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Franklin / Plantation

East Worcester

Population

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

% change

x

8.67

3.5

x

0.66

size

2,517

2,756

2,853

42,226

42,506

43,851

% white

77.0

92.30

53.1

79.27

77.60

55.0

% black

2.90

5.0

11.1

5.63

7.67

11.7

% African American

% asian

3.0

9.1

10.7

2.85

4.60

5.5

% hispanic

3.10

11.80

20.7

13.73

21.54

27.4

Immigration

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

% foreign born

10.89

18.60

28.9

9.26

12.87

19.5

% immigrated in last 10 years

x

12.63

11.3

x

6.98

8.0

Linguistically Isolated Households

58

102

79

1,006

1,523

2,693

% Households linguistically isolated

5.68

9.99

6.9

5.33

8.06

15.6

School age linguistically isolated

0

75

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

2,273

1,187

1,262

17,481

43,105

18,876

% renter occupied (of all occupied)

75.7

71.5

71.3

64.45

65.39

66.0

% owner occupied

24.3

28.5

28.7

35.55

34.61

34.0

% Vacant

10.95

8.51

10.3

8.23

2.12

9.1

% housing built before 1960

65.64

66.98

49.2

66.84

27.22

68.5

% housing built after 1980

21.47

15.42

26.0

15.82

7.11

17.9

housing units: % single family homes

8.10

15.33

16.2

2.11

10.76

24.5

number single family

184

182

218

369

4,638

4,935

Income and Poverty

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

poverty rate: % people poor

12.20

10.50

14.0

20.39

24.07

23.5

median family income

$40,227

$38,750

52,015

29,729

35,286

46,827

median household income

51,633

39,432

% Households where housing costs are>30% of income

30.09

22.59

47.1

23.92

28.61

46.9

% Children poor

24.05

11.9

6.3

37.01

35.95

8.4

% Families Below 50% Metro Family Median Income

29.00

0.34

34.4

24.82

4.78

45.2

Est.2006 Median Family Income

x

$47,551

x

43,302

2005 Median Family Income

x

$46,689

x

42,516

2005 % Poor

Education

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

Population 25 years and over

1,831

1,831

1,764

26,907

27,805

28,437

% less than 9th grade

15.95

7.9

0.6

14.22

10.93

7.9

% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma

8.03

19.6

12.0

9.79

20.68

11.6

% high school graduate or higher

26.65

72.5

87.4

31.48

69.03

80.4

% Some college, no degree

13.93

15.7

7.8

15.36

15.23

17.7

% Associate degree

9.01

6.2

5.6

8.73

6.0

6.3

% bachelor's degree or higher

8.03

24.96

36.6

9.79

16.94

22.3

% Graduate or professional degree

4.64

11.3

11.8

5.40

7.0

7.8

Employment

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

Employment/population ratio

57.51

59

69.0

52.74

52.29

55.3

Unemployment rate

5.13

2.4

7.0

5.59

4.9

11.4

Occupation: Percent managerial/professional

x

37.1

33.9

x

13.68

29.0

Occupation: % prod., transport, material moving

x

16.1

11.1

x

9.76

12.8

Aging

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

% under 5 years

8.1

7.2

7.7

% 5-17 years

16.7

15.3

17.7

% 65 years and over

16.6

10.3

11.7

Family Structure

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

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

15.0

19.0

28.7

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

32.0

19.6

23.1

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

12.5

15.1

22.9

% all parents in family in labor force

NA