Housing units in zip code 06415 with a mortgage: 3,965 (210 second mortgage, 953 home equity loan, 158 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 910
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,991
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $674
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
4.4%
Whole state:
9.7%
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 06415: Cherry Corners (A), Chanticlair Golf Course (B), Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Company Station 2 (C), Colchester Fire Marshal's Office (D), Colchester Hayward Volunteer Fire Company Station 1 Headquarters (E), Cragin Memorial Library (F), Colchester Town Hall (G), East Haddam Fire Company 3 Haywardville (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 06415 include: Colchester Assembly of God Church (A), Colchester Bible Baptist Church (B), Colchester Federated Church (C), Saint Andrews Church (D), Saint Marys Ukranian Church (E), Westchester Congregational Church (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Ponemah Cemetery (1), Bull Hill Cemetery (2), Saint Johns Cemetery (3), Old Burying Ground (4), Exeter Cemetery (5), Linwood Cemetery (6), Long Pond Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Thousand Acre Pond (A), Day Pond (B), Elisha Brook (C), Harvey Pond (D), Standish Pond (E), Number Two Pond (F), Babcock Pond (G), Pickerel Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Meadow Brook (A), Nelkin Brook (B), Pine Brook (C), Standish Brook (D), Wolf Brook (E), Blackledge River (F), Brainard Brook (G), Cabin Brook (H), Jeremy River (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 06415:
$10,000 to $14,999: 30
$20,000 to $24,999: 96
$25,000 to $29,999: 74
$30,000 to $34,999: 143
$35,000 to $39,999: 68
$50,000 to $59,999: 16
$60,000 to $69,999: 94
$70,000 to $79,999: 64
$80,000 to $89,999: 173
$90,000 to $99,999: 45
$100,000 to $124,999: 149
$125,000 to $149,999: 151
$150,000 to $174,999: 198
$175,000 to $199,999: 375
$200,000 to $249,999: 1,124
$250,000 to $299,999: 948
$300,000 to $399,999: 1,311
$400,000 to $499,999: 566
$500,000 to $749,999: 231
$750,000 to $999,999: 70
$1,000,000 or more: 146
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 06415:
Less than $100: 397
$200 to $249: 102
$250 to $299: 510
$300 to $349: 549
$350 to $399: 142
$400 to $449: 286
$450 to $499: 50
$500 to $549: 402
$600 to $649: 215
$650 to $699: 296
$700 to $749: 155
$750 to $799: 180
$800 to $899: 366
$900 to $999: 304
$1,000 to $1,249: 358
$1,250 to $1,499: 521
$1,500 to $1,999: 801
No cash rent: 390
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2010: $163,993.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $290,096
Black or African American householders: $299,360
Asian householders: $340,595
Some other race householders: $247,953
Two or more races householders: $244,138
Hispanic or Latino householders: $253,584
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $288,098
06415:
$288,098
Connecticut:
$294,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $217,002 - $376,838
Mean price in 2010:
Detached houses: $243,091
Here:
$243,091
State:
$437,437
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 5,217
One, attached: 440
Two: 617
3 or 4: 487
5 to 9: 577
10 to 19: 229
20 to 49: 729
Mobile homes: 226
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 115
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 7,325 (84%)
Carpooled: 672 (8%)
Bus or trolley bus: 130 (2%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 90 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 4 (0%)
Motorcycle: 61 (1%)
Bicycle: 15 (0%)
Walked: 342 (4%)
Other means: 156 (2%)
Worked at home: 291 (3%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 504
5 to 9 minutes: 925
10 to 14 minutes: 497
15 to 19 minutes: 375
20 to 24 minutes: 810
25 to 29 minutes: 674
30 to 34 minutes: 1,666
35 to 39 minutes: 672
40 to 44 minutes: 914
45 to 59 minutes: 1,235
60 to 89 minutes: 346
90 or more minutes: 305
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 45.2%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 15,003
In family households: 13,423 (3,261 male householders, 950 female householders)
3,604 spouses, 4,973 children (4,623 natural, 83 adopted, 267 stepchildren), 116 grandchildren, 26 brothers or sisters, 143 parents, 149 other relatives, 201 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 1,580 (602 male householders (426 living alone)), 652 female householders (567 living alone)), 326 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 208 (198 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 1,813 2-persons, 1,255 3-persons, 1,287 4-persons, 322 5-persons, 112 6-persons, 134 7-or-more-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 1,031 1-person, 275 2-persons, 59 3-persons
3,443 married couples with children.
1,411 single-parent households (434 men, 977 women).
92.8% of residents of 06415 zip code speak English at home.
6.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (36% very well, 15% well, 49% not well).
8.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (61% very well, 24% well, 15% not well).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (26% very well, 74% well).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).
Foreign born population: 769 (4.8%) (64.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
4.8%
Whole state:
13.5%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Canada (24%)
Peru (11%)
Poland (10%)
Germany (6%)
Italy (5%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (4%)
Greece (3%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 148
1990 to 1999: 178
1980 to 1989: 203
Before 1980: 295
Races in zip code 06415:
White population: 14,779 Black population: 481 American Indian population: 191 Asian population: 262 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 0 Two or more races population: 283 Hispanic or Latino population: 729
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 2,609
Irish: 1,904
Polish: 1,525
English: 1,300
Other groups: 1,254
French Canadian: 1,160
German: 952
French (except Basque): 786
American: 629
Guyanese: 476
Scottish: 397
Jamaican: 270
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 256
Slavic: 245
Swedish: 222
Ukrainian: 205
Scandinavian: 201
Scotch-Irish: 172
European: 163
Portuguese: 157
Greek: 141
Other Arab: 125
Israeli: 123
Russian: 105
South African: 99
Norwegian: 90
Swiss: 76
Canadian: 68
Dutch: 66
Welsh: 51
Hungarian: 49
Northern European: 48
Slovak: 44
Austrian: 42
Czech: 42
Danish: 41
Lebanese: 40
Lithuanian: 39
British: 38
Arab: 35
Czechoslovakian: 31
Romanian: 19
Nigerian: 18
Subsaharan African: 16
Celtic: 15
Latvian: 15
Slovene: 14
Finnish: 6
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
BACON ACADEMY (611 NORWICH AVENUE in COLCHESTER, CT)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-61 (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-80 Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS Organizations: COLCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
Alternative names: BACON ACADEMY HIGH S, BACON ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL
E Z MART STORE #054 (ROUTE 2 - 51 OLD HARTFORD ROAD in COLCHESTER, CT)
ENFORCEMENT/COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2003-0091, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2003-0091, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
COLCHESTER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL (380 NORWICH AVE in COLCHESTER, CT)
(Geographic Names Information System) COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-3 Organizations: COLCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
HOMEBOUND (127 NORWICH AVENUE, SUITE 202 in COLCHESTER, CT)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-88 Organizations: COLCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
ADVANCED POWER EQUIPMENT (57 LEBANON AVE in COLCHESTER, CT)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: ROBERT LUKA (CONTACT/OWNER)
ZAGRAY PROPERTY (544 AMSTON RD in COLCHESTER, CT)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
CARE FREE BUILDING CO (48 WESTCHESTER RD in COLCHESTER, CT)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) Business SIC classification: PREFABRICATED WOOD BUILDINGS AND COMPONENTS Alternative names: CARE FREE SMALL BUILDINGS
FEDUS ASSOCIATES, LLC (631 OLD HARTFORD RD in COLCHESTER, CT)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) Business SIC classification: ASPHALT PAVING MIXTURES AND BLOCKS
OUS CONSTRUCTION (MIDDLETOWN RD LOT 1 MAP 4W-9 in COLCHESTER, CT)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) Business SIC classification: GENERAL CONTRACTORS-SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSES
ALPHA Q INCORPORATED (87 UPTON ROAD in COLCHESTER, CT)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: PHENIX VENTURE ACQU (CONTACT/OWNER)
BUSTERS AUTO BODY (536 NEW LONDON RD in COLCHESTER, CT)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: WILLIAM CONGDON (CONTACT/OWNER)
HILLTOP MOTORS INC (435 S MAIN ST in COLCHESTER, CT)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
NOVA ELECTRONICS INC (36 DOCTOR FOOTE RD in COLCHESTER, CT)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: CORTHELL LIZ (CONTACT/OWNER)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 6.7%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3.1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (68%)
Electricity (11%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (8%)
Wood (5%)
Utility gas (4%)
Other fuel (3%)
Coal or coke (2%)
Solar energy (1%)
Population in 1990: 10,978. Population change in the 1990s: +4,325 (+39.4%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 10,350
Northeast: 2,917
Midwest: 471
South: 418
West: 319
62% of the 06415 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 43% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Connecticut.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 944
Here:
29.6%
Connecticut:
9.8%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 334
Here:
28.3%
Connecticut:
11.2%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 270
Here:
34.1%
Connecticut:
36.1%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
ALPHA Q, INC (87 UPTON RD in COLCHESTER, CT; small business) : $1,696,190 in 41 contractsfrom 2000 to 2006
Contracts for Miscellaneous Power Transmission Equipment, Gas Turbines and Jet Engines, Non-Aircraft; and Components, Gas Turbines and Jet Engines, Aircraft; Prime Moving, and Components, Bushings, Rings, Shims, and Spacers, and moreby Army, Navy Signed by year:2000: $227,395; 2001: $704,252; 2002: $-80,523; 2003: $852,554; 2004: $347,322; 2005: $-127,415; 2006: $-227,395.
Biggest contracts:
$390,065 with Army for Miscellaneous Power Transmission Equipment. Signed on 2003-06-30. Completion date: 2007-09-30.
$256,984, same as above.Signed on 2003-06-02. Completion date: 2007-09-30.
$237,552 with Army for Gas Turbines and Jet Engines, Non-Aircraft; and Components. Signed on 2004-10-15. Completion date: 2006-11-30.
$227,395 with Army for Gas Turbines and Jet Engines, Aircraft; Prime Moving, and Components. Signed on 2000-03-28. Completion date: 2001-04-30.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (250-499 employees: 1 establishment, 50-99 employees: 1 establishment, 10-19 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
Health Care and Social Assistance: Residential Mental Retardation Facilities (100-249: 1, 5-9: 2, 1-4: 4)
Educational Services: Business and Secretarial Schools (100-249: 1)