06420

The median income of households in 06420 was $123,425. An estimated 1.1% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 17.7% had income of $200,000 or more.

An estimated 82.2% of households received earnings. An estimated 32.9% of households received Social Security and an estimated 28.4 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $30,065. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

In 2020-2024, 6.1 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 8.4% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 3.2% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 6.2% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

In 2020-2024, 3 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 80% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 20% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 58.2% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.

Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 06420 in 2020-2024, 99.5% had health insurance coverage and 0.5% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 85.8% and public coverage was 30.4%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0%.

In 2020-2024, 06420 had a total population of 4,368 - 2,040 (46.7%) females and 2,328 (53.3%) males. The median age was 41.6 years. An estimated 22.8% of the population was under 18 years, 30.3% was 19 to 44 years, 26.2% was 45 to 64 years, and 20.2 % was 65 years and older.

In 2020-2024, there were 1,811 households in 06420. The average household size was 2.41 people.

Married-couple households made up 67.4% of the households in 06420 while cohabiting couple households made up 7% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 11.1% of all households, while 14.5% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 12.2% of households were male householders living alone, and 4.2% were female householders living alone, for a total of 16.4% of all households.

In 06420, 29.9% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 33.8% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

In 2020-2024, an estimated 94% of the people living in 06420 were U.S. natives. 58.3% of the 06420 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 6% of 06420 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 77.1% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 94.3 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 06420 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 06420.

Among people at least five years old living in 06420 in 2020-2024, 8.3 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 4.9% of people at least five years old; 0.7% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

In 2020-2024, 94.4 % of the people at least one year old living in 06420 were living in the same house one year earlier.

In 2020-2024, 98.6 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 50.5% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 1.4% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 06420 was 1,158 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 30 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 878. College or graduate school enrollment was 250.

In 06420, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 9 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 3.1% of people under 18 years old, to 3.2% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 31.3% of those 65 and over.

In 06420, 62.9 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 31.8% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 73.1% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 18.5% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 8.4 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 06420 worked in the following industries:

An estimated 76.7% of 06420 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 3% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 31.6 minutes to get to work.

In 2020-2024, 06420 had a total of 1,811 housing units. Of these housing units, 91.4% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 8.5% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

12.5% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 6.8% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 06420 was 6.8 rooms, and of these housing units 79.9% had three or more bedrooms.

In 2020-2024, 06420 had 1,811 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 0 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 86.4% while renters occupied 13.6%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.52 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.69.

0.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 18.6% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 0.6% and another 29.3% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 06420:

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 06420 was $405,800.

Of the owner-occupied households, 73.7 % had a mortgage. 26.3% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,385 and for owners without a mortgage it was $1,156.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 06420 was $1,440. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.