Median household income (1999): $26,049
Estimated median household income in 2005: $33,402
| This zip code | $33,402 | | Massachusetts: | $57,184 |
Nearest zip codes: 02724, 02723, 02720, 02725, 02878, 02726.
Housing units in zip code 02721 with a mortgage: 1,274 (80 second mortgage, 152 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 588
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,004
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $275
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 19.3% | | Whole state: | 9.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 8.8% | | Whole state: | 4.4% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 5.6 | | State: | 6.4 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 4.4 | | State: | 4.0 |
Year house built:
|
- 1999 to March 2000: 41
- 1995 to 1998: 223
- 1990 to 1994: 337
- 1980 to 1989: 803
- 1970 to 1979: 952
- 1960 to 1969: 922
- 1950 to 1959: 863
- 1940 to 1949: 1,208
- 1939 or earlier: 6,672
|
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Fall River, MA (02721):
|
- no bedroom: 17
- 1 bedrooms: 178
- 2 bedrooms: 1,116
- 3 bedrooms: 1,806
- 4 bedrooms: 320
- 5 or more bedrooms: 142
|
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
|
- no bedroom: 197
- 1 bedrooms: 1,839
- 2 bedrooms: 3,054
- 3 bedrooms: 2,076
- 4 bedrooms: 236
- 5 or more bedrooms: 32
|
Vehicles available in 02721 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos:
|
- no vehicle: 306
- 1 vehicle: 1,308
- 2 vehicles: 1,400
- 3 vehicles: 429
- 4 vehicles: 126
- 5 or more vehicles: 10
|
Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments:
|
- no vehicle: 2,386
- 1 vehicle: 3,543
- 2 vehicles: 1,296
- 3 vehicles: 182
- 4 vehicles: 9
- 5 or more vehicles: 18
|
Estimated household income distribution in 2005:

|
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2005 in zip code 02721:
- $15,000 to $19,999: 31
- $60,000 to $69,999: 7
- $70,000 to $79,999: 66
- $80,000 to $89,999: 114
- $90,000 to $99,999: 174
- $100,000 to $124,999: 491
- $125,000 to $149,999: 649
- $150,000 to $174,999: 168
- $175,000 to $199,999: 99
- $200,000 to $249,999: 56
- $250,000 to $299,999: 7
|

|
Rent paid by renters in 2000 in zip code 02721:
- Less than $100: 184
- $100 to $149: 350
- $150 to $199: 696
- $200 to $249: 754
- $250 to $299: 635
- $300 to $349: 1165
- $350 to $399: 947
- $400 to $449: 1006
- $450 to $499: 571
- $500 to $549: 388
- $550 to $599: 148
- $600 to $649: 161
- $650 to $699: 56
- $700 to $749: 22
- $750 to $799: 24
- $800 to $899: 22
- $900 to $999: 12
- $1,500 to $1,999: 13
- $2,000 or more: 37
- No cash rent: 236
|
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $110,000
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2005 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $252,421
- American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $222,899
- Asian householders: $108,973
- Some other race householders: $272,432
- Two or more races householders: $239,344
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $148,599
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 2,113
- One, attached: 139
- Two: 1,444
- 3 or 4: 4,754
- 5 to 9: 1,932
- 10 to 19: 261
- 20 to 49: 142
- 50 or more: 1,208
- Mobile homes: 28

|
Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 8,266 (77%)
- Carpooled: 1,734 (16%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 169 (2%)
- Railroad: 18 (0%)
- Taxi: 40 (0%)
- Bicycle: 7 (0%)
- Walked: 347 (3%)
- Other means: 64 (1%)
- Worked at home: 91 (1%)
|

|
Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 424
- 5 to 9 minutes: 1581
- 10 to 14 minutes: 2328
- 15 to 19 minutes: 2045
- 20 to 24 minutes: 1189
- 25 to 29 minutes: 476
- 30 to 34 minutes: 1012
- 35 to 39 minutes: 162
- 40 to 44 minutes: 181
- 45 to 59 minutes: 519
- 60 to 89 minutes: 489
- 90 or more minutes: 239
|
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 81.1%
Household type by relationship
Households: 26,134
- In family households: 21,333 (4,414 male householders, 2,435 female householders)
4,326 spouses, 8,564 children (8,262 natural, 81 adopted, 221 stepchildren), 270 grandchildren, 202 brothers or sisters, 227 parents, 254 other relatives, 641 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 4,801 (1,752 male householders (1,409 living alone)), 2,441 female householders (2,302 living alone)), 608 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 202 (149 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 2,741 2-persons, 1,716 3-persons, 1,475 4-persons, 631 5-persons, 196 6-persons, 90 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 3,711 1-person, 408 2-persons, 57 3-persons, 11 4-persons, 6 6-persons.
3,398 married couples with children.
2,754 single-parent households (383 men, 2,371 women).
62.6% of residents of 02721 zip code speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% very well, 29% well, 14% not well, 3% not at all).
33.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% very well, 18% well, 18% not well, 8% not at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% very well, 29% well, 28% not well, 8% not at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (70% very well, 15% well, 15% not at all).
Foreign born population: 5,651 (21.4%)
(51.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 21.4% | | Whole state: | 12.2% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Portugal (86%)
- Cambodia (4%)
- Brazil (2%)
- Canada (1%)
- Mexico (1%)
- Italy (1%)
- Other Northern America (1%)
|
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995 to March 2000: 514
- 1990 to 1994: 380
- 1985 to 1989: 609
- 1980 to 1984: 570
- 1975 to 1979: 931
- 1970 to 1974: 944
- 1970 to 1974: 1,041
- 1965 to 1969: 662
|

First ancestries reported:
- Portuguese: 12526
- French (except Basque): 2365
- Other groups: 1630
- Irish: 1278
- French Canadian: 1264
- English: 808
- Italian: 626
- Polish: 618
- United States or American: 502
- German: 215
- Subsaharan African:: 170
- Cape Verdean: 161
- Brazilian: 92
- Arab:: 89
- Scottish: 86
- West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 75
- Lebanese: 60
- Ukrainian: 45
- Haitian: 40
- Swedish: 39
- Scotch-Irish: 37
- Iranian: 32
- Syrian: 29
- Russian: 28
- West Indian: 28
- Norwegian: 23
- European: 22
- British: 19
- Canadian: 16
- Danish: 12
- Greek: 9
- African: 9
- Austrian: 8
- Jamaican: 7
- Dutch: 6
- Eastern European: 4
Public primary/middle schools in zip code 02721 not listed on the city page:- A S LETOURNEAU (Students: 264; Location: 323 ANTHONY STREET, FALL RIVER, MA; Grades: KG - 05)
- WILLIAM CONNELL (Students: 150; Location: 650 PLYMOUTH AVENUE, FALL RIVER, MA; Grades: KG - 05)
- N B BORDEN (Students: 146; Location: 45 MORGAN STREET, FALL RIVER, MA; Grades: KG - 05)
Major facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- QUAKER FABRIC PLANT N (1450 BRAYTON AVE in FALL RIVER, 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: COATED FABRICS, NOT RUBBERIZED; NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS
Organizations: QUAKER FABRIC CORPORATION OF FALL RIVER (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: JOAN FABRICS CO, MAIN STREET TEXTILES, QUAKER FABRIC CORP OF FALL RIVER, QUAKER FABRIC CORP OF FALL RIVER- N, QUAKER FABRIC CORP OF FALL RIVER
- FRANK M SILVIA (128 HARTWELL STREET in FALL RIVER, MA)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-095067
Organizations: FALL RIVER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
Alternative names: FRANK SILVIA SCHOOL
- A S LETOURNEAU (323 ANTHONY STREET in FALL RIVER, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-095085
Organizations: FALL RIVER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- N B BORDEN (45 MORGAN STREET in FALL RIVER, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-095012
Organizations: FALL RIVER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- BRAYTON AVENUE (425 BRAYTON AVENUE in FALL RIVER, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-095015
Organizations: FALL RIVER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- WILLIAM CONNELL (650 PLYMOUTH AVENUE in FALL RIVER, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-095025
Organizations: FALL RIVER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- US OIL CO (52 FERRY STREET in FALL RIVER, MA)
OIL CONTROL (Facility Response Plan for oil discharge)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Business NAICS classification: PETROLEUM LUBRICATING OIL AND GREASE MANUFACTURING.; ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND PREPARATION MANUFACTURING.
Organizations: WILLIAM ROOKS (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: NORTHEAST PRODUCTS, U S OIL CO
- QUAKER FABRIC CORP (941 GRINNELL ST in FALL RIVER, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System)
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 classification: BROADWOVEN FABRIC MILLS, MANMADE FIBER AND SILK; CORDAGE AND TWINE
Business NAICS classification: TEXTILE MACHINERY MANUFACTURING.
Alternative names: QUAKER FABRIC CORP. OF FALL RIVER
- LEEMING A H & SONS INC (994 JEFFERSON ST in FALL RIVER, MA)
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
Business SIC classification: SPECIAL DIES AND TOOLS, DIE SETS, JIGS AND FIXTURES, AND INDUSTRIAL MOLDS
Organizations: OSCAR A. FONTAINE (CONTACT/OWNER)
, HAROLD LAWTON (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: FALL RIVER TOOL & DIE CO, INC., FALL RIVER TOOL & DIE CO., INC
- FALL RIVER MANUFACTURING (540 CURRANT ST in FALL RIVER, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Business NAICS classification: PRECISION TURNED PRODUCT MANUFACTURING.
Organizations: CSANADI REALTY LLC (CONTACT/OWNER)
, FALL RIVER MFG CO INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
- MATTIE IMPORTS INC (80 WILLIAM SOUTH CANNING BLVD in FALL RIVER, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: JOHN MATTIE SR (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: MOTIVA ENTERPRISES
- ACE QUICK OIL CHANGE (155 MILLIKEN BLVD in FALL RIVER, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: JR OIL COMPANY (CONTACT/OWNER)
- COLUMBIA AUTO REPAIR (28 COLUMBIA ST in FALL RIVER, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: HENRY LEVESQUE & DOROTHY DEMARAIS (CONTACT/OWNER)
Median worth of mobile homes: $137,500


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
|
- Utility gas (80%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (9%)
- Electricity (7%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- Wood (1%)
|
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 18144
- Northeast: 1370
- Midwest: 277
- South: 280
- West: 171
60% of the 02721 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 80% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 45% lived in Massachusetts.
Population in 1990: 26,884. Population change in the 1990s: -508 (-1.9%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
|
|
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 453
| Here: | 14.2% | | Massachusetts: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 87
| Here: | 6.2% | | Massachusetts: | 12.2% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 204
| Here: | 21.7% | | Massachusetts: | 48.2% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
|
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code (FALL RIVER, MA):
- ANDERSON AIRMOTIVE PRODUCTS CO (994 JEFFERSON ST; small business): $1,423,225 in 49 contracts from 1999 to 2006
Contracts for Miscellaneous Electric Power and Distribution Equipment, Connectors, Electrical, Switches by Defense Logistics Agency Signed by year: 2000: $124,704; 2001: $126,002; 2002: $83,591; 2003: $221,305; 2004: $435,796; 2005: $345,121; 2006: $44,067.
Biggest contracts:
$149,695 with Defense Logistics Agency for Miscellaneous Electric Power and Distribution Equipment. Signed on 2004-04-12. Completion date: 2004-09-18.
$142,975, same as above. Signed on 2003-12-05. Completion date: 2004-03-14.
$99,981, same as above. Signed on 2005-10-25. Completion date: 2005-12-24.
$99,510, same as above. Signed on 2004-05-10. Completion date: 2004-09-16.
- MAPLEWOOD MACHINE CO INC (271 ANTHONY ST; small business): $518,975 in 6 contracts from 2001 to 2006
Contracts for Destroyers, Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Foil; Nonferrous Base Metal, Miscellaneous Special Industry Machinery, Torpedo Inert Components, and more by Navy Signed by year: 2000: $0; 2001: $252,000; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $118,800; 2005: $11,645; 2006: $136,530.
Biggest contracts:
$150,000 with Navy for Destroyers. Signed on 2001-05-23. Completion date: 2002-05-22.
$136,530 with Navy for Plate, Sheet, Strip, and Foil; Nonferrous Base Metal. Signed on 2006-01-25. Completion date: 2006-08-09.
$118,800 with Navy for Miscellaneous Special Industry Machinery. Signed on 2004-01-20. Completion date: 2004-05-25.
$102,000 with Navy for Torpedo Inert Components. Taking place in RI. Signed on 2001-03-01. Completion date: 2001-08-01.
- NEW ENGLAND PIPING & WLDG CO I (145 DULUTH STREET; small business): $72,035 in 5 contracts from 2000 to 2001
Contracts for Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Plumbing, Heating, and Waste Disposal Equipment by Navy Signed by year: 2000: $55,075; 2001: $16,960; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $0; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$72,035 with Navy for Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Plumbing, Heating, and Waste Disposal Equipment. Taking place in RI. Signed on 2001-03-23. Completion date: 2000-09-30.
$55,075, same as above. Signed on 2000-10-01. Completion date: 2000-09-30.
$0, same as above. Signed on 2001-10-24. Completion date: 2000-09-30.
$0, same as above. Signed on 2000-10-01. Completion date: 2000-09-30.
- CONTENDER US, INC (54 FRONT ST; small business): $57,133 in 3 contracts in 2005
$36,750 with Navy for Textile Fabrics. Taking place in MD. Signed on 2005-06-14. Completion date: 2006-12-01.
$11,128, same as above. Signed on 2005-07-07. Completion date: 2006-12-01.
$9,255, same as above. Signed on 2005-07-07. Completion date: 2006-12-01.
- P O M ENERGY CONCEPTS (377 2ND ST; small business)
$18,000 with Navy for Conservation of Energy -- Engineering Development (R&D). Signed on 2005-09-02. Completion date: 2005-09-15.
- PARAMOUNT TOOL LLC (473 PLEASANT ST; small business): $12,355 in 2 contracts in 2005
$6,499 with Navy for Miscellaneous Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Supplies and Accessories. Signed on 2005-06-17. Completion date: 2005-07-29.
$5,856 with Navy for Miscellaneous Items. Signed on 2005-09-15. Completion date: 2005-10-12.
- NATIONAL SWITCHBOARD CORP (288 PLYMOUTH AVE; small business)
$11,600 with Navy for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Other Administrative Facilities and Service Buildings. Taking place in RI. Signed on 2000-05-19. Completion date: 2000-08-19.
- NADEAU'S, JOSEPH SONS INC (44 MANCHESTER ST; small business)
$2,747 with Navy for Winches, Hoists, Cranes, and Derricks. Signed on 2005-09-20. Completion date: 2005-09-30.
- APOLLO SAFETY,INC (75 FERRY STREET; small business): $1,075 in 2 contracts in 2002
$1,031 with Army for Safety and Rescue Equipment. Signed on 2002-09-26. Completion date: 2002-10-07.
$44, same as above. Signed on 2002-12-12. Completion date: 2002-12-12.
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)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Limited-Service Restaurants (50-99: 4, 20-49: 6, 10-19: 3, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 5)
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Temporary Help Services (100-249: 1, 50-99: 2, 5-9: 3)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (50-99: 1, 20-49: 3, 10-19: 3, 5-9: 11, 1-4: 10)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Home Health Care Services (100-249: 1, 20-49: 2, 1-4: 1)
- Finance and Insurance: Savings Institutions (100-249: 1, 10-19: 2, 5-9: 1)
- Accommodation and Food Services: Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (50-99: 1, 20-49: 3, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 2)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
|
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
|
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
|
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
|
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
|
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)
|
People in group quarters
- 143 people in nursing homes
- 19 people in homes for the mentally ill
- 16 people in religious group quarters
- 8 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 8 people in other group homes
Back to Fall River, MA, Bristol County, MA, Massachusetts bigger cities, Massachusetts smaller cities, Massachusetts smallest towns, All U.S. cities.
|