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Braintree, MA (Massachusetts) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $603,905 (it was $210,300 in 2000)
Braintree:

$603,905
Massachusetts:

$534,700
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $473,853 - $734,036

Total population: 33,951 (Urban population: 33,702, Rural population: 0)

Houses: 12,925 (12,604 occupied: 9,766 owner occupied, 2,838 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

23%
State:

38%

Housing density: 964 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $751,928.

Median contract rent in 2022: $1,558 (lower quartile is $1,006, upper quartile is over $2,000)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,562


Median gross rent in Braintree, MA in 2022: $1,690

Housing units in Braintree with a mortgage: 5,792 (370 second mortgage, 881 home equity loan, 9 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,958

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Braintree, Massachusetts Age and Sex of Residents

Household type by relationship:

Households: 653,239
  • In family households: 540,608 (116,996 male householders, 51,907 female householders)
    134,066 spouses, 197,825 children (189,784 natural, 4,588 adopted, 3,453 stepchildren), 7,406 grandchildren, 6,062 brothers or sisters, 7,064 parents, foster children, 5,893 other relatives, 9,006 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 112,631 (36,559 male householders (27,334 living alone)), 52,452 female householders (43,798 living alone)), 23,620 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 17,611 (8,991 institutionalized population)

123,500 married couples with children.
20,654 single-parent households (3,498 men, 17,156 women).

91.1% of residents of Braintree speak English at home.
1.4% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 20% speak English not well).
5.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (52% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (86% speak English very well, 14% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 5,079 (13.5%)
(75.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.9
State:

6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

3.8
State:

4.0

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Braintree, Massachusetts
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Braintree, Massachusetts
  • 0no bedroom
  • 1001 bedroom
  • 1,7642 bedrooms
  • 5,1083 bedrooms
  • 2,2714 bedrooms
  • 5235+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Braintree, Massachusetts
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Braintree, Massachusetts
  • 129no bedroom
  • 1,1371 bedroom
  • 1,0462 bedrooms
  • 4233 bedrooms
  • 824 bedrooms
  • 215+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Braintree in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Braintree in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 402no vehicle
  • 2,9871 vehicle
  • 4,6102 vehicles
  • 1,2343 vehicles
  • 4284 vehicles
  • 1055+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Braintree in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Braintree in renter-occupied apartments
  • 651no vehicle
  • 1,3611 vehicle
  • 6542 vehicles
  • 1533 vehicles
  • 134 vehicles
  • 65+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Braintree, Massachusetts
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Braintree, Massachusetts
  • 01 room
  • 02 rooms
  • 1153 rooms
  • 4574 rooms
  • 1,4565 rooms
  • 2,5366 rooms
  • 2,2137 rooms
  • 1,6778 rooms
  • 1,3129+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Braintree, Massachusetts
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Braintree, Massachusetts
  • 1051 room
  • 3162 rooms
  • 7413 rooms
  • 7354 rooms
  • 4165 rooms
  • 3106 rooms
  • 1207 rooms
  • 458 rooms
  • 509+ rooms
Year house built
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Braintree, MA
Braintree CDP income, earnings, and wages data

  • Braintree, MA household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Braintree, MA in 2022
  • 9,769Less than $10,000
  • 13,124$10,000 to $19,999
  • 11,838$20,000 to $29,999
  • 11,588$30,000 to $39,999
  • 13,775$40,000 to $49,999
  • 13,677$50,000 to $59,999
  • 18,056$60,000 to $74,999
  • 27,738$75,000 to $99,999
  • 26,140$100,000 to $124,999
  • 21,741$125,000 to $149,999
  • 32,220$150,000 to $199,999
  • 75,021$200,000 or more
Work and jobs in Braintree: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute

Percentage of workers working in this county: 65.2%
Number of people working at home: 4,376 (22.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 211
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 1,432
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 2,526
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 2,218
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 1,995
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 730
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 2,433
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 446
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 747
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 1,974
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 1,414
  • 90 or more minutes: 285

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 13,063 (77.9%)
  • Carpooled: 1,549 (9.2%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 130 (0.8%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 30 (0.2%)
  • Subway or elevated: 1,239 (7.4%)
  • Railroad: 84 (0.5%)
  • Taxi: 12 (0.1%)
  • Walked: 240 (1.4%)
  • Other means: 64 (0.4%)
  • Worked at home: 350 (2.1%)
Class of Workers in 2000
Races in Braintree detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Braintree, Massachusetts
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Braintree, Massachusetts
  • 2471995 to March 2000
  • 3481990 to 1994
  • 3351985 to 1989
  • 3121980 to 1984
  • 2521975 to 1979
  • 1851970 to 1974
  • 3051965 to 1969
  • 730Before 1965
Ancestries in Braintree, MA

First ancestries reported:

  • Irish: 13,858 (35.7%)
  • Italian: 6,752 (17.4%)
  • Other: 3,472 (8.9%)
  • English: 3,391 (8.7%)
  • German: 1,414 (3.6%)
  • United States: 1,398 (3.6%)
  • Scottish: 1,072 (2.8%)
  • French: 1,026 (2.6%)
  • Polish: 991 (2.6%)
  • French Canadian: 938 (2.4%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 922 (2.4%)
  • Swedish: 652 (1.7%)
  • Portuguese: 578 (1.5%)
  • Greek: 443 (1.1%)
  • Lithuanian: 417 (1.1%)
  • Russian: 319 (0.8%)
  • Arab: 309 (0.8%)
  • Subsaharan African: 210 (0.5%)
  • Norwegian: 176 (0.5%)
  • Dutch: 127 (0.3%)
  • Hungarian: 80 (0.2%)
  • Czech: 66 (0.2%)
  • West Indian: 59 (0.2%)
  • Welsh: 58 (0.1%)
  • Danish: 29 (0.07%)
  • Ukrainian: 28 (0.07%)
  • Slovak: 21 (0.05%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Ireland
Braintree:

15.5% (422)
Massachusetts:

2.3% (17,987)

Italy
Braintree:

11.7% (318)
Massachusetts:

3.7% (28,319)

Canada
Braintree:

7.7% (210)
Massachusetts:

5.2% (40,247)

United Kingdom
Braintree:

5.9% (159)
Massachusetts:

3.3% (25,403)

Vietnam
Braintree:

5.0% (136)
Massachusetts:

3.9% (30,457)

Pakistan
Braintree:

4.9% (132)
Massachusetts:

0.5% (3,660)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Braintree:

4.1% (111)
Massachusetts:

5.1% (39,255)

Greece
Braintree:

3.8% (103)
Massachusetts:

1.7% (12,975)

Hong Kong
Braintree:

3.5% (94)
Massachusetts:

1.0% (7,937)

Poland
Braintree:

3.3% (90)
Massachusetts:

1.8% (13,543)

India
Braintree:

3.2% (87)
Massachusetts:

3.6% (28,086)

Mexico
Braintree:

2.6% (70)
Massachusetts:

1.0% (7,867)

Portugal
Braintree:

2.5% (69)
Massachusetts:

8.6% (66,627)

Other Western Africa
Braintree:

2.4% (64)
Massachusetts:

2.6% (20,299)

Trinidad and Tobago
Braintree:

2.1% (56)
Massachusetts:

0.8% (6,005)

Philippines
Braintree:

1.8% (49)
Massachusetts:

1.0% (7,414)

Colombia
Braintree:

1.7% (45)
Massachusetts:

2.0% (15,286)

Turkey
Braintree:

1.5% (42)
Massachusetts:

0.5% (3,525)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 27,800
  • Other state: 3,039
  • Northeast: 1,865
  • Midwest: 407
  • South: 563
  • West: 204

70% of Braintree residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 60% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 13
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 22
  • 5th and 6th grade: 83
  • 7th and 8th grade: 168
  • 9th grade: 65
  • 10th grade: 128
  • 11th grade: 158
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 286
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,288
  • Less than 1 year of college: 635
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,490
  • Associate degree: 742
  • Bachelor's degree: 2,508
  • Master's degree: 956
  • Professional school degree: 263
  • Doctorate degree: 42
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 37
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 32
  • 5th and 6th grade: 47
  • 7th and 8th grade: 189
  • 9th grade: 110
  • 10th grade: 222
  • 11th grade: 118
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 460
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,438
  • Less than 1 year of college: 936
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,457
  • Associate degree: 1,211
  • Bachelor's degree: 2,735
  • Master's degree: 895
  • Professional school degree: 189
  • Doctorate degree: 63
Educational Attainment for Females
Braintree marital status for males
Braintree marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 9,105
  • One, attached: 357
  • Two: 889
  • 3 or 4: 618
  • 5 to 9: 430
  • 10 to 19: 891
  • 20 to 49: 167
  • 50 or more: 454
  • Mobile homes: 14

Median worth of mobile homes: $249,995

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.9%
Year householders moved into residence in Braintree
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Braintree, MA
  • 62.9%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 31.2%Utility gas
  • 4.8%Electricity
  • 0.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.3%Coal or coke
  • 0.2%Other fuel
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Braintree, MA
  • 47.9%Utility gas
  • 28.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 20.4%Electricity
  • 1.7%Other fuel
  • 1.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 0.2%Solar energy

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 206
Here:

6.2%
Massachusetts:

10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 335
Here:

17.6%
Massachusetts:

12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 619
Here:

41.5%
Massachusetts:

48.2%
School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students
School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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