The Banker & Tradesman Magazine publishes recent real estate sale prices for all of the towns in eastern Massachusetts.
Housing Units (1990 US Census)
Units
Total Units 10,405
Total Occupied 10,160
owner occupied 8,097 79.7
renter occupied 2,063 20.3
Total vacant 245
for sale 49 20.0
for rent 79 32.2
other vacant 117 47.8
Owner Vacancy Rate 0.6 Rental Vacancy Rate 3.7 Median Value (owner occupied) $256,500 Median Contract Rent (renter occupied) $798
Value: Value is the Census respondent's estimate of how much the property, including lot, would sell for if it were for sale.
Type of Structure (1990 US Census)
Units Single Unit 8,422 80.9 2-4 Units 800 7.7 5 or More Units 1,126 10.8 Other 57 0.5
Year Structure Built (1990 US Census)
Units 1989-March 1990 52 0.5 1980-1988 1,083 10.4 1970-1979 695 6.7 1960-1969 1,440 13.8 1950-1959 2,737 26.3 1940-1949 1,325 12.7 1939 or earlier 3,073 29.5
Home Sales (Banker & Tradesman)
Number change 1990 312 -17.2 1991 444 +42.3 1992 554 +24.8
Home Sales & Home Prices: Data for all transactions between $25,000 and $1,000,000. Condominium sales and prices are included.
Median Sales Price (Banker & Tradesman)
Price change 1990 230,000 -4.6 1991 217,000 -5.7 1992 219,590 +1.2
Residential Building Permits (US Census Bureau 1992)
(New Construction)
Single Multi
Family Family
1990 13 0
1991 32 2
1992 39 0
Subsidized Housing Units (EOCD 1993)
Aggregate Number 377 Subsidized 3.64
Subsidized Housing Units: The number of housing units which count toward the municipality's 10 0oal for low- and moderate-income housing. It includes both subsidized affordable units and market rate units eligible subsidized developments.
Public Housing Units (EOCD 1993)
Conventional State 240 Conventional Federal 76
Rental Assistance (EOCD 1993)
State (MRVP) 0 Federal (Section 8) 92
