithuanian: 55
Arab: 50
Turkish: 49
Swiss: 44
Yugoslavian: 38
Greek: 37
Romanian: 35
Israeli: 35
Welsh: 30
Norwegian: 28
Hungarian: 27
Portuguese: 27
Czech: 26
Arab: 25
Subsaharan African: 25
African: 25
Lebanese: 23
Ukrainian: 21
Latvian: 20
Syrian: 20
Danish: 20
Czechoslovakian: 18
Australian: 13
Scandinavian: 7
Slovak: 7
Finnish: 5
Northern European: 5
Slavic: 3
Private high schools not listed on the city page:
JOHN DEWEY ACAD SEARLES CASTL (Students: 20; Location: 389 MAIN ST, GT BARRINGTON, MA; Grades: 9 - 12)
THE KOLBURNE SCHOOL (Students: 103; Location: SOUTHFIELD RD, NEW MARLBORO, MA; Grades: 3 - 12)
Private primary/middle school not listed on the city page:
RUDOLPH STEINER SCHOOL (Students: 227; Location: 35 WEST PLAIN RD, GT BARRINGTON, MA; Grades: PK - 8)
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
MONUMENT MT REG HIGH (600 STOCKBRIDGE ROAD in GREAT BARRINGTON, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-618505 Organizations: BERKSHIRE HILLS (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
EGREMONT TOWN OF WATER DEPARTMENT (TOWN HALL in EGREMONT, MA)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-1998-0135, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
BERKSHIRE NATL FISH HATCHERY (HATCHERY RD in GREAT BARRINGTON, MA) . Federal Facility. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: US DEPT INTERIOR USFWS (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: US BERKSHIRE NATL FISH HATCHERY
ORMSBEES GARAGE (MAIN ST in GREAT BARRINGTON, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business NAICS classification: TIRE RETREADING. Organizations: ORMSBEE BUS CO (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, JOHN B ORMSBEE (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: ORMSBEE BUS CO
M&A SHAFT & CYL REPAIR (964 SOUTH MAIN ST in GREAT BARRINGTON, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: M & A SHAFT & CYL REPAIR (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
BUNNELL AUTO PARTS INC (180 STATE RD in GREAT BARRINGTON, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: PEGORARI JOHN (CONTACT/OWNER)
JW AUTO BODY (37 CHURCH ST in GREAT BARRINGTON, MA)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: JOSEPH WOOL JR (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: J W AUTO BODY
KINGDONS REPAIR (MT WASHINGTON in GREAT BARRINGTON, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: KINGDON JOHN OWNER (CONTACT/OWNER)
BERKSHIRE HEMATOLOGY ONCOLOGY PC (27 LEWIS AVE in GREAT BARRINGTON, MA)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
BIX FURNITURE REFINISHING (RTE 23 in EGREMONT, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
EGREMONT (RTE 71, P.O. BOX 368 in EGREMONT, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) Business SIC classification: GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Fire-safe hotels and motels in zip code 01230:
Holiday Inn Express Hotel And Suites, 415 Stockbridge Rd, Great Barrington, MA 01230 , Phone: (413) 528-1810, Fax: (413) 528-8837
Comfort Inn & Suites, 249 Stockbridge Rd, Great Barrington, MA 01230 , Phone: (413) 644-3200, Fax: (413) 644-3212
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 12.8%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%)
Utility gas (12%)
Wood (8%)
Electricity (8%)
Coal or coke (7%)
Other fuel (2%)
Population in 1990: 10,603. Population change in the 1990s: -1,446 (-13.6%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 4,258
Northeast: 3,176
Midwest: 467
South: 418
West: 367
56% of the 01230 zip code 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, 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): 263
Here:
30.1%
Massachusetts:
10.3%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 250
Here:
42.7%
Massachusetts:
12.3%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 516
Here:
52.3%
Massachusetts:
49.8%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
BERKSHIRE CORPORATION (21 RIVER ST in GREAT BARRINGT, MA; small business)
$38,160 with Navy for Office Supplies. Signed on 1999-12-08. Completion date: 2000-05-31.
OPENSPACE MANAGEMENT (314 MAIN in GREAT BARRINGTON, MA; small business)
$22,000 with National Park Service for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Recreation Facilities (Non-Building). Taking place in ME. Signed on 2000-08-15. Completion date: 2000-11-15.
G A BLANCO & SONS INC (ROUTE 71 @ THE ALFORD LINE in GREAT BARRINGT, MA; small business) : $18,674 in 5 contractsfrom 2002 to 2005
Contracts for Office Furniture by Public Buildings Service, Army Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $12,974; 2003: $0; 2004: $0; 2005: $5,700; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$10,265 with Public Buildings Service for Office Furniture. Signed on 2003-01-15. Completion date: 2003-03-15.
$8,314 with Army for Office Furniture. Signed on 2002-04-25. Completion date: 2002-05-24.
$5,700, same as above.Signed on 2005-05-15. Completion date: 2005-05-27.
$4,660, same as above.Signed on 2002-07-12. Completion date: 2002-08-02.
FORMEL'S MOTOR COMPANY INC (21 VAN DEUSENVILLE RD in GREAT BARRINGT, MA)
$200 with Army for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Other Non-Building Facilities. Signed on 2005-09-19. Completion date: 2005-10-28.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005: