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Booth Apartments Area

East Worcester

Population

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

% change

x

2.68

69.0

x

0.66

size

2,324

2,388

4,036

42,226

42,506

43,851

% white

81.20

90.10

66.6

79.27

77.60

55.0

% black

4.10

5.0

10.0

5.63

7.67

11.7

% African American

% asian

2.70

7.10

8.6

2.85

4.60

5.5

% hispanic

4.40

9.30

11.7

13.73

21.54

27.4

Immigration

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

% foreign born

9.29

9.0

16.7

9.26

12.87

19.5

% immigrated in last 10 years

x

4.36

3.9

x

6.98

8.0

Linguistically Isolated Households

6

47

153

1,006

1,523

2,693

% Households linguistically isolated

0.68

5.36

9.2

5.33

8.06

15.6

School age linguistically isolated

0

0

0

755

820

1,841

Number of persons born in X

Top 5 Immigrant Groups

Housing

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

total units

949

954

1,673

17,481

43,105

18,876

% renter occupied (of all occupied)

35.7

38.5

53.8

64.45

65.39

66.0

% owner occupied

64.3

61.5

46.2

35.55

34.61

34.0

% Vacant

6.40

4.09

4.8

8.23

2.12

9.1

% housing built before 1960

58.90

52.83

48.6

66.84

27.22

68.5

% housing built after 1980

25.50

58.91

42.8

15.82

7.11

17.9

housing units: % single family homes

62.70

67.92

39.4

2.11

10.76

24.5

number single family

595

648

714

369

4,638

4,935

Income and Poverty

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

poverty rate: % people poor

15

15.30

17.7

20.39

24.07

23.5

median family income

$32,986

$59,471

68,036

29,729

35,286

46,827

median household income

41,436

39,432

% Households where housing costs are>30% of income

28.12

23.11

44.9

23.92

28.61

46.9

% Children poor

18.43

28.0

3.5

37.01

35.95

8.4

% Families Below 50% Metro Family Median Income

29

0.22

34.3

24.82

4.78

45.2

Est.2006 Median Family Income

x

$72,983

x

43,302

2005 Median Family Income

x

$71,660

x

42,516

2005 % Poor

Education

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

Population 25 years and over

1,793

1,793

2,899

26,907

27,805

28,437

% less than 9th grade

8.87

6.1

3.2

14.22

10.93

7.9

% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma

12.88

13.0

13.4

9.79

20.68

11.6

% high school graduate or higher

30.95

80.9

83.3

31.48

69.03

80.4

% Some college, no degree

17.07

18.1

18.6

15.36

15.23

17.7

% Associate degree

5.08

10.3

8.0

8.73

6.0

6.3

% bachelor's degree or higher

12.88

21.55

27.7

9.79

16.94

22.3

% Graduate or professional degree

6.36

8.2

12.9

5.40

7.0

7.8

Employment

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

Employment/population ratio

51.42

58.1

51.2

52.74

52.29

55.3

Unemployment rate

4.03

2.7

6.4

5.59

4.9

11.4

Occupation: Percent managerial/professional

x

35.7

50.6

x

13.68

29.0

Occupation: % prod., transport, material moving

x

13.8

2.9

x

9.76

12.8

Aging

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

% under 5 years

5.3

5.0

7.7

% 5-17 years

12.4

9.2

17.7

% 65 years and over

25.5

25.0

11.7

Family Structure

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

% single-parent family (w/ children under 18)

8.3

20.2

28.7

% married-couple family (w/ children under 18)

33.8

22.9

23.1

% female-headed family (w/ children under 18)

4.9

11.8

22.9

% all parents in family in labor force

NA