Housing units in zip code 01721 with a mortgage: 4,720 (424 second mortgage, 1,134 home equity loan, 97 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 874
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $2,633
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $856
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
3.1%
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 01721: Ashland Station (A), Ashland Fire Department Station 1 (B), Ashland Fire Department Station 2 Headquarters (C), Ashland Public Library (D), Ashland High School Library (E), Northeastern University Warren Center (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Shopping Centers: Romeos Shopping Center (1), Ashland Square Shopping Center (2), Shaws Townline Plaza Shopping Center (3). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Cold Spring Pond (A), Reservoir Pond (B), Hopkinton State Park Swimming Pool Reservoir (C), Sudbury River Reservoir (D), Ashland Reservoir (E), Guinea Meadow Swamp (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 62.8%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 14,642
In family households: 12,603 (3,058 male householders, 1,014 female householders)
3,522 spouses, 4,479 children (4,081 natural, 245 adopted, 153 stepchildren), 130 grandchildren, 50 brothers or sisters, 107 parents, 61 other relatives, 182 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 2,039 (646 male householders (480 living alone)), 1,011 female householders (818 living alone)), 382 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 32 (26 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,006 2-persons, 1,303 3-persons, 1,096 4-persons, 550 5-persons, 123 6-persons, 227 7-or-more-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 1,465 1-person, 280 2-persons, 106 3-persons
3,901 married couples with children.
648 single-parent households (267 men, 381 women).
77.0% of residents of 01721 zip code speak English at home.
20.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% very well, 14% well, 20% not well, 14% not at all).
25.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% very well, 11% well, 31% not well, 8% not at all).
9.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% very well, 21% well, 29% not well, 2% not at all).
3.9% of residents speak other language at home (83% very well, 17% well).
Foreign born population: 3,133 (17.8%) (52.3% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
17.8%
Whole state:
14.8%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Russia (16%)
Brazil (13%)
Canada (8%)
Italy (6%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (6%)
Greece (5%)
India (5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 592
1990 to 1999: 1,658
1980 to 1989: 541
Before 1980: 368
Races in zip code 01721:
White population: 14,310 Black population: 691 American Indian population: 104 Asian population: 1,700 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 433 Two or more races population: 431 Hispanic or Latino population: 1,265
First ancestries reported:
Other groups: 3,675
Irish: 2,654
Italian: 2,430
Cape Verdean: 1,881
English: 1,166
Russian: 933
German: 885
Polish: 737
Ethiopian: 579
American: 567
Celtic: 401
Portuguese: 399
French Canadian: 390
Brazilian: 275
Yugoslavian: 273
Dutch: 223
French (except Basque): 217
Arab: 206
Ukrainian: 176
Iranian: 169
Swiss: 166
Other Arab: 155
Swedish: 150
Nigerian: 143
European: 138
Armenian: 118
Subsaharan African: 113
African: 113
Greek: 112
Eastern European: 98
Scottish: 95
Canadian: 95
Hungarian: 92
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 91
West Indian: 82
Egyptian: 81
Jamaican: 79
Syrian: 77
Welsh: 74
Scotch-Irish: 73
Lithuanian: 70
Scandinavian: 70
Finnish: 59
Albanian: 53
Israeli: 51
Slovak: 48
Lebanese: 44
Iraqi: 43
Haitian: 42
Dutch West Indian: 39
Latvian: 38
Norwegian: 37
Danish: 35
Czech: 35
British: 34
Northern European: 31
Austrian: 29
Belgian: 27
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 27
Romanian: 26
Bulgarian: 24
Alsatian: 17
Czechoslovakian: 6
Croatian: 6
Slavic: 5
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
KIDDE FENWAL INC (400 MAIN ST in ASHLAND, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2003-9031, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2003-9031, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: STORAGE BATTERIES; TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT; AUTOMATIC CONTROLS FOR REGULATING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND APPLIANCES; INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL OF PROCESS VARIABLES; AND RELATED PRODUCTS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES Business NAICS classification: PRINTED CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY (ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY) MANUFACTURING.; RELAY AND INDUSTRIAL CONTROL MANUFACTURING.; ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING. Organizations: FIRE & SAFETY INTERNATIONAL (CONTACT/OWNER)
, POUT ROCK TRUST (CONTACT/OWNER)
NYANZA CHEMICAL WASTE DUMP (MEGUNKO RD in ASHLAND, MA) . Federal Facility. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
SUPERFUND NPL (Superfund database) (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-1995-0101, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ICIS-01-1997-0244, ICIS-01-1997-0245, ICIS-01-2000-0155, ICIS-01-2000-0156, STATE MASTER (MA-EPICS) - RCRAINFO-MAR000006254, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: US EPA (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, US EPA
ASHLAND TECHNOLOGY CENTER (200 HOMER STREET in ASHLAND, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) STATE MASTER (MA-EPICS) - NEI-1190725, AIR PROGRAM COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Business SIC classification: DEPARTMENT STORES Organizations: ASHLAND TECH TRUST (CONTACT/REGULATORY)
MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE - ASHLAND CAMPUS (250 ELLIOT STREET in ASHLAND, MA)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2003-9065, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2003-9065, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
ASHLAND SAND & STONE (120 CHESTNUT STREET in ASHLAND, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: CONSTRUCTION SAND AND GRAVEL; CUT STONE AND STONE PRODUCTS Business NAICS classification: MOTOR VEHICLE BODY MANUFACTURING. Organizations: ASHLAND SAND AND STONE CO (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, PHILIP VITALLI (CONTACT/OWNER)
, ASHLAND SAND AND STONE CO INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: ROSENFELD CONCRETE
NATIONWIDE ROCK & RECYCLING (71 SPRING STREET in ASHLAND, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) 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 TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: CRUSHED AND BROKEN STONE; ASPHALT PAVING MIXTURES AND BLOCKS Organizations: AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES NORTHEAST REGION (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, TRIMOUNT BITUMINOUS EVERETT MA (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES, AGGREGATE INDS. NORTHEAST REGION INC., BARDON TRIMOUNT INCORPORATED, BOSTON POWER CRUSHING CORP, TRIMOUNT BITUMINOUS PRODUCTS
ASHLAND MIDDLE (87 WEST UNION STREET in ASHLAND, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-014405
AMCOR FLEXIBLES INC (150 HOMER AVE in ASHLAND, 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 TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business NAICS classification: COMMERCIAL FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING. Organizations: AMCOR FLEXIBLES HEALTHCARE INC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, ASHLAND TECHNOLOGY TRUST C/O INTRUM (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: AMCOR FLEXIBLES HEALTHCARE INC, DRG MEDICAL PACKAGING, REXAM MEDICAL PACKAG, REXAM MEDICAL PACKAGING INC
NYACOL NANO TECHNOLOGIES (MEGUNKO ROAD in ASHLAND, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) 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 INORGANIC CHEMICALS Organizations: NYACOL PRODUCTS INC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: NYACOL INC, NYACOL PRODS. INC., NYACOL PRODUCTS technologies INCORPORATED
ASHLAND HIGH SCHOOL (87 WEST UNION STREET in ASHLAND, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-014505
CADILAC PAINT &VARNI (409 ELIOT STREET in ASHLAND, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) SUPERFUND (Superfund database) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: PAINTS, VARNISHES, LACQUERS, ENAMELS, AND ALLIED PRODUCTS Alternative names: CADILAC PAINT & VARNISH CO INC, COLONIAL LACQUER & CHEMICAL CO
KIDDE FENWAL INCORPORATED (60 PLEASANT STREET in ASHLAND, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS; INDUSTRIAL INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASUREMENT, DISPLAY, AND CONTROL OF PROCESS VARIABLES; AND RELATED PRODUCTS
MURPHY E J CO (230 ELIOT ST in ASHLAND, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: EDWARD J MURPHY (CONTACT/OWNER)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4.2%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (48%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
Electricity (14%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
Wood (2%)
No fuel used (1%)
Coal or coke (1%)
Other fuel (1%)
Population in 1990: 12,066. Population change in the 1990s: +2,608 (+21.6%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 9,789
Northeast: 2,116
Midwest: 560
South: 445
West: 205
63% of the 01721 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): 785
Here:
27.8%
Massachusetts:
10.3%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 249
Here:
23.6%
Massachusetts:
12.3%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 403
Here:
43.5%
Massachusetts:
49.8%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with biggest federal contracts located in this zip code (ASHLAND, MA):
ROBERT WELLS (20 E BLUFF RD; small business) : $2,958,366 in 30 contractsfrom 1999 to 2005
Contracts for Wire and Cable, Electrical, Electrical Hardware and Supplies, Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components, Connectors, Electrical, and moreby Army Signed by year:2000: $85,585; 2001: $1,513,953; 2002: $161,346; 2003: $127,036; 2004: $94,183; 2005: $3,401; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$1,513,953 with Army for Wire and Cable, Electrical. Signed on 2001-04-10. Completion date: 2001-05-01.
$972,862 with Army for Electrical Hardware and Supplies. Signed on 1999-12-27. Completion date: 2000-02-01.
$147,000 with Army for Miscellaneous Electrical and Electronic Components. Signed on 2004-09-28. Completion date: 2005-01-21.
$99,000 with Army for Wire and Cable, Electrical. Signed on 2003-03-19. Completion date: 2003-03-31.
LENTROS ENGINEERING, INC (280 ELIOT ST; small business) : $1,268,627 in 15 contractsfrom 2001 to 2006
Contracts for Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment, Filters and Networks, Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Miscellaneous, Gears, Pulleys, Sprockets, and Transmission Chain, and moreby Air Force, Defense Logistics Agency, Army Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $94,900; 2002: $160,206; 2003: $44,096; 2004: $17,500; 2005: $946,050; 2006: $5,875.
Biggest contracts:
$934,700 with Air Force for Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment. Signed on 2005-09-01. Completion date: 2006-07-29.
$59,400 with Defense Logistics Agency for Filters and Networks. Signed on 2002-03-01. Completion date: 2002-07-05.
$54,906 with Army for Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Miscellaneous. Signed on 2002-07-23. Completion date: 2002-10-31.
$47,450 with Army for Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment. Signed on 2001-11-13. Completion date: 2002-04-26.
3C ELECTRICAL CO INC DIVISION (190 PLEASANT STREET; small business) : $458,837 in 11 contractsfrom 2002 to 2006
Contracts for Electric Power Generation (EPG), Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Other Utilities by Navy, Army Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $473,862; 2003: $-21,716; 2004: $9,191; 2005: $0; 2006: $-2,500.
Biggest contracts:
$465,782 with Navy for Electric Power Generation (EPG). Taking place in NH. Signed on 2002-02-05. Completion date: 2003-02-05.
$7,307 with Army for Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Other Utilities. Signed on 2004-05-20. Completion date: 2003-05-31.
$5,580, same as above.Signed on 2002-09-13. Completion date: 2003-05-31.
$4,096, same as above.Signed on 2003-06-12. Completion date: 2003-05-31.
ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS INC (36 TELLER DR; small business) : $149,966 in 17 contractsfrom 2002 to 2006
Contracts for Resistors, Circuit Breakers, Microcircuits, Electronic, Radar Equipment, Except Airborne, and moreby Navy, Army, Defense Logistics Agency Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $18,295; 2003: $26,950; 2004: $0; 2005: $66,741; 2006: $37,980.
Biggest contracts:
$33,135 with Navy for Resistors. Signed on 2006-03-24. Completion date: 2006-07-28.
$26,750 with Navy for Circuit Breakers. Signed on 2003-12-04. Completion date: 2004-01-08.
$21,107 with Navy for Microcircuits, Electronic. Signed on 2005-05-12. Completion date: 2005-06-13.
$18,295 with Army for Radar Equipment, Except Airborne. Taking place in AL. Signed on 2002-08-14. Completion date: 2002-09-16.
RENI, LYNN (131 GREEN ST; small business) : $29,718 in 5 contractsfrom 2002 to 2005
Contracts for Personal Services Contracts, Engineering and Technical Services by Army Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $8,262; 2003: $9,556; 2004: $0; 2005: $11,900; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$11,900 with Army for Personal Services Contracts. Signed on 2005-05-23. Completion date: 2005-07-10.
$9,000 with Army for Engineering and Technical Services. Signed on 2003-07-08. Completion date: 2004-07-07.
$6,900 with Army for Personal Services Contracts. Signed on 2002-06-13. Completion date: 2003-06-12.
$1,362, same as above.Signed on 2002-07-01. Completion date: 2003-06-12.
BARNES, DAWN (35 OAK ST; small business)
$24,696 with Army for Technical Assistance. Signed on 2005-08-09. Completion date: 2006-08-15.
GRYNCEL, KIMBERLEY (43 VALLEY ROAD; small business) : $17,528 in 6 contractsfrom 2003 to 2006
Contracts for Technical Assistance, Other Professional Services by Army Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $7,709; 2004: $3,297; 2005: $8,480; 2006: $-1,958.
Biggest contracts:
$9,000 with Army for Technical Assistance. Signed on 2005-04-01. Completion date: 2005-08-29.
$7,709 with Army for Other Professional Services. Signed on 2003-07-08. Completion date: 2004-07-08.
$3,297, same as above.Signed on 2004-07-29. Completion date: 2004-07-08.
$0 with Army for Technical Assistance. Signed on 2006-03-20. Completion date: 2005-08-29.
WALDSTEIN, NIKKI (36 FRANKLAND RD; small business) : $17,501 in 3 contractsfrom 2002 to 2003
$6,004 with Army for Technical Assistance. Signed on 2003-03-12. Completion date: 2004-01-12.
$5,991, same as above.Signed on 2002-12-23. Completion date: 2004-01-12.
$5,506, same as above.Signed on 2003-07-08. Completion date: 2004-01-12.
DUCLOS, PETER A (14 ADAMS RD; small business)
$8,750 with Army for Miscellaneous Items. Signed on 2004-07-27. Completion date: 2004-08-27.
ASHLAND LUMBER CO , INC (134 FRONT STREET; small business)
$5,850 with Army for Lumber and Related Basic Wood Materials. Signed on 2003-04-17. Completion date: 2003-04-30.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005: