The beauty of Massachusetts comes to life in the 01236 zip.
The 01236 zip has a mid size population. There is a large percentage of college graduates here. The 01236 zip of Housatonic is an averagely urbanized area. There are few kids in the schools. Mostly high income people live here. Not many people here choose to serve in the military. Many people speak languages other than English here. There are a lot of foreign born people here. Not many married people live here. Not many married couples with children live here. Housatonic has an average number of people who were born far away. People living below the poverty line is an unusual occurrence in the 01236 zip of Housatonic.
People generally have an
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The households here are more on the smaller side. There are many old homes in Housatonic. Most of the housing is in urban areas. There are lots of empty houses and apartments here. Home renters dominate here. Renting an apartment here |
is not cheap. If you're renting an apartment in the 01236 zip of Housatonic chances are you're paying an average part of your income as rent. People who own houses here spend a hefty dollar on home owner costs. Home owner costs here are an average chunk of home owners incomes. People here don't like to move much. This is an area where large homes are very common. There's roughly the same number of houses as apartments here. Housing cost is on the high side of the spectrum.
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STATISTICS
Latitude: 42.27474
Longitude: -73.3704
Elevation: 1039 feet
Persons per household: 2.56
Population: 2135
Households: 1013
Income per household: 121% of national average
Average house value: 146% of national average
Urban vs Rural population: 45.3%
Married couples with children: 52.6%
Married: 58.3%
Speak only English: 89.3%
From out of state: 56.2%
Foreign born: 6.5%
Moved in the last 5 years: 31%
Work at home: 4.7%
Average travel time to work: 24 minutes
People enrolled in school (to gr 12): 23.2%
People with a Bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%
People in the military + veterans: 10.3%
Unemployment: 3.8%
People below poverty line: 7.4%
Number of vacant housing units: 21.4%
Urban vs rural housing: 43.2%
Homes owned by occupant: 73.1%
Rooms per home: 5.9
Detached homes: 75.1%
Median year structures were built: 1943
Median rent: 150% of national average
Rent of income: 22.5%
Median home owner cost: 131% of national average
Home owner cost of income: 21.3%
---Source: US Govt. Census 2000
This zip code is part of the Pittsfield Metropolitan Area
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Other zip codes near Housatonic, Massachusetts 01236:
Glendale, Massachusetts 01229, 2 miles away
Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01263, 3 miles away
West Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01266, 3 miles away
Stockbridge, Massachusetts 01262, 4 miles away
Great Barrington, Massachusetts 01230, 5 miles away
North Egremont, Massachusetts 01252, 6 miles away
South Lee, Massachusetts 01260, 6 miles away
* Distances listed are direct linear distances from the center of the zip to the center of the other zips.
Outdoors Recreation Around Housatonic, Massachusetts 01236
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Campgrounds near Housatonic, Massachusetts:
Woodland Hills Campground, Austerlitz, 9 miles away
Taconic State Park Copake Falls, Copake Falls, 10 miles away
Lone Oak Camp Sites, East Canaan, 10 miles away
Maple Glade Campground, Lee, 11 miles away
Beartown State Forest, Monterey, 12 miles away
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Lakes Near Housatonic, Massachusetts:
Berkshire Heights Reservoir, Berkshire , 1 miles away
Mansfield Pond, Berkshire , 1 miles away
The Cove, Berkshire , 1 miles away
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Ski Areas Near Microtel Inn - Kingsport, Kingsport, Tennessee:
Ski Butternut, Massachusetts, 3 miles away
1000 vertical feet
Catamount, Massachusetts, 8 miles away
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Catamount, New York, 8 miles away
1000 vertical feet
Bousquet, Massachusetts, 13 miles away
750 vertical feet
Mohawk Mountain, Connecticut, 18 miles away
640 vertical feet
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Paddling Rivers Near Housatonic, Massachusetts:
Konkapot Brook, Berkshire , 8 miles away
Class I-III - 11 miles long (Mill River to Ashley Falls)
Bash Bish Brook, Columbia / Berkshire , 10 miles away
Class IV-V+ - 0.6 miles long (Below Bash Bish Falls to Copake Falls)
Housatonic River, Litchfield , 11 miles away
Class III-IV - 0.5 miles long (below Falls Village Hydro Plant)
Housatonic River, Litchfield , 15 miles away
Class II-III - 22.5 miles long (Falls Village Hydro to Kent)
Farmington River - West Branch, Berkshire/ Hampden , 20 miles away
Class II - 5 miles long (Upper Upper New Boston)
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