Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in zip code 01247 with a mortgage: 2,040 (76 second mortgage, 404 home equity loan, 418 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,160
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,365
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $491
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
14.3%
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 01247: Hardman Industrial Park (A), North Adams Country Club (B), Roycroft Lookout (C), Hairpin Turn (D), Heywoods Station (E), YMCA (F), North Adams Ambulance Service (G), Clarksburg Volunteer Fire Department (H), North Adams City Hall (I), North Adams Fire Department (J), Florida Volunteer Fire Department Headquarters (K), Hoosac Tunnel Museum (L), Artist Center and Gallery (M), Briggsville Town Hall (N), Eugene L Freel Library (O), Houghton Memorial Building (P), Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Q), North Adams Center (R), North Adams Public Library (S), Vietnam Veterans Memorial Skating Rink (T). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 01247 include: Jesus Saves Tabernacle (A), Interfaith Church of Cosmogony (B), Harvard Christian Ministries (C), First United Methodist Church (D), First Baptist Church (E), Bethel Pentecostal Church (F), Warren Brown Zion Church (G), Our Lady of the Incarnation Church (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Blackington Cemetery (1), Clarksburg Cemetery (2), Southview Cemetery (3), Saint Josephs Cemetery (4), Hillside Cemetery (5), Beth Israel Cemetery (6), Advent Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Witts Pond (A), Chilson Pond (B), Choquettes Pond (C), North Pond (D), Upper Reservoir (E), Windsor Lake (F), New Tanks (G), Lower Reservoir (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Whitcomb Brook (A), Smith Brook (B), Reed Brook (C), Manning Brook (D), Azimuth Brook (E), Hunt Brook (F), Fife Brook (G), Cascade Brook (H), White Brook (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 01247 include: Natural Bridge State Park (1), Normal School Historic District (2), Historic Valley Park (3), North Adams State College Athletic Field (4), Noel Field (5), Kemp Park (6), Blackington Historic District (7), Cascade Park (8), Church Street-Cady Hill Historic District (9). Display/hide their locations on the map
1,337 married couples with children.
850 single-parent households (361 men, 489 women).
95.4% of residents of 01247 zip code speak English at home.
21.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (31% very well, 62% well, 6% not well).
8.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% very well, 9% well, 27% not well).
6.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (75% very well, 9% well, 16% not well).
1.5% of residents speak other language at home (32% very well, 28% well, 40% not well).
Foreign born population: 380 (3.0%) (58.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
3.0%
Whole state:
14.8%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Germany (16%)
Canada (10%)
Portugal (8%)
Ecuador (7%)
United Kingdom (6%)
Italy (6%)
Honduras (5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 371
1990 to 1999: 54
1980 to 1989: 55
Before 1980: 195
Races in zip code 01247:
White population: 11,646 Black population: 554 American Indian population: 217 Asian population: 369 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 578 Some other race population: 2 Two or more races population: 355 Hispanic or Latino population: 483
First ancestries reported:
French (except Basque): 2,155
Italian: 1,455
Irish: 1,170
Other groups: 1,133
French Canadian: 745
German: 724
English: 683
Jamaican: 601
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 601
Polish: 558
American: 475
Syrian: 254
Scottish: 246
Israeli: 220
African: 196
Subsaharan African: 196
Haitian: 185
Russian: 178
Scotch-Irish: 151
Arab: 144
Lebanese: 133
Swedish: 125
Canadian: 120
Slovak: 115
European: 95
Dutch: 95
Portuguese: 91
Hungarian: 89
Danish: 85
Alsatian: 84
British: 82
Austrian: 58
Australian: 58
Welsh: 47
South African: 46
Egyptian: 44
Greek: 44
Arab: 42
Ukrainian: 34
Brazilian: 30
Lithuanian: 29
Romanian: 29
Finnish: 28
Croatian: 27
Belgian: 23
Eastern European: 19
Liberian: 19
Other Subsaharan African: 19
Northern European: 16
Swiss: 16
Norwegian: 10
Czech: 10
Scandinavian: 5
Turkish: 3
Czechoslovakian: 2
Armenian: 2
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
MAXYMILLIAN TECHNOLOGIES INC (EE STREET in NORTH ADAMS, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (MA-EPICS) - NEI-1170181, AIR PROGRAM, NEI-, RCRAINFO-MA5000002436, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: PESTICIDES AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS Business NAICS classification: ALL OTHER BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES. Organizations: RE SOIL (CONTACT/REGULATORY)
Alternative names: MAXYMILLIAN TECH INC, RE SOIL FACILITY
BERKMATICS INC (59 DEMOND AVE in N ADAMS, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) - ICIS-01-2005-1009, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: MACHINE TOOLS, METAL CUTTING TYPES
NORTH ADAMS (10 MAIN STREET in N ADAMS, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-1988-0024, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION Business SIC classification: GENERAL GOVERNMENT
ABBOTT MEMORIAL (56 NORTH COUNTY RD in FLORIDA, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-098005 Organizations: FLORIDA (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
CLARKSBURG ELEMENTARY (777 W CROSSROAD in CLARKSBURG, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-063010
MORRISON BERKSHIRE INC (865 SOUTH CHURCH STR in NORTH ADAMS, MA)
AIR 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: TEXTILE MACHINERY
BRAYTON (BARBOUR STREET in NORTH ADAMS, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-209035 Organizations: NORTH ADAMS (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
NORTH ADAMS REGIONAL HOSPITAL (HOSPITAL AVE in NORTH ADAMS, 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: GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS Alternative names: NORTH ADAMS REG HOSP
NORTH ADAMS LANDFILL (EAST ST in NORTH ADAMS, MA)
SUPERFUND (Superfund database) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: REFUSE SYSTEMS Business NAICS classification: SOLID WASTE LANDFILL. Organizations: NORTH ADAMS CITY OF LANDFILL (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: NORTH ADAMS CITY OF LANDFILL, NORTH ADAMS SANITARY LANDFILL
MODERN ALUMINUM ANODIZING CORPORATION (510 STATE RD. in N ADAMS, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC and NAICS classification: ELECTROPLATING, PLATING, POLISHING, ANODIZING, AND COLORING Organizations: FRANK SIGSBURY (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: MODERN AL ANODIZING, MODERN ALUM.ANODIZIN
MASS COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS (375 CHURCH STREET in NORTH ADAMS, 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 Business SIC classification: COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS Organizations: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, MASS COLLEGE-LIBERAL, NORTH ADAMS STATE COLLEGE
NORTH ADAMS GULF SER (NORTH ADAMS PLAZA AND CURRAN H in NORTH ADAMS, MA)
ADAMS NURSING HOME OF NORTH AD (FRANKLIN ST in NORTH ADAMS, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Alternative names: ADAMS NURSING HOME OF NORTH ADAMS
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5.6%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (41%)
Utility gas (31%)
Wood (8%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
Electricity (7%)
Other fuel (3%)
Coal or coke (2%)
No fuel used (1%)
Solar energy (1%)
Population in 1990: 19,054. Population change in the 1990s: -2,011 (-10.6%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 13,498
Northeast: 2,112
Midwest: 318
South: 445
West: 233
59% of the 01247 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): 1,164
Here:
63.8%
Massachusetts:
10.3%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 150
Here:
18.1%
Massachusetts:
12.3%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 2,595
Here:
68.1%
Massachusetts:
49.8%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code (NORTH ADAMS, MA):
DISPLAY SCIENCE INC (189 BEAVER ST; small business) : $3,595,665 in 3 contractsfrom 1999 to 2000
$1,391,063 with Department of Defense for Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2000-03-16. Completion date: 2001-06-19.
$1,148,802 with Army for Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2000-02-03. Completion date: 2000-11-01.
$1,055,800 with Department of Defense for Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 1999-12-20. Completion date: 2001-06-20.
TOG MANUFACTURING CO INC (1454 S STATE ST; small business) : $46,392 in 11 contractsfrom 2004 to 2005
Contracts for Hardware, Commercial, Guns, 75 mm through 125 mm, Guns, over 150 mm through 200 mm, Fastening Device, and moreby Army, Navy, Defense Logistics Agency Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $21,871; 2005: $24,521; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$11,099 with Army for Hardware, Commercial. Signed on 2005-06-28. Completion date: 2005-09-06.
$10,481 with Army for Guns, 75 mm through 125 mm. Signed on 2004-08-03. Completion date: 2004-10-18.
$7,918 with Army for Guns, over 150 mm through 200 mm. Signed on 2004-11-16. Completion date: 2005-01-18.
$4,313 with Army for Hardware, Commercial. Signed on 2005-02-15. Completion date: 2005-05-09.
RAVEL TECH (1000 MASSACHUSETTS AVE; small business) : $41,850 in 2 contractsfrom 2004 to 2005
$22,500 with Army for Wrapping and Packaging Machinery. Signed on 2005-11-30. Completion date: 2005-12-22.
$19,350, same as above.Signed on 2004-12-09. Completion date: 2005-01-15.
W & P CORPORATION (32 RIVER ST; small business)
$5,480 with Navy for Capacitors. Signed on 2005-06-23. Completion date: 2005-08-31.
RICOCHET MFG CO., INC. (121 UNION ST; small business)
$-87,855 with Air Force for Clothing, Special Purpose. Taking place in PA. Signed on 2000-01-11. Completion date: 2000-01-30.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (250-499 employees: 1 establishment)