Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households
Housing units in zip code 06870 with a mortgage: 1,360 (152 second mortgage, 404 home equity loan, 159 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 444
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $3,388
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $906
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
2.8%
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 06870: Rocky Point Club (A), Old Greenwich Yacht Club (B), Old Greenwich Station (C), Innis Arden Golf Club (D), Greenwich Fire Department Station 5 Sound Beach (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 06870 include: Albertson Memorial Church (A), First Congregational Church (B), Presbyterian Church of Greenwich (C), Saint Saviours Episcopal Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2010 in zip code 06870:
Less than $10,000: 7
$15,000 to $19,999: 144
$60,000 to $69,999: 96
$80,000 to $89,999: 65
$100,000 to $124,999: 100
$150,000 to $174,999: 70
$200,000 to $249,999: 76
$250,000 to $299,999: 132
$300,000 to $399,999: 276
$400,000 to $499,999: 74
$500,000 to $749,999: 137
$750,000 to $999,999: 870
$1,000,000 or more: 1,171
Rent paid by renters in 2010 in zip code 06870:
$150 to $199: 110
$200 to $249: 760
$250 to $299: 1,219
$350 to $399: 14
$400 to $449: 98
$450 to $499: 12
$500 to $549: 202
$550 to $599: 122
$650 to $699: 427
$700 to $749: 383
$750 to $799: 154
$800 to $899: 155
$900 to $999: 54
$1,000 to $1,249: 223
$1,250 to $1,499: 24
$1,500 to $1,999: 204
$2,000 or more: 469
No cash rent: 83
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2010: $4,921,817.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2010 for:
White Non-Hispanic householders: $899,759
Black or African American householders: $203,494
Asian householders: $626,137
Two or more races householders: $563,523
Hispanic or Latino householders: $853,801
Estimated median house or condo value in 2010: $794,819
06870:
$794,819
Connecticut:
$294,300
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $651,291 - $892,526
Mean price in 2010:
Detached houses: $1,043,194
Here:
$1,043,194
State:
$437,437
Townhouses or other attached units: $4,249,338
Here:
$4,249,338
State:
$277,980
In 5-or-more-unit structures: $350,230
Here:
$350,230
State:
$195,083
Owners and renters by unit type in %
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 1,914
One, attached: 95
Two: 62
3 or 4: 83
5 to 9: 343
10 to 19: 677
20 to 49: 826
50 or more: 228
Mobile homes: 51
Means of transportation to work
Drove a car alone: 1,593 (62%)
Carpooled: 101 (4%)
Bus or trolley bus: 456 (18%)
Subway or elevated: 238 (9%)
Railroad: 599 (23%)
Taxi: 5 (0%)
Bicycle: 15 (1%)
Walked: 292 (11%)
Other means: 90 (3%)
Worked at home: 130 (5%)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 108
5 to 9 minutes: 266
10 to 14 minutes: 470
15 to 19 minutes: 344
20 to 24 minutes: 303
25 to 29 minutes: 66
30 to 34 minutes: 358
35 to 39 minutes: 89
40 to 44 minutes: 46
45 to 59 minutes: 139
60 to 89 minutes: 462
90 or more minutes: 249
Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 59.9%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 7,114
In family households: 6,370 (1,650 male householders, 369 female householders)
1,771 spouses, 2,409 children (2,281 natural, 49 adopted, 79 stepchildren), 30 grandchildren, 9 brothers or sisters, 30 parents, 34 other relatives, 68 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 744 (243 male householders (224 living alone)), 429 female householders (385 living alone)), 72 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 10 (0 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 459 2-persons, 428 3-persons, 590 4-persons, 174 5-persons, 68 6-persons, 75 7-or-more-persons
Size of nonfamily households: 427 1-person, 150 2-persons, 279 3-persons
1,735 married couples with children.
520 single-parent households (205 men, 315 women).
77.7% of residents of 06870 zip code speak English at home.
22.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (47% very well, 17% well, 29% not well, 7% not at all).
18.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (43% very well, 39% well, 11% not well, 7% not at all).
17.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (22% very well, 21% well, 51% not well, 5% not at all).
19.2% of residents speak other language at home (52% very well, 29% well, 17% not well, 3% not at all).
Foreign born population: 1,319 (21.2%) (41.4% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
21.2%
Whole state:
13.5%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Japan (15%)
United Kingdom (12%)
Germany (11%)
Australia (8%)
India (5%)
Italy (4%)
Spain (4%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 688
1990 to 1999: 290
1980 to 1989: 151
Before 1980: 397
Races in zip code 06870:
White population: 5,063 Black population: 924 American Indian population: 0 Asian population: 604 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 200 Two or more races population: 259 Hispanic or Latino population: 355
First ancestries reported:
Haitian: 9,752
British West Indian: 1,752
Other groups: 1,174
Italian: 894
Irish: 673
English: 587
Egyptian: 460
German: 445
Romanian: 293
American: 268
Scottish: 217
Iraqi: 184
European: 166
Greek: 162
Nigerian: 160
French (except Basque): 157
Albanian: 156
Polish: 145
British: 145
Austrian: 140
Latvian: 106
Russian: 102
Slovene: 92
Belgian: 90
Slovak: 88
Dutch: 88
Other Arab: 79
Portuguese: 72
Iranian: 72
Lithuanian: 65
Czechoslovakian: 63
Arab: 57
Armenian: 57
Eastern European: 54
Ukrainian: 53
Jamaican: 52
Scandinavian: 46
Australian: 46
Norwegian: 45
Swiss: 43
Danish: 41
Swedish: 41
Croatian: 40
Scotch-Irish: 39
Northern European: 39
French Canadian: 35
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 29
Welsh: 28
Hungarian: 24
West Indian: 22
Canadian: 20
Finnish: 17
Czech: 16
Arab: 14
Lebanese: 11
Brazilian: 11
Turkish: 11
South African: 8
Subsaharan African: 6
Maltese: 6
Public primary/middle school in zip code 06870 not listed on the city page:
OLD GREENWICH SCHOOL (Students: 459; Location: 825 SOUND BEACH AVE., OLD GREENWICH, CT; Grades: PK - 05)
Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
ELECTROLUX CORP (51 FOREST AVE in OLD GREENWICH, CT)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Alternative names: ELECTROLUX-OLD GREENWICH GABLE CONDOS, ELECTROLUX - OLD GREENWICH GABLES CONDOS
COLONNADE ONE & TWO (51 FOREST AVENUE in OLD GREENWICH, CT)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) Business SIC classification: OPERATORS OF NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
CONDEC CORP (1700 BOSTON POST RD in OLD GREENWICH, CT)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business NAICS classification: SEMICONDUCTOR AND RELATED DEVICE MANUFACTURING.; OTHER MEASURING AND CONTROLLING DEVICE MANUFACTURING.; MOTOR AND GENERATOR MANUFACTURING.; MOTOR VEHICLE BODY MANUFACTURING. Organizations: CONDEC CORPORATION (CONTACT/OWNER)
BRIGHTON CLEANERS (146 SOUND BEACH AVE in OLD GREENWICH, CT)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: SOO NAM LEE (CONTACT/OWNER)
OLD GREENWICH CLEANERS (280 SOUND BEACH AVE in OLD GREENWICH, CT)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: RONALD RAINONE (CONTACT/OWNER)
OLD GREENWICH TENNIS ACADEMY (151 SOUND BEACH AVENUE in OLD GREENWICH, CT)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
Fire-safe hotels and motels in zip code 06870:
Hyatt Regency Greenwich, 1800 E Putnam Rd, Old Greenwich, CT 06870 , Phone: (800) 233-1234, Fax: (203) 698-2440
Harbor House Inn, 165 SHR Rd, Old Greenwich, CT 06870 , Phone: (203) 637-0145
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2.5%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5.9%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (48%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (22%)
Electricity (14%)
No fuel used (4%)
Wood (4%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
Other fuel (2%)
Solar energy (2%)
Population in 1990: 6,511. Population change in the 1990s: +581 (+8.9%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 2,109
Northeast: 2,593
Midwest: 562
South: 451
West: 257
60% of the 06870 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% 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): 169
Here:
15.5%
Connecticut:
9.8%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 99
Here:
21.5%
Connecticut:
11.2%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 165
Here:
40.7%
Connecticut:
36.1%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
THE PREMCOR REFINING GROUP INC (1700 E PUTNAM AVE in OLD GREENWICH, CT) : $115,939,128 in 7 contractsfrom 2001 to 2005
Contracts for Liquid Propellants and Fuels, Petroleum Base by Defense Logistics Agency Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $4,403,500; 2002: $12,991,665; 2003: $0; 2004: $37,233,720; 2005: $61,310,243; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$58,196,720 with Defense Logistics Agency for Liquid Propellants and Fuels, Petroleum Base. Taking place in OH. Signed on 2005-03-18. Completion date: 2006-04-30.
$37,233,720, same as above.Signed on 2004-03-01. Completion date: 2005-04-30.
$12,991,665, same as above.Signed on 2002-09-06. Completion date: 2003-03-31.
$4,403,500, same as above.Signed on 2001-06-29. Completion date: 2001-10-30.
NORTH EAST IMAGING CO. (1374 POST RD in OLD GREENWICH, CT) 7 employees, $1000000 revenue: $24,421 in 2 contractsin 2003
$24,421 with Department of Veterans Affairs for Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Miscellaneous. Taking place in NY. Signed on 2003-06-15. Completion date: 2003-09-15.
$0, same as above.Signed on 2003-06-15. Completion date: 2003-09-15.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (250-499 employees: 1 establishment)