Housing units in zip code 06478 with a mortgage: 2,608 (100 second mortgage, 692 home equity loan, 41 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 727
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $2,330
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $805
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
3.2%
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 06478: Camp Palmer (A), Oxford Town Hall (B), Oxford Public Library (C), Oxford Ambulance Association (D), Oxford Volunteer Fire Department Riverside Company (E), Oxford Volunteer Fire Department Quaker Farms Company (F), Oxford Volunteer Fire Department Center Company (G). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 06478 include: Oxford United Church of Christ (A), Saint Peters Church (B), Christ Church (C), Great Hills United Methodist Church (D), Saint Thomas Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes and reservoirs: Chanko Pond (A), Towantic Pond (B), Nichols Pond (C), Papermill Pond (D), Seymour Reservoir Number 2 (E), Seymour Reservoir Number 3 (F), Seymour Reservoir Number 4 (G), Reservoir Number 3 (H). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Riggs Street Brook (A), Sevenmile Brook (B), Sixmile Brook (C), Eightmile Brook (D), Walnut Hill Brook (E), Fivemile Brook (F), Towantic Brook (G), Jacks Brook (H), Jeremy Brook (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 06478 include: Victory Memorial Park (1), Kettletown State Park (2), Southford Falls State Park (3), Jackson Cove Park (4). Display/hide their locations on the map
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 06478:
Less than $10,000: 37
$10,000 to $14,999: 84
$15,000 to $19,999: 80
$30,000 to $34,999: 59
$35,000 to $39,999: 48
$50,000 to $59,999: 453
$70,000 to $79,999: 320
$80,000 to $89,999: 45
$100,000 to $124,999: 39
$125,000 to $149,999: 139
$150,000 to $174,999: 88
$175,000 to $199,999: 137
$200,000 to $249,999: 174
$250,000 to $299,999: 358
$300,000 to $399,999: 894
$400,000 to $499,999: 849
$500,000 to $749,999: 727
$750,000 to $999,999: 34
$1,000,000 or more: 66
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 06478:
$150 to $199: 34
$250 to $299: 45
$300 to $349: 11
$400 to $449: 57
$450 to $499: 22
$550 to $599: 41
$650 to $699: 28
$700 to $749: 491
$750 to $799: 36
$800 to $899: 81
$900 to $999: 38
$1,000 to $1,249: 90
$1,250 to $1,499: 69
$1,500 to $1,999: 105
$2,000 or more: 68
No cash rent: 85
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2010: $745,845.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $383,626
Black or African American householders: $401,409
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $762,252
Asian householders: $648,331
Two or more races householders: $467,354
Hispanic or Latino householders: $347,320
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $388,443
06478:
$388,443
Connecticut:
$294,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $292,401 - $499,636
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 3,438
One, attached: 132
Two: 77
3 or 4: 57
5 to 9: 73
10 to 19: 3,648
20 to 49: 62
50 or more: 1,371
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 4,662 (85%)
Carpooled: 416 (8%)
Railroad: 52 (1%)
Bicycle: 49 (1%)
Walked: 91 (2%)
Other means: 68 (1%)
Worked at home: 317 (6%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 79
5 to 9 minutes: 239
10 to 14 minutes: 362
15 to 19 minutes: 542
20 to 24 minutes: 681
25 to 29 minutes: 471
30 to 34 minutes: 1,069
35 to 39 minutes: 340
40 to 44 minutes: 490
45 to 59 minutes: 586
60 to 89 minutes: 255
90 or more minutes: 136
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 47.6%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 9,821
In family households: 9,094 (2,278 male householders, 500 female householders)
2,437 spouses, 3,309 children (3,131 natural, 55 adopted, 123 stepchildren), 110 grandchildren, 45 brothers or sisters, 171 parents, 161 other relatives, 83 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 727 (266 male householders (195 living alone)), 298 female householders (233 living alone)), 163 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 1,327 2-persons, 631 3-persons, 783 4-persons, 197 5-persons, 102 6-persons, 45 7-or-more-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 435 1-person, 96 2-persons, 9 3-persons
2,109 married couples with children.
397 single-parent households (80 men, 317 women).
91.8% of residents of 06478 zip code speak English at home.
16.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (25% very well, 18% well, 57% not well).
19.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (18% very well, 15% well, 49% not well, 18% not at all).
2.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (45% very well, 55% well).
0.9% of residents speak other language at home (100% very well).
Foreign born population: 662 (6.5%) (87.1% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
6.5%
Whole state:
13.5%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Poland (15%)
United Kingdom (11%)
Portugal (11%)
Other Eastern Europe (10%)
Italy (8%)
Canada (7%)
Germany (4%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 50
1990 to 1999: 78
1980 to 1989: 168
Before 1980: 447
Races in zip code 06478:
White population: 9,551 Black population: 262 American Indian population: 0 Asian population: 71 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 0 Two or more races population: 181 Hispanic or Latino population: 373
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 2,290
Irish: 1,222
German: 851
Other groups: 837
English: 768
Polish: 704
American: 437
French (except Basque): 259
Russian: 227
Portuguese: 223
Albanian: 213
French Canadian: 197
Lithuanian: 181
African: 161
Hungarian: 154
Subsaharan African: 141
Slovak: 132
Scottish: 106
European: 88
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 87
Jamaican: 73
Ukrainian: 67
Norwegian: 66
Greek: 55
Swedish: 53
Croatian: 50
Eastern European: 50
Northern European: 49
Czech: 41
Dutch: 40
Danish: 38
Austrian: 37
Iranian: 36
British: 30
Canadian: 29
Latvian: 25
Scandinavian: 22
Belgian: 22
Armenian: 20
Finnish: 20
Scotch-Irish: 19
Arab: 19
Dutch West Indian: 19
Swiss: 15
Other Arab: 14
Czechoslovakian: 9
Welsh: 7
Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
OXFORD CENTER SCHOOL (462 OXFORD ROAD in OXFORD, CT)
(Geographic Names Information System) COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-1 Organizations: OXFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
Alternative names: OXFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION
GREAT OAK SCHOOL (50 GREAT OAK ROAD in OXFORD, CT)
(Geographic Names Information System) (National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-51 Organizations: OXFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
HOMEBOUND (429 OXFORD ROAD in OXFORD, CT)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-88 Organizations: OXFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
A R 2 INC (341 CHRISTIAN ST in OXFORD, CT)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: DR Y S KWOH (CONTACT/OWNER)
OXFORD AREA WORK CENTER (1 GREAT HILL RD in OXFORD, CT)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: CONN LIGHT & POWER CO (CONTACT/OWNER)
BOGEYS TUXEDOS (91 WILLENBROCK ROAD in OXFORD, CT)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: OPERNAME (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, BOGEYS FORMAL WEAR INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
OXFORD DEPORT (ADDRESS NOT IN PCS in OXFORD, CT)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Alternative names: OXFORD DEPOT
CHURCH STEPHEN B CO THE (49 GREAT HILL RD in OXFORD, CT)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: THE STEPHEN B CHURCH (CONTACT/OWNER)
OXBURY SANITATION (9 HOPE RD in OXFORD, CT)
TRANSPORTER (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: RONALD TURMEL (CONTACT/OWNER)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 13.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1.2%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (66%)
Utility gas (12%)
Electricity (7%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
Wood (4%)
No fuel used (3%)
Other fuel (3%)
Coal or coke (1%)
Population in 1990: 9,286. Population change in the 1990s: +537 (+5.8%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 7,499
Northeast: 1,294
Midwest: 228
South: 287
West: 58
71% of the 06478 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 59% 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): 231
Here:
17.5%
Connecticut:
9.8%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 76
Here:
14.3%
Connecticut:
11.2%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 279
Here:
56.7%
Connecticut:
36.1%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with biggest federal contracts located in this zip code (OXFORD, CT):
NANOSCIENCES CORPORATION (115 HURLEY ROAD; small business) : $1,617,809 in 17 contractsfrom 2000 to 2004
Contracts for Environmental Sciences -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D), Defense Missile and Space Systems -- Advanced Development (R&D), Aeronautics and Space Technology -- Basic Research (R&D), Space Flight -- Basic Research (R&D), and moreby NASA, Army, Navy Signed by year:2000: $245,000; 2001: $787,000; 2002: $295,000; 2003: $150,986; 2004: $139,823; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$255,000 with NASA for Environmental Sciences -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2001-01-15. Completion date: 2002-01-15.
$250,000 with Army for Defense Missile and Space Systems -- Advanced Development (R&D). Signed on 2001-01-29. Completion date: 2002-06-22.
$225,000 with NASA for Environmental Sciences -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2002-03-15. Completion date: 2003-01-15.
$175,000 with Army for Defense Missile and Space Systems -- Advanced Development (R&D). Signed on 2000-06-22. Completion date: 2001-09-27.
WALZ & KRENZER INC (91 WILLENBROCK RD UNIT B4; small business) 50 employees, $0 revenue: $1,072,021 in 23 contractsfrom 1999 to 2006
Contracts for Marine Hardware and Hull Items, Miscellaneous Ship and Marine Equipment, Non-nuclear Ship Repair (East) Ship repair (including overhauls and conversions) performed on non-nuclear propelled and nonpropelled ships east of the 108th meridian, Miscellaneous Items, and moreby United States Coast Guard (disused code: now 7008), Navy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - civil program financing only, Army, and others Signed by year:2000: $6,800; 2001: $262,805; 2002: $348,971; 2003: $60,630; 2004: $188,930; 2005: $153,815; 2006: $70.
Biggest contracts:
$277,000 with United States Coast Guard (disused code: now 7008) for Marine Hardware and Hull Items. Signed on 2002-07-15. Completion date: 2002-12-15.
$188,000, same as above.Signed on 2001-09-15. Completion date: 2002-03-15.
$65,271 with Navy for Miscellaneous Ship and Marine Equipment. Signed on 2002-12-16. Completion date: 2003-05-06.
$61,360 with Navy for Non-nuclear Ship Repair (East) Ship repair (including overhauls and conversions) performed on non-nuclear propelled and nonpropelled ships east of the 108th meridian. Signed on 2005-09-13. Completion date: 2005-12-01.
RUGATE TECHNOLOGIES INC (353 CHRISTIAN ST; small business) : $999,446 in 5 contractsfrom 2001 to 2005
Contracts for Defense Aircraft -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D), Other Defense -- Management and Support (R&D), Weapons -- Basic Research (R&D), Aeronautics and Space Technology -- Basic Research (R&D) by Air Force, Navy, NASA Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $70,000; 2002: $0; 2003: $99,766; 2004: $749,722; 2005: $79,958; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$375,000 with Air Force for Defense Aircraft -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2004-05-19. Completion date: 2006-09-14.
$374,722, same as above.Signed on 2004-11-02. Completion date: 2006-09-14.
$99,766 with Air Force for Other Defense -- Management and Support (R&D). Signed on 2003-06-06. Completion date: 2004-03-01.
$79,958 with Navy for Weapons -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2005-05-11. Completion date: 2005-11-20.
MACTON CORPORATION (116 WILLENBROCK ROAD; small business)
$98,960 with Navy for Antennas, Waveguides, and Related Equipment. Signed on 2006-05-24. Completion date: 2006-09-29.
LEWIS CLEANING SYSTEMS, LLC (102 WILLENBROCK ROAD; small business)
$86,175 with Navy for Miscellaneous Special Industry Machinery. Signed on 1999-11-23. Completion date: 2000-01-30.
NORTHEAST NDE COMPANY INC (91 WILLENBROCK RD STE B1; small business) : $64,990 in 4 contractsfrom 2002 to 2005
$54,200 with Army for Physical Properties Testing and Inspection. Signed on 2002-06-30. Completion date: 2002-08-01.
$7,730 with Army for Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Instruments and Laboratory Equipment. Taking place in NY. Signed on 2005-09-19. Completion date: 2005-10-03.
$1,530, same as above.Signed on 2005-10-03. Completion date: 2005-10-03.
$1,530, same as above.Signed on 2005-10-07. Completion date: 2005-10-03.
ADVANCE RESEARCH INC (341 CHRISTIAN ST; small business)
$49,250 with Air Force for Winches, Hoists, Cranes, and Derricks. Signed on 2000-12-20. Completion date: 2001-03-20.
LEWIS CLEANING SYSTEMS LLC (102 WILLENBROCH RD; small business)
$41,000 with Defense Logistics Agency for Miscellaneous Maintenance and Repair Shop Specialized Equipment. Signed on 2000-09-29. Completion date: 2000-10-13.
AEROTURN LLC (115 HURLEY RD STE 2C; small business) : $37,700 in 2 contractsin 2006
$27,380 with Navy for Communications Security Equipment and Components. Signed on 2006-06-07. Completion date: 2006-06-21.
$10,320 with Navy for Installation of Equipment -- Alarm, Signal, and Security Detection Systems. Signed on 2006-06-07. Completion date: 2006-11-30.
STROMBERG PRODUCTS LLC (115 HURLEY RD; small business) : $19,102 in 7 contractsfrom 2003 to 2006
Contracts for Office Supplies, ADP Data Conversion Services, Miscellaneous Office Machines, Time Measuring Instruments by Internal Revenue Service, Army, Bureau of Prisoners/Federal Prison System, Department of Veterans Affairs, and others Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $2,938; 2004: $0; 2005: $13,971; 2006: $2,193.
Biggest contracts:
$8,988 with Internal Revenue Service for Office Supplies. Signed on 2005-08-17. Effective on 2005-08-15. Completion date: 2005-09-26.
$2,938 with Army for ADP Data Conversion Services. Signed on 2003-07-09. Completion date: 2003-07-25.
$2,596 with Bureau of Prisoners/Federal Prison System for ADP Data Conversion Services. Taking place in CA. Signed on 2005-02-25. Completion date: 2005-03-25.
$2,387 with Army for Miscellaneous Office Machines. Signed on 2005-07-08. Completion date: 2005-07-21.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Health Care and Social Assistance: Residential Mental Retardation Facilities (100-249 employees: 1 establishment, 10-19 employees: 1 establishment)
Health Care and Social Assistance: Home Health Care Services (50-99: 1, 20-49: 1)