02779 Zip Code Detailed Profile

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Back to All US cities. City: Berkley, MA Bristol County, MA Zip code population (2000): 5,744 Estimated population in 2005: 5,729 Home Value Estimate Address: Unit (optional): City State AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY Zip Recent Home Sales Address: City State AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC DE FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC ND NE NH NJ NM NV NY OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VA VT WA WI WV WY Zip Min Price (optional) Max Price (optional) Prioritization: Sale Date Distance Recent home sales, real estate maps, and home value estimator for zip code 02779 Houses and condos: 1,882 Renter-occupied apartments: 90 % of renters here:   5% State:   38% 2008 cost of living index in zip code 02779: 121.2 (high, U.S. average is 100) Land area: 16.5 sq. mi. Water area: 0.0 sq. mi. Population density: 346 people per square mile   (very low). Real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: This zip code:   1.0% ($1,733) Massachusetts:   1.3% ($2,336) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005 in Bristol County: $2,516 (0.8%) Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005 in Bristol County: $2,246 (0.8%) List your B&M business here for free. Over a million visitors/week. Get a huge advantage over your competition Males: 2,853   (49.7%) Females: 2,891   (50.3%) White population: 5,556 Black population: 32 American Indian population: 8 Asian population: 21 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 2 Some other race population: 61 Two or more races population: 64 Discuss zip code 02779 area on our local forum with over 400,000 registered users Urban population: 4,130 Rural population: 1,614 Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $364,644 02779   $364,644 Massachusetts:   $361,500 According to our research of public records there were no registered sex offenders living in this zip code in early 2007. Median resident age:   34.7 years Massachusetts median age:   36.5 years Average household size: This zip code:   3.1 people Massachusetts:   2.5 people Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 02779, filed in 2005: Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $58,286 (Individual Income Tax Returns) Here:   $58,286 State:   $62,877 Salary/wage: $52,662 (reported on 90.8% of returns) Here:   $52,662 State:   $52,969 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 118.2% for AGIs below $10k, 75.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 83.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 89.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 91.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 74.1% for AGIs over 100k) Taxable interest for individuals: $823 (reported on 60.9% of returns) This zip code:   $823 Massachusetts:   $1,945 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.3% for AGIs below $10k, 2.2% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.9% for AGIs over 100k) Taxable dividends: $2,197 (reported on 24.1% of returns) Here:   $2,197 State:   $5,323 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.9% for AGIs below $10k, 1.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.6% for AGIs over 100k) Net capital gain/loss: +$13,000 (reported on 17.1% of returns) Here:   +$13,000 State:   +$20,377 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 2.0% for AGIs below $10k, 0.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.7% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.7% for AGIs $75k-100k, 8.1% for AGIs over 100k) Profit/loss from business: +$11,025 (reported on 15.6% of returns) Here:   +$11,025 State:   +$17,837 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 7.0% for AGIs below $10k, 9.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 5.3% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.5% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.3% for AGIs over 100k) IRA payment deduction: $2,976 (reported on 2.9% of returns) 02779:   $2,976 Massachusetts:   $3,100 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.1% for AGIs over 100k) Self-employed pension: $5,125 (reported on 0.6% of returns) Here:   $5,125 Massachusetts:   $14,516 Total itemized deductions: $19,011 (1% of AGI, reported on 52.4% of returns) Here:   $19,011 State:   $22,573 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 19.1% for AGIs below $10k, 14.8% for AGIs $10k-25k, 16.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 21.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 19.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 14.4% for AGIs over 100k) Charity contributions deductions: $1,510 (1.7% of AGI, reported on 47.4% of returns) Here:   $1,510 Massachusetts:   $3,295 Here:   1.7% of AGI State:   2.7% of AGI (% of AGI for various income ranges: 1.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 1.5% for AGIs $50k-75k, 1.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 1.2% for AGIs over 100k) Total tax: $8,037 (reported on 83.2% of returns) 02779:   $8,037 State:   $11,494 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 4.6% for AGIs below $10k, 5.5% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 7.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 9.1% for AGIs $75k-100k, 16.3% for AGIs over 100k) Earned income credit: $1,434 (reported on 6.6% of returns) Here:   $1,434 State:   $1,518 (% of AGI for various income ranges: 3.5% for AGIs below $10k, 2.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.1% for AGIs $25k-50k) Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 62.0% Here:   62% State:   58% (% for various income ranges: 46.8% for AGIs below $10k, 58.3% for AGIs $10k-25k, 63.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 66.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 69.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 68.9% for AGIs over 100k)

This zip code	$77,934
Massachusetts:	$57,184

Nearest zip codes: 02702, 02715, 02764, 02718, 02780, 02726.

Percentage of family households:

This zip code:	85.1%
Whole state:	64.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This zip code:	5.5%
Whole state:	5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

• Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
• Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Housing units in zip code 02779 with a mortgage: 1,323 (87 second mortgage, 172 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 231

This zip code:	2.5%
Whole state:	9.3%

This zip code:	1.5%
Whole state:	4.4%

Here:	6.1
State:	6.4

Here:	5.3
State:	4.0

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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages: Notable location: Camp Merriwood (A). Display/hide its location on the map Cemetery: Fox Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map Park in zip code 02779: Dighton Rock State Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2005 in zip code 02779: $70,000 to $79,999: 14 $80,000 to $89,999: 47 $90,000 to $99,999: 47 $100,000 to $124,999: 93 $125,000 to $149,999: 287 $150,000 to $174,999: 400 $175,000 to $199,999: 266 $200,000 to $249,999: 280 $250,000 to $299,999: 72 $300,000 to $399,999: 40 $400,000 to $499,999: 8

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in zip code 02779: $400 to $449: 11 $700 to $749: 21 $800 to $899: 22 No cash rent: 18

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $57,500

Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2005 for:

• White Non-Hispanic householders: $367,262
• Asian householders: $245,496
• Some other race householders: $372,717
• Two or more races householders: $600,101
• Hispanic or Latino householders: $332,783

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 1,774
• One, attached: 21
• Two: 24
• 3 or 4: 6
• Mobile homes: 52
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 8

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 2,737 (88%) Carpooled: 204 (7%) Bus or trolley bus: 18 (1%) Subway or elevated: 6 (0%) Railroad: 6 (0%) Walked: 49 (2%) Other means: 14 (0%) Worked at home: 72 (2%)

Travel time to work Less than 5 minutes: 36 5 to 9 minutes: 178 10 to 14 minutes: 299 15 to 19 minutes: 313 20 to 24 minutes: 406 25 to 29 minutes: 290 30 to 34 minutes: 506 35 to 39 minutes: 134 40 to 44 minutes: 167 45 to 59 minutes: 365 60 to 89 minutes: 191 90 or more minutes: 149

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 56.8%

Household type by relationship
Households: 5,735

• In family households: 5,341 (1,261 male householders, 311 female householders)

  1,424 spouses, 2,074 children (1,966 natural, 36 adopted, 72 stepchildren), 38 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 16 parents, 86 other relatives, 86 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 394 (160 male householders (109 living alone)), 116 female householders (90 living alone)), 118 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 14 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 450 2-persons, 394 3-persons, 462 4-persons, 184 5-persons, 74 6-persons, 8 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 199 1-person, 55 2-persons, 9 3-persons, 8 4-persons, 5 5-persons.

1,400 married couples with children.
195 single-parent households (60 men, 135 women).

91.2% of residents of 02779 zip code speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (80% very well, 20% not at all).
6.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% very well, 18% well, 6% not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% very well).

Foreign born population: 164 (2.9%)
(76.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

This zip code:	2.9%
Whole state:	12.2%

First ancestries reported:

• Portuguese: 973
• Irish: 769
• English: 587
• French (except Basque): 470
• Italian: 429
• United States or American: 427
• French Canadian: 391
• Polish: 231
• Other groups: 165
• Scottish: 151
• German: 112
• Swedish: 86
• Scotch-Irish: 38
• Norwegian: 33
• Subsaharan African:: 22
• Cape Verdean: 22
• British: 21
• Russian: 15
• Dutch: 14
• Arab:: 12
• Lebanese: 12
• Northern European: 12
• Hungarian: 7
• Canadian: 6
• European: 6
• Lithuanian: 5

Facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:

• BERKLEY COMMUNITY SCHOOL (59 SOUTH MAIN STREET in BERKLEY, MA)

  COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-027010
  Alternative names: BERKLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT

• BERKLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL (21 NORTH MAIN STREET in BERKLEY, MA)

  (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-027305
  

• BERKLEY FARMS (37 EAST PLAIN ST in BERKLEY, MA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC classification: ORNAMENTAL FLORICULTURE AND NURSERY PRODUCTS
  

• BERKLEY MA REPEATER STA AT&T (GREEN ST. in BERKLEY, MA)

  (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
  Organizations: AT&T LONG LINES DEPARTMENT (CONTACT/OWNER)
  

• ALGONQUIN GAS TRANSMISSION CO (766 BERKLEY ST in BERKLEY, MA)

  Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: DUKE ENERGY CORP (CONTACT/OPERATOR) , ALGONQUIN GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: ALGONQUIN GAS TRANSMISSION CO VALVE G16, ALGONQUIN GAS TRANSMISION CO VALVE G16

• BERKLEY (TOWN OF BERKLEY in BERKLEY, MA)

  AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
  Business SIC classification: GENERAL GOVERNMENT
  

• BERKLEY SOLID WASTE & RECYCLING FACILITY (3 NORTH MAIN ST REAR in BERKLEY, MA)

  Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
  Organizations: TOWN OF BERKLEY (CONTACT/OWNER)
  Alternative names: BERKLEY TOWN OF

• BERKLEY LANDFILL (CHURCH ST in BERKLEY, MA)

  CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
  Business SIC classification: REFUSE SYSTEMS
  Business NAICS classification: SOLID WASTE LANDFILL.
  

Median worth of mobile homes: $75,500

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 4810
• Northeast: 487
• Midwest: 63
• South: 70
• West: 81

73% of the 02779 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in Massachusetts.

Population in 1990: 4,438. Population change in the 1990s: +1,306 (+29.4%).

Here:	3.4%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Here:	24.6%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Here:	31.1%
Massachusetts:	48.2%

Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

• BAY STATE PORTABLE RESTROOMS, (14 MYRICKS ST in BERKLEY, MA; small business)

  $3,600 with Army for Lease or Rental of Facilities -- Sewage and Waste Facilities. Signed on 2006-02-21. Completion date: 2006-10-02.

Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

• Accommodation and Food Services: Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars (20-49 employees: 1 establishment, 10-19 employees: 3 establishments)
• Construction: Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction (20-49: 1)
• Construction: Manufacturing (10-19: 1, 1-4: 2)
• Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Construction: Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors (10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
• Construction: Finish Carpentry Contractors (10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)

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