| Housing |
Units
|
Per
Cent
|
| Total Housing |
13,368
|
100.0 %
|
| Occupied Units |
13,080
|
97.8 %
|
| Owner-occupied |
9,306
|
71.1
%
|
|
Renter-occupied |
3,774
|
28.9 %
|
| Vacant |
288
|
2.2
%
|
| Seasonal- Recreational Use |
31
|
0.2 %
|
| Households by Type |
Number
|
Per
Cent
|
| Total Households |
13,080
|
100.0
%
|
| Family households (families) |
8,532
|
65.2
%
|
| With own children under 18 years |
3,958
|
30.3 %
|
| Married-couple family |
7,131
|
54.5 %
|
| With own children under 18 years |
3,329
|
25.5 %
|
| Female householder, no husband present |
1,072
|
8.2 %
|
| With own children under 18 years |
512
|
3.9 %
|
| Non-Family households |
4,548
|
34.8 %
|
| Householder living alone |
3,697
|
28.3
%
|
| Householder 65 years and over |
1,284
|
9.8 %
|
| Households with individuals under 18 years |
4,144
|
31.7 %
|
| Households with individuals 65 years and over |
3,141
|
24.0 %
|
| Vacancy Rate |
Per
Cent
|
|
| Homeowner |
0.4
|
|
| Rental |
2.6
|
|
| Source: U.S.A. Census 2000 | ||
| Total Population | 32,170 |
| Total | 31,667 |
| White | 29,602 |
| Black or African American | 525 |
| American
Indian and Alaska Native |
34 |
| Asian |
1,242 |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander | 17 |
| Some
other race |
247 |
| Two
or more races |
503 |
| Hispanic
or Latino(of any race) |
635 |
| * Source: U.S.A. Census 2000 |
| Education | ||
|
Grade
|
Grades
Offered
|
Number
of Schools
|
|
Elementary
|
PK
K 01 02 03 04
|
5
|
|
Middle/Junior
High
|
05 06 07 08
|
2
|
|
Secondary
|
09 10 11 12
|
1
|
|
Total
|
PK
K 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12
|
8
|
| Kindergarten starting age is 5 as of January 1 | ||
| Source: Massachusetts Department of Education | ||
| Private Schools | Eliot Montessori | Montrose | Walnut Hill |
| Source: Massachusetts Department of Education | |||
