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Shrewsbury Street

East Worcester

Population

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

% change

x

-0.02

-3.6

x

0.66

size

6,521

6,405

6,172

42,226

42,506

43,851

% white

68.90

65.60

42.7

79.27

77.60

55.0

% black

8.60

9.30

10.3

5.63

7.67

11.7

% African American

% asian

7.20

3.40

4.3

2.85

4.60

5.5

% hispanic

22.20

32.10

37.2

13.73

21.54

27.4

Immigration

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

% foreign born

13.11

12.90

22.9

9.26

12.87

19.5

% immigrated in last 10 years

x

5.78

13.3

x

6.98

8.0

Linguistically Isolated Households

302

318

589

1,006

1,523

2,693

% Households linguistically isolated

11.09

11.67

21.4

5.33

8.06

15.6

School age linguistically isolated

350

173

479

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

2,752

28,333

2,957

17,481

43,105

18,876

% renter occupied (of all occupied)

80.1

83.1

82.2

64.45

65.39

66.0

% owner occupied

19.9

16.9

17.8

35.55

34.61

34.0

% Vacant

7.19

0.51

9.2

8.23

2.12

9.1

% housing built before 1960

60.25

5.81

67.1

66.84

27.22

68.5

% housing built after 1980

13.84

2.05

13.6

15.82

7.11

17.9

housing units: % single family homes

7.19

0.85

9.6

2.11

10.76

24.5

number single family

198

242

294

369

4,638

4,935

Income and Poverty

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

poverty rate: % people poor

28.90

39.70

30.7

20.39

24.07

23.5

median family income

22,854

19,755

34,149

29,729

35,286

46,827

median household income

23,059

39,432

% Households where housing costs are>30% of income

31.93

37.09

52.1

23.92

28.61

46.9

% Children poor

51.01

56.1

9.0

37.01

35.95

8.4

% Families Below 50% Metro Family Median Income

48

28

59.2

24.82

4.78

45.2

Est.2006 Median Family Income

x

24,242

x

43,302

2005 Median Family Income

x

23,802

x

42,516

2005 % Poor

Education

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

Population 25 years and over

3,848

3,848

3,824

26,907

27,805

28,437

% less than 9th grade

17.70

15.5

11.1

14.22

10.93

7.9

% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma

10.29

26.7

15.4

9.79

20.68

11.6

% high school graduate or higher

28.64

57.8

73.5

31.48

69.03

80.4

% Some college, no degree

10.84

13

14.4

15.36

15.23

17.7

% Associate degree

2.99

3.6

3.7

8.73

6.0

6.3

% bachelor's degree or higher

10.29

10.19

18.8

9.79

16.94

22.3

% Graduate or professional degree

4.42

2.4

9.0

5.40

7.0

7.8

Employment

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

Employment/population ratio

46.12

42

51.5

52.74

52.29

55.3

Unemployment rate

4.15

6

11.4

5.59

4.9

11.4

Occupation: Percent managerial/professional

x

19.1

22.1

x

13.68

29.0

Occupation: % prod., transport, material moving

x

17.7

15.0

x

9.76

12.8

Aging

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

% under 5 years

7.7

7.1

7.7

% 5-17 years

21.2

18.2

17.7

% 65 years and over

17.8

12.5

11.7

Family Structure

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

1990

2000

2006--10

2010

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

39.0

35.7

28.7

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

22.2

17.6

23.1

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

35.7

30.6

22.9

% all parents in family in labor force

NA