Housing units in zip code 01720 with a mortgage: 4,720 (402 second mortgage, 1,230 home equity loan, 160 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,150
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $2,984
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $909
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
8.7%
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 01720: South Acton Station (A), Nashoba Club (B), Acton Plaza (C), Victory Plaza (D), Assabet Plaza (E), Concord-Acton Industrial Park (F), Acton Fire Department Station 1 (G), West Acton Fire Station (H), South Acton Fire Station (I), Acton Memorial Library (J), Acton Town Hall (K), Conant School Library (L), Citizens Library Association of West Acton (M), Discovery Museum (N), Faulkner House (O), Hosmer House Museum (P). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Centers: Acton Shopping Center (1), Acton Mall (2), Acton Shopping Center (3), Acton Mall Shopping Center (4), Acton Plaza Shopping Center (5), Baybank Plaza Shopping Center (6), First National Shopping Center (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 01720 include: West Acton Baptist Church (A), South Acton Congregational Church (B), Saint Matthews Church (C), Saint Elizabeth of Hungary Church (D), Good Shepherd Church (E), Faith Evangelical Free Church (F), Acton Korean Church (G), Acton Congregational Church (H), Acton Christian Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Grassy Pond (A), Barkers Pond (B), Ice House Pond (C), Assabet River Reservoir (D), Nashoba Brook Reservoir (E), Fort Pond Brook Reservoir (F), South Acton Swamp (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Butter Brook (A), Nagog Brook (B), Guggins Brook (C), Inch Brook (D), Heath Hen Meadow Brook (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 01720 include: Stonymeade Conservation Land (1), Jones Field (2), Acton Arboretum (3), Nagog Hill Conservation Area (4), Community Gardens (5), Elm Street Playground (6), Gardner Field (7), Goward Field (8), Grassy Pond Conservation Area (9). Display/hide their locations on the map
5,321 married couples with children.
1,347 single-parent households (374 men, 973 women).
77.9% of residents of 01720 zip code speak English at home.
4.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (72% very well, 19% well, 9% not well).
20.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (38% very well, 34% well, 21% not well, 7% not at all).
19.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% very well, 23% well, 22% not well, 11% not at all).
18.3% of residents speak other language at home (9% very well, 62% well, 20% not well, 9% not at all).
Foreign born population: 4,298 (20.6%) (41.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
20.6%
Whole state:
14.8%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
India (18%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (16%)
United Kingdom (12%)
Taiwan (6%)
Korea (6%)
Brazil (6%)
Canada (5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 1,503
1990 to 1999: 1,731
1980 to 1989: 606
Before 1980: 713
Races in zip code 01720:
White population: 16,270 Black population: 604 American Indian population: 149 Asian population: 3,241 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 59 Some other race population: 507 Two or more races population: 570 Hispanic or Latino population: 736
First ancestries reported:
Other groups: 5,291
Irish: 2,977
English: 1,822
Italian: 1,432
German: 1,272
French (except Basque): 652
American: 645
Russian: 544
Polish: 538
Albanian: 517
European: 467
Romanian: 330
Brazilian: 318
Scottish: 317
French Canadian: 272
Turkish: 255
Eastern European: 252
Lithuanian: 224
Greek: 201
Swedish: 199
Armenian: 180
Dutch: 177
Ukrainian: 172
Portuguese: 163
Norwegian: 154
Subsaharan African: 146
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 135
Scotch-Irish: 130
Latvian: 127
Danish: 127
Croatian: 126
Arab: 119
British: 119
Northern European: 117
Bahamian: 110
Hungarian: 104
Syrian: 103
Slovak: 99
Swiss: 97
Welsh: 93
Austrian: 93
Lebanese: 90
Haitian: 85
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 83
Czech: 80
Belgian: 77
Czechoslovakian: 76
Bulgarian: 74
Canadian: 71
Slavic: 70
Slovene: 69
Moroccan: 68
Serbian: 65
Finnish: 64
Cape Verdean: 58
Jamaican: 51
Iranian: 50
Other Arab: 45
Scandinavian: 43
Arab: 39
South African: 37
Ugandan: 33
Israeli: 30
Yugoslavian: 30
German Russian: 28
Nigerian: 26
African: 22
Ghanaian: 18
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
WR GRACE & CO CONSTRUCTION PRODUCTS DIV (50 INDEPENDENCE ROAD in ACTON, MA)
SUPERFUND NPL (Superfund database) ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-1980-0003, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ICIS-01-1988-0005, ICIS-01-1997-0232, (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-1980-0003, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ICIS-01-1988-0005, ICIS-01-1997-0232, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY Business SIC classification: CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS; MOLDED, EXTRUDED, AND LATHE-CUT MECHANICAL RUBBER GOODS; CHEMICALS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Business NAICS classification: CORRUGATED AND SOLID FIBER BOX MANUFACTURING.; SYNTHETIC RUBBER MANUFACTURING.; NONCELLULOSIC ORGANIC FIBER MANUFACTURING.; ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND PREPARATION MANUFACTURING. Alternative names: GRACE W R & CO, W R GRACE & CO, W. R. GRACE & CO., INC., W.R. GRACE & CO INC (ACTON PLANT), W. R. GRACE & CO. CONN. CONST. PROD. DIV., WR GRACE & COMPANY
MOBIL OIL PROSPECT MOBIL (204 MAIN ST in ACTON, MA)
STATE MASTER (MA-EPICS) - RCRAINFO-MAD985296078, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: EXXONMOBIL OIL CORPORATION (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, EXXONMOBIL OIL CORP (CONTACT/OWNER)
, MOBIL 11895 (CONTACT/REGULATORY)
Alternative names: EXXONMOBIL OIL CORP, EXXONMOBIL OIL CORP SS 232, EXXONMOBIL OIL CORP SS 232, MOBIL 11895, MOBIL OIL CORP SS 232, SOUTH ACTON MOBIL
ACTON BOXBORO REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL (96 HAYWARD RD in ACTON, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-600505 Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Organizations: ACTON-BOXBOROUGH (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
Alternative names: ACTON BOXBORO REG HS, ACTON-BOXBOROUGH REG HIGH
BOC GASES (37 LAWSBROOK ROAD in ACTON, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) SUPERFUND (Superfund database) 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: INDUSTRIAL GASES Alternative names: AIRCO GASSES BOC GROUP, AIRCO GASSES BOC GRP, AIRCO INDUSTRIAL, AIRCO INDL. GASES, AIRCO WELDING PRODUC, B O C GASES, BOC GASSES BOC GROUP
MCCARTHY-TOWNE (13 CHARTER ROAD in ACTON, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-002015 Organizations: ACTON (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
MERRIAM (11 CHARTER ROAD in ACTON, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-002010 Organizations: ACTON (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
DOUGLAS (21 ELM STREET in ACTON, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-002020 Organizations: ACTON (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
LUTHER CONANT (80 TAYLOR ROAD in ACTON, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-002030 Organizations: ACTON (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
ACTON LANDFILL (14 FOREST RD in ACTON, 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: ACTON TOWN OF HIGHWAY DEPT (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, ACTON TOWN HIGHWAY DEPT (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: ACTON LANDFILL AND HIGHWAY DEPT, ACTON TOWN OF HWY DEPT
ACTON LINCOLN MERCURY INC (196 GREAT RD in ACTON, MA)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business NAICS classification: TIRE RETREADING. Organizations: ACTON CONTINENTAL TRUST (CONTACT/OWNER)
, JOHN P BELLANTONI (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: PATRIOT LINCOLN MERCURY
DUDS CLEANERS (295 MAIN ST in ACTON, MA)
AIR 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 Business SIC classification: SOAP AND OTHER DETERGENTS, EXCEPT SPECIALTY CLEANERS
LOMBARDO LOAM GRAVEL CO INC (30 STOW ST in ACTON, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
ATLANTIC-ACTON RELATY LIMITED (ROUTE 62 in ACTON, MA)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Business SIC classification: OPERATORS OF NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS Organizations: LEOMINSTER WWTP (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, MASS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: ATLANTIC-ACTON REALTY LIMITED, MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INS
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1.1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.7%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (42%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%)
Electricity (14%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%)
Wood (2%)
Coal or coke (2%)
Solar energy (1%)
Other fuel (1%)
Population in 1990: 15,514. Population change in the 1990s: +4,314 (+27.8%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 10,283
Northeast: 3,837
Midwest: 1,212
South: 899
West: 503
61% of the 01720 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% 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): 614
Here:
17.2%
Massachusetts:
10.3%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 373
Here:
17.1%
Massachusetts:
12.3%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 486
Here:
48.6%
Massachusetts:
49.8%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with biggest federal contracts located in this zip code (ACTON, MA):
PASSPORT SYSTEMS, INC (15 CRAIG RD; small business) : $3,268,715 in 3 contractsin 2005
$1,650,051 with Navy for Physical Sciences -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2005-12-05. Completion date: 2006-06-30.
$1,601,164, same as above.Signed on 2005-03-04. Completion date: 2005-10-04.
$17,500 with Navy for Engineering and Technical Services. Signed on 2005-04-04. Completion date: 2005-07-01.
NATIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE - U (4 POST OFFICE SQ; small business) : $1,769,022 in 40 contractsfrom 1999 to 2006
Contracts for Other Professional Services, Other Special Studies and Analyses, Program Evaluation Services, Maps, Atlases, Charts, and Globes, and moreby NASA, Air Force, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Army, and others Signed by year:2000: $120,000; 2001: $315,350; 2002: $401,300; 2003: $334,350; 2004: $11,366; 2005: $237,366; 2006: $311,490.
Biggest contracts:
$375,000 with NASA for Other Professional Services. Signed on 2002-07-15. Completion date: 2005-08-15.
$289,230, same as above.Signed on 2006-06-06. Completion date: 2008-08-31.
$207,000, same as above.Signed on 2003-09-15. Completion date: 2005-08-15.
$196,000, same as above.Signed on 2005-03-16. Completion date: 2005-09-30.
WIDE NET TECHNOLOGIES, INC (33 NAGOG PARK; small business) : $839,457 in 3 contractsfrom 2004 to 2006
$375,000 with Air Force for Other Defense -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2005-07-18. Completion date: 2007-07-16.
$364,501, same as above.Signed on 2006-04-12. Completion date: 2007-07-16.
$99,956 with Air Force for Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2004-04-26. Completion date: 2005-04-26.
MAGNETIC SCIENCES (367 ARLINGTON STREET; small business) : $548,794 in 5 contractsfrom 2001 to 2004
Contracts for Other Research and Development -- Basic Research (R&D) by Navy, Department of Defense, U.S. Special Operations Command Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $204,196; 2002: $124,024; 2003: $169,700; 2004: $50,874; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$204,196 with Navy for Other Research and Development -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2001-04-04. Completion date: 2001-08-22.
$169,700 with Department of Defense for Other Research and Development -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2003-04-09. Completion date: 2003-04-09.
$98,918, same as above.Signed on 2002-05-22. Completion date: 2002-11-22.
$50,874 with U.S. Special Operations Command for Other Research and Development -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2004-02-11. Completion date: 2004-04-09.
SUMMERFIELD REALTY TRUST (409 LITTLETON RD; small business) : $208,909 in 5 contractsfrom 2000 to 2002
Contracts for Lease or Rental of Facilities -- Office Buildings by Natural Resources Conservation Service, Soil Conservation Service (disused code) Signed by year:2000: $80,000; 2001: $0; 2002: $128,909; 2003: $0; 2004: $0; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$69,909 with Natural Resources Conservation Service for Lease or Rental of Facilities -- Office Buildings. Signed on 2002-09-15. Completion date: 2006-08-15.
$59,000 with Soil Conservation Service (disused code) for Lease or Rental of Facilities -- Office Buildings. Signed on 2002-01-15. Completion date: 2006-08-15.
$40,000, same as above.Signed on 2000-10-15. Completion date: 2001-07-15.
$40,000, same as above.Signed on 2000-03-15. Completion date: 2001-07-15.
INDUS RIVER NETWORKS, INC (31 NAGOG PARK; small business)
$48,000 with Navy for ADP Support Equipment. Signed on 2000-07-11. Completion date: 2001-07-10.
HONEYWELL-SENSING AND CONTROL (100 DISCOVERY WAY)
$36,540 with Defense Logistics Agency for Resistors. Signed on 2001-07-17. Completion date: 2001-10-25.
OVERHEAD DOOR CO OF MIDDLESEX (19 CRAIG RD; small business) : $27,020 in 3 contractsfrom 2005 to 2006
$20,450 with Army for Miscellaneous Prefabricated Structures. Signed on 2006-03-28. Completion date: 2006-04-24.
$5,770 with Army for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Other Warehouse Buildings. Signed on 2005-12-20. Completion date: 2006-02-06.
$800, same as above.Signed on 2006-06-28. Completion date: 2006-02-06.
CARA D LEONE (5 MOHEGAN ROAD; small business) : $24,993 in 3 contractsfrom 2002 to 2003
$10,236 with Army for Technical Assistance. Signed on 2002-06-14. Completion date: 2003-06-16.
$10,236, same as above.Signed on 2002-09-23. Completion date: 2003-06-16.
$4,521, same as above.Signed on 2003-01-29. Completion date: 2003-06-16.
ACTON ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING (533 MAIN ST) : $10,700 in 2 contractsfrom 2002 to 2005
$7,200 with Army for Equipment and Materials Testing -- Communication, Detection, and Coherent Radiation Equipment. Taking place in NJ. Signed on 2002-04-29. Completion date: 2002-09-30.
$3,500 with Navy for Technical Representation Services -- Alarm, Signal, and Security Detection Systems. Signed on 2005-12-15. Completion date: 2006-01-16.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005: