Median household income (1999): $44,033
Estimated median household income in 2005: $48,804
| This zip code |  $48,804 | | Massachusetts: |  $57,184 |
Nearest zip codes: 01945, 01907, 01915, 01902, 01960, 01923.
Housing units in zip code 01970 with a mortgage: 3,543 (248 second mortgage, 500 home equity loan, 23 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,693
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,400
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $421
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 9.7% | | Whole state: | 9.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 4.2% | | Whole state: | 4.4% |
| Here: | 5.9 | | State: | 6.4 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.0 | | State: | 4.0 |
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Tourist attractions (not listed on the city page) : Home Stage (Arcades & Amusements; 144 Derby Street), Kidstop Indoor Play Center (Arcades & Amusements; 400 Highland Ave), Markopoko Productions (Arcades & Amusements; 25 Pleasant Street).
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Year house built:
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- 1999 to March 2000: 74
- 1995 to 1998: 319
- 1990 to 1994: 322
- 1980 to 1989: 1,601
- 1970 to 1979: 1,627
- 1960 to 1969: 1,479
- 1950 to 1959: 1,531
- 1940 to 1949: 1,382
- 1939 or earlier: 9,840
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Salem, MA (01970):
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- no bedroom: 11
- 1 bedrooms: 527
- 2 bedrooms: 3,044
- 3 bedrooms: 3,286
- 4 bedrooms: 1,259
- 5 or more bedrooms: 467
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
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- no bedroom: 530
- 1 bedrooms: 3,132
- 2 bedrooms: 3,668
- 3 bedrooms: 1,325
- 4 bedrooms: 200
- 5 or more bedrooms: 43
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Vehicles available in 01970 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no vehicle: 411
- 1 vehicle: 3,291
- 2 vehicles: 3,761
- 3 vehicles: 888
- 4 vehicles: 185
- 5 or more vehicles: 58
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments:
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- no vehicle: 1,900
- 1 vehicle: 4,647
- 2 vehicles: 2,088
- 3 vehicles: 225
- 4 vehicles: 23
- 5 or more vehicles: 15
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Estimated household income distribution in 2005:
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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2005 in zip code 01970:
- $50,000 to $59,999: 10
- $60,000 to $69,999: 34
- $70,000 to $79,999: 10
- $80,000 to $89,999: 39
- $90,000 to $99,999: 38
- $100,000 to $124,999: 219
- $125,000 to $149,999: 811
- $150,000 to $174,999: 872
- $175,000 to $199,999: 1064
- $200,000 to $249,999: 1164
- $250,000 to $299,999: 613
- $300,000 to $399,999: 221
- $400,000 to $499,999: 72
- $500,000 to $749,999: 46
- $750,000 to $999,999: 23
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Rent paid by renters in 2000 in zip code 01970:
- Less than $100: 168
- $100 to $149: 108
- $150 to $199: 419
- $200 to $249: 229
- $250 to $299: 209
- $300 to $349: 207
- $350 to $399: 188
- $400 to $449: 472
- $450 to $499: 279
- $500 to $549: 738
- $550 to $599: 678
- $600 to $649: 892
- $650 to $699: 783
- $700 to $749: 572
- $750 to $799: 886
- $800 to $899: 904
- $900 to $999: 419
- $1,000 to $1,249: 397
- $1,250 to $1,499: 43
- $1,500 to $1,999: 29
- No cash rent: 278
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $181,900
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2005 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $349,024
- Black or African American householders: $319,630
- Asian householders: $357,158
- Some other race householders: $466,783
- Two or more races householders: $300,404
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $380,636
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 4,915
- One, attached: 1,125
- Two: 3,751
- 3 or 4: 3,632
- 5 to 9: 1,647
- 10 to 19: 885
- 20 to 49: 924
- 50 or more: 1,296
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 15,342 (72%)
- Carpooled: 2,097 (10%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 305 (1%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 7 (0%)
- Subway or elevated: 197 (1%)
- Railroad: 1,279 (6%)
- Ferryboat: 5 (0%)
- Taxi: 70 (0%)
- Bicycle: 79 (0%)
- Walked: 1,267 (6%)
- Other means: 73 (0%)
- Worked at home: 597 (3%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 622
- 5 to 9 minutes: 2217
- 10 to 14 minutes: 3604
- 15 to 19 minutes: 3149
- 20 to 24 minutes: 2476
- 25 to 29 minutes: 849
- 30 to 34 minutes: 2006
- 35 to 39 minutes: 405
- 40 to 44 minutes: 813
- 45 to 59 minutes: 1864
- 60 to 89 minutes: 2180
- 90 or more minutes: 536
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 70.9%
Household type by relationship
Households: 39,237
- In family households: 29,635 (6,638 male householders, 3,112 female householders)
6,899 spouses, 10,364 children (9,853 natural, 176 adopted, 335 stepchildren), 450 grandchildren, 465 brothers or sisters, 307 parents, 644 other relatives, 756 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 9,602 (3,045 male householders (2,227 living alone)), 4,682 female householders (3,886 living alone)), 1,875 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 1,170 (163 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 4,396 2-persons, 2,399 3-persons, 1,781 4-persons, 787 5-persons, 296 6-persons, 91 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 6,113 1-person, 1,427 2-persons, 128 3-persons, 49 4-persons, 10 5-persons.
4,755 married couples with children.
2,710 single-parent households (356 men, 2,354 women).
79.4% of residents of 01970 zip code speak English at home.
10.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% very well, 22% well, 18% not well, 6% not at all).
8.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% very well, 15% well, 9% not well, 1% not at all).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% very well, 29% well, 27% not well, 6% not at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (68% very well, 32% well).
Foreign born population: 4,809 (11.9%)
(43.2% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 11.9% | | Whole state: | 12.2% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Dominican Republic (38%)
- Portugal (4%)
- Canada (4%)
- Vietnam (4%)
- Greece (4%)
- Poland (3%)
- Russia (3%)
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Year of entry for the foreign-born population
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- 1995 to March 2000: 1,020
- 1990 to 1994: 792
- 1985 to 1989: 883
- 1980 to 1984: 573
- 1975 to 1979: 352
- 1970 to 1974: 449
- 1970 to 1974: 243
- 1965 to 1969: 497
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First ancestries reported:
- Irish: 6623
- Other groups: 5977
- Italian: 3817
- French (except Basque): 3082
- French Canadian: 2765
- English: 2672
- Polish: 2191
- United States or American: 1220
- Greek: 1082
- German: 774
- Portuguese: 656
- Scottish: 424
- Scotch-Irish: 407
- Russian: 393
- Swedish: 287
- Canadian: 205
- West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 196
- Armenian: 182
- Lithuanian: 169
- Subsaharan African:: 164
- Arab:: 132
- European: 130
- British: 111
- Haitian: 109
- Eastern European: 107
- Welsh: 106
- Cape Verdean: 88
- Brazilian: 83
- Finnish: 80
- Ukrainian: 76
- Jamaican: 74
- Dutch: 73
- Hungarian: 71
- Norwegian: 71
- Austrian: 66
- Lebanese: 59
- Danish: 55
- Albanian: 46
- Swiss: 46
- Turkish: 39
- Scandinavian: 35
- Slovak: 32
- Somalian: 30
- African: 29
- Icelander: 24
- Other Arab: 23
- Iranian: 22
- Belgian: 21
- Romanian: 19
- Arab/Arabic: 19
- Sudanese: 17
- Czech: 16
- Jordanian: 15
- Latvian: 10
- Celtic: 10
- Egyptian: 9
- Cypriot: 8
- Syrian: 7
- British West Indian: 7
- Maltese: 7
- West Indian: 6
- Croatian: 6
- Northern European: 5
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (44%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (40%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 28949
- Northeast: 3503
- Midwest: 1006
- South: 1095
- West: 320
57% of the 01970 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 66% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Massachusetts.
Population in 1990: 37,642. Population change in the 1990s: +2,765 (+7.3%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 523
| Here: | 13.5% | | Massachusetts: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 198
| Here: | 10.8% | | Massachusetts: | 12.2% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 441
| Here: | 15.7% | | Massachusetts: | 48.2% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (over 1000 employees: 1 establishment)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (250-499: 1, 50-99: 1, 20-49: 6, 10-19: 9, 5-9: 7, 1-4: 17)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (50-99: 1, 20-49: 11, 10-19: 7, 5-9: 12, 1-4: 17)
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Museums (250-499: 1, 20-49: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 5)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (20-49: 7, 10-19: 7, 5-9: 3, 1-4: 24)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals (250-499: 1)
- Finance and Insurance: Savings Institutions (100-249: 1, 20-49: 2, 10-19: 4, 5-9: 3)
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Offices of Lawyers (10-19: 5, 5-9: 13, 1-4: 66)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)
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People in group quarters
- 897 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 149 people in nursing homes
- 72 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 16 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 13 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 9 people in religious group quarters
- 4 people in homes for the mentally retarded
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