Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.5% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households
Housing units in zip code 02780 with a mortgage: 7,682 (1,150 second mortgage, 1,700 home equity loan, 246 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 3,347
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,928
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $564
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
18.8%
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 02780: Plaza 44 Taunton (A), Trucchi Shopping Plaza (B), Taunton Fire Department Oakland Station (C), Taunton Fire Department Bay Street Station (D), Taunton Fire Department Weir Station (E), Taunton Fire Department Headquarters (F), Taunton Public Library (G), Friedman Middle School Library Media Center (H), Frank L Tosti Library (I), Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School Library (J), Mulcahey Middle School Library Media Center (K), Maxham School Library Media Center (L), Taunton City Hall (M), Weir Junction Station (N). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Blake Cemetery (1), Mayflower Hill Cemetery (2), Saint Marys Cemetery (3), Saint Josephs Cemetery (4), Plain Cemetery (5), Neck of Land Cemetery (6), Westville Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Watson Pond (A), Sheppards Factory Pond (B), Willis Pond (C), Black Pond (D), Segreganset River Reservoir (E), Three Mile River (F), Mill River Reservoir (G), Barstows Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 02780 include: Watson Pond State Park (1), Taunton Common (2), Hopewell Park (3), Memorial Park (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
5,185 married couples with children.
5,761 single-parent households (2,017 men, 3,744 women).
77.8% of residents of 02780 zip code speak English at home.
28.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (32% very well, 26% well, 24% not well, 18% not at all).
31.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (35% very well, 20% well, 17% not well, 27% not at all).
10.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (46% very well, 8% well, 32% not well, 14% not at all).
10.0% of residents speak other language at home (28% very well, 10% well, 63% not well).
Foreign born population: 6,010 (13.1%) (59.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
13.1%
Whole state:
14.8%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Portugal (72%)
Other Western Africa (4%)
Brazil (3%)
Canada (3%)
Vietnam (1%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (1%)
Colombia (1%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 1,139
1990 to 1999: 938
1980 to 1989: 1,449
Before 1980: 3,540
Races in zip code 02780:
White population: 38,117 Black population: 3,119 American Indian population: 970 Asian population: 1,247 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 3,173 Two or more races population: 1,249 Hispanic or Latino population: 4,127
First ancestries reported:
Portuguese: 12,667
Guyanese: 10,682
Irish: 6,431
Other groups: 5,106
French (except Basque): 3,095
English: 2,593
Italian: 2,579
Subsaharan African: 1,654
Cape Verdean: 1,513
Latvian: 1,440
Haitian: 1,414
American: 1,355
Basque: 1,194
French Canadian: 1,192
Ethiopian: 1,006
German: 999
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 982
Polish: 948
Israeli: 723
Swedish: 580
Scottish: 515
Brazilian: 512
Canadian: 498
Czechoslovakian: 379
Jamaican: 347
British West Indian: 344
Hungarian: 340
Arab: 316
West Indian: 299
Greek: 266
Arab: 260
Lebanese: 254
Iranian: 250
British: 211
Russian: 198
Egyptian: 165
Eastern European: 155
Scotch-Irish: 152
European: 152
Syrian: 146
Welsh: 130
Czech: 127
Nigerian: 114
Lithuanian: 113
Dutch: 108
Slovak: 103
Kenyan: 101
South African: 97
Finnish: 83
Barbadian: 80
Norwegian: 72
Scandinavian: 70
Romanian: 67
African: 64
Belgian: 61
Armenian: 56
Ukrainian: 47
Swiss: 37
Albanian: 35
Macedonian: 34
U.S. Virgin Islander: 34
Austrian: 32
Danish: 32
Turkish: 19
Public primary/middle schools in zip code 02780 not listed on the city page:
LOWELL M MAXHAM (Students: 218; Location: 141 OAK STREET, TAUNTON, MA; Grades: KG - 04)
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
PAUL A DEVER SCHOOL (1380 BAY STREET in TAUNTON, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-1995-0121, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) 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 COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM (SDWIS) - SDWIS-MA4293002 1T, WATER TREATMENT PLANT Business SIC classification: PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS; SPECIALTY HOSPITALS, EXCEPT PSYCHIATRIC; RESIDENTIAL CARE Business NAICS classification: PSYCHIATRIC AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE HOSPITALS. Organizations: PAUL DEVER STATE SCH (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, PAUL A. DEVER DEVELOPMENTAL (CONTACT/OWNER)
, COMMONWEALTH OF MASS (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: DEVER PAUL A STATE SCHOOL, PAUL A DEVER DEVELOPMENTAL, PAUL A. DEVER DEVELOPMENTAL CE, PAUL A DEVER STATE SCHOOL, PAUL DEVER DEVEL CTR, PAUL DEVER DEVELOPME, PAUL DEVER STATE SCHOOL
JEFFERSON DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS LLC (437 WHITTENTON ST in TAUNTON, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (MA-EPICS) - NEI-1200063, AIR PROGRAM, RCRAINFO-MV5088230741, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: FINISHERS OF TEXTILES Business NAICS classification: ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING. Organizations: DYECRAFTSMEN INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
, INFINITY HOLDING LLC (CONTACT/REGULATORY)
Alternative names: DYECRAFTSMEN INCorporated, DYECRAFTSMEN INC, INFINITY HOLDING LLC
MCCABE SAND&GRAVEL C (120 BERKLEY ST in TAUNTON, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2004-9048, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2004-9048, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) - ICIS-01-2004-9048, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION Business SIC classification: CONCRETE PRODUCTS, EXCEPT BLOCK AND BRICK; READY-MIXED CONCRETE Alternative names: MCCABE SAND & GRAVEL
EOS (825 WEST WATER STREET in TAUNTON, MA)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-1996-0025, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit - ICIS-, ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY, 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: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS Organizations: PSG/USFILTER (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, CITY OF TAUNTON, DPW (CONTACT/OWNER)
, CITY OF TAUNTON (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: E O S, TAUNTON W.W.T.P, TAUNTON WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT
BIW CABLE SYSTEMS INC (761 JOSEPH WARNER BLVD in TAUNTON, MA)
AIR 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 HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Business SIC classification: CURRENT-CARRYING WIRING DEVICES Business NAICS classification: ALL OTHER MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCT AND PREPARATION MANUFACTURING.; ALL OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY MANUFACTURING. Organizations: BIW CABLE SYSTEMS, INC. (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, BIW CABLE SYSTEMS, INC (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
Alternative names: B I W CABLE SYSTEMS INC, BIW CABLE SYS INC
BRISTOL PLYMOUTH REGIONAL TECH (940 COUNTY STREET in TAUNTON, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-810605 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 Business SIC classification: VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS Organizations: BRISTOL REGIONAL TECH (CONTACT/OWNER)
, BRISTOL-PLYMOUTH VOC TECH (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
Alternative names: BRISTOL PLY REG TECH, BRISTOL-PLYMOUTH VOC TECH
AD A DAY COMPANY INCORPORATED (245 WEST WATER ST in TAUNTON, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (MA-EPICS) - NEI-1200707, AIR PROGRAM, RCRAINFO-MAD001010867, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: AD A DAY CO INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
AMERICAN LIGHT FIXTURE (645 MYLES STANDISH BLVD. in TAUNTON, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC 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) HAZARDOUS WASTE BIENNIAL REPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Large Quantity Generators, more that 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: RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING FIXTURES; COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING FIXTURES Business NAICS classification: RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC LIGHTING FIXTURE MANUFACTURING. Organizations: WILLIAM SEGILL (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: AMERICAN LIGHTING FIXTURE CORP, AMERICAN LIGHTING FIXTURES CORP
MORTON HOSPITAL CORP (88 WASHINGTON ST in TAUNTON, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS) AIR MONITORING SITE (Airborne pollution emission tracking) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS
AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES NORTHEAST REGION (544 WHITTENTON ST in TAUNTON, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Large Quantity Generators, more that 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: ASPHALT FELTS AND COATINGS Business NAICS classification: OTHER CRUSHED AND BROKEN STONE MINING AND QUARRYING. Organizations: AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES NE REGION INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: AGGREGATE INDUSTRIES NE REGION INC, BARDON TRIMOUNT INCORPORATED
LOWELL M MAXHAM (141 OAK STREET in TAUNTON, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-293045 Organizations: TAUNTON (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
BAY STATE GAS COMPANY (600 WEST WATER STREET in TAUNTON, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION
JOSEPH C CHAMBERLAIN (480 NORTON AVENUE in TAUNTON, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-293008 Organizations: TAUNTON (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 7.8%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5.1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (40%)
Utility gas (37%)
Electricity (12%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
Wood (3%)
Other fuel (2%)
Coal or coke (1%)
No fuel used (1%)
Population in 1990: 44,894. Population change in the 1990s: +4,549 (+10.1%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 37,571
Northeast: 3,472
Midwest: 598
South: 875
West: 455
59% of the 02780 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.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,413
Here:
23.2%
Massachusetts:
10.3%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 528
Here:
19.0%
Massachusetts:
12.3%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,056
Here:
36.3%
Massachusetts:
49.8%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code (TAUNTON, MA):
GENERAL DYNAMICS C4 SYSTEMS IN (400 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS ROAD; small business) : $3,269,474,800 in 3310 contractsfrom 1999 to 2006
Contracts for Miscellaneous Communication Equipment, Telephone and Telegraph Equipment, Other Professional Services, ADP Input/Output and Storage Devices, and moreby Army, Federal Technology Service, Navy, Air Force, and others Signed by year:2000: $480,716,673; 2001: $677,050,606; 2002: $312,685,243; 2003: $336,712,600; 2004: $538,065,315; 2005: $619,772,031; 2006: $272,126,888.
Biggest contracts:
$389,516,464 with Army for Miscellaneous Communication Equipment. Signed on 2001-09-14. Completion date: 2008-04-30.
$96,923,891 with Army for Telephone and Telegraph Equipment. Signed on 2005-07-05. Completion date: 2005-12-30.
$77,298,162, same as above.Signed on 2004-10-29. Completion date: 2005-03-30.
$36,730,852 with Federal Technology Service for Other Professional Services. Signed on 2005-04-05. Effective on 2004-12-13. Completion date: 2005-12-13.
THE RYAN COMPANY, INC (25 CONSTITUTION DRIVE) : $42,219,989 in 221 contractsfrom 1999 to 2005
Contracts for Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Water Supply Facilities, Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Other Utilities, Transformers: Distribution and Power Station, Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Sewage and Waste Facilities, and moreby Bureau of Reclamation, National Park Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only, Air Force, and others Signed by year:2000: $9,289,025; 2001: $15,422,882; 2002: $6,474,713; 2003: $6,634,642; 2004: $1,031,423; 2005: $2,598,508; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$4,000,000 with Bureau of Reclamation for Construction of Structures and Facilities -- Water Supply Facilities. Taking place in NM. Signed on 2001-09-15. Completion date: 2003-10-15.
$3,700,000, same as above.Signed on 2001-09-15. Completion date: 2003-10-15.
$3,681,000 with National Park Service for Maintenance, Repair or Alteration of Real Property -- Other Utilities. Taking place in NY. Signed on 2000-09-15. Completion date: 2001-09-15.
$2,298,000 with Bureau of Reclamation for Transformers: Distribution and Power Station. Taking place in ID. Signed on 2000-03-15. Completion date: 2001-04-15.
KIRKHILL-TA CO (336 WEIR ST) : $6,476,369 in 31 contractsfrom 1999 to 2006
Contracts for Airframe Structural Components, Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components, Gas Turbines and Jet Engines, Aircraft; Prime Moving, and Components, Packing and Gasket Materials, and moreby Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, Air Force Signed by year:2000: $2,323,355; 2001: $452,430; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $2,282,007; 2005: $601,136; 2006: $107,576.
Biggest contracts:
$2,241,130 with Navy for Airframe Structural Components. Taking place in PA. Signed on 2004-07-15. Completion date: 2004-07-15.
$1,298,700 with Navy for Airframe Structural Components. Signed on 2001-03-31. Completion date: 2002-03-31.
$1,163,820, same as above.Signed on 2000-10-26. Completion date: 2001-10-26.
$801,810, same as above.Signed on 2000-03-08. Completion date: 2000-04-07.
KOPIN CORPORATION (200 JOHN HANCOCK RD; small business) : $713,080 in 6 contractsfrom 2000 to 2006
Contracts for Defense Electronics and Communication Equipment -- Management and Support (R&D), Services -- Advanced Development (R&D), Defense Electronics and Communication Equipment -- Basic Research (R&D), ADP Software by Air Force, Navy, Army Signed by year:2000: $500,000; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $0; 2005: $148,080; 2006: $65,000.
Biggest contracts:
$250,000 with Air Force for Defense Electronics and Communication Equipment -- Management and Support (R&D). Signed on 2000-01-12. Completion date: 2002-01-19.
$250,000, same as above.Signed on 2000-05-10. Completion date: 2002-01-19.
$75,500 with Navy for Services -- Advanced Development (R&D). Signed on 2005-06-02. Completion date: 2005-11-30.
$70,000 with Army for Defense Electronics and Communication Equipment -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2005-11-29. Completion date: 2006-09-30.
ARC ONE (85 INDEPENDENCE DRIVE; small business) : $206,568 in 3 contractsfrom 2000 to 2001
$115,000 with Defense Logistics Agency for Safety and Rescue Equipment. Signed on 2000-11-17. Completion date: 2001-06-13.
$45,784, same as above.Signed on 2001-09-13. Completion date: 2001-10-16.
$45,784, same as above.Signed on 2001-09-13. Completion date: 2001-10-16.
NAVIX DIAGNOSTIX, INC (100 MYLES STANDISH BOULEVA) : $141,075 in 2 contractsfrom 2000 to 2002
$71,250 with Navy for Evaluation and Screening. Taking place in FL. Signed on 2000-10-01. Completion date: 2000-10-01.
$69,825 with Navy for Other Administrative Support Services. Taking place in CA. Signed on 2002-10-01. Completion date: 2003-09-30.
SHIELDING EXPRESS INC (29 MOZZONE BLVD; small business) : $19,525 in 2 contractsfrom 2005 to 2006
$16,351 with Navy for Packing and Gasket Materials. Signed on 2005-12-06. Completion date: 2006-02-10.
$3,174, same as above.Signed on 2006-03-21. Completion date: 2006-04-28.
BLOOM'S BUS LINES INC (10 OAK ST; small business) : $6,350 in 2 contractsin 2004
$3,400 with Army for Passenger Motor Charter Service. Signed on 2004-06-08. Completion date: 2004-06-25.
$2,950, same as above.Signed on 2004-04-14. Completion date: 2004-04-30.
ASTRODYNE CORPORATION (300 MYLES STANDISH BLVD; small business)
$1,980 with Army for Relays and Solenoids. Signed on 2006-03-22. Completion date: 2006-04-21.
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)