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Fairfield County, CT
Zip code population (2000): 7,724
Estimated zip code population in 2007: 7,943

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Houses and condos: 2,771
Renter-occupied apartments: 431
% of renters here:  16%
State:  33%

2008 cost of living index in zip code 06878: 186.1 (very high, U.S. average is 100)

Land area: 2.4 sq. mi.
Water area: 0.0 sq. mi.
Population density: 3340 people per square mile 
 
 (average).

Estimate of real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2007:
This zip code:  1.1% ($5,490)
Connecticut:  2.7% ($2,961)

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Males: 3,748  (48.5%)
Females: 3,976  (51.5%)

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Estimated median house/condo value in 2007: $1,362,136
06878:  $1,362,136
Connecticut:  $309,200

According to our research of public records there were no registered sex offenders living in this zip code in early 2007.

Median resident age:  39.6 years
Connecticut median age:  37.4 years

Average household size:
This zip code:  2.9 people
Connecticut:  2.5 people

Averages for the 2004 tax year for zip code 06878, filed in 2005:
Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $298,087 (Individual Income Tax Returns)
Here:  $298,087
State:  $73,265

Salary/wage: $251,799 (reported on 70.6% of returns)
Here:  $251,799
State:  $62,030
(% of AGI for various income ranges: -53.4% for AGIs below $10k, 50.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 66.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 56.6% for AGIs $50k-75k, 59.9% for AGIs $75k-100k, 59.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable interest for individuals: $9,687 (reported on 77.1% of returns)
This zip code:  $9,687
Connecticut:  $2,287
(% of AGI for various income ranges: -24.9% for AGIs below $10k, 7.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 3.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.4% for AGIs over 100k)

Taxable dividends: $19,797 (reported on 67.9% of returns)
Here:  $19,797
State:  $5,735
(% of AGI for various income ranges: -32.2% for AGIs below $10k, 9.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 6.6% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.7% for AGIs $50k-75k, 6.3% for AGIs $75k-100k, 4.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Net capital gain/loss: +$91,911 (reported on 59.1% of returns)
Here:  +$91,911
State:  +$23,694
(% of AGI for various income ranges: 6.7% for AGIs below $10k, 2.1% for AGIs $10k-25k, 2.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 3.3% for AGIs $50k-75k, 3.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 19.1% for AGIs over 100k)

Profit/loss from business: +$53,127 (reported on 20.2% of returns)
Here:  +$53,127
State:  +$20,783
(% of AGI for various income ranges: -11.1% for AGIs below $10k, 6.9% for AGIs $10k-25k, 7.1% for AGIs $25k-50k, 6.2% for AGIs $50k-75k, 8.4% for AGIs $75k-100k, 3.4% for AGIs over 100k)

IRA payment deduction: $3,819 (reported on 3.6% of returns)
06878:  $3,819
Connecticut:  $3,216
(% of AGI for various income ranges: -1.5% for AGIs below $10k, 0.4% for AGIs $25k-50k, 0.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 0.2% for AGIs $75k-100k, 0.0% for AGIs over 100k)

Self-employed pension: $31,524 (reported on 5.9% of returns)
Here:  $31,524
Connecticut:  $17,335

Total itemized deductions: $63,676 (0% of AGI, reported on 61.4% of returns)
Here:  $63,676
State:  $24,919
(% of AGI for various income ranges: -35.9% for AGIs below $10k, 27.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 18.5% for AGIs $25k-50k, 24.4% for AGIs $50k-75k, 27.0% for AGIs $75k-100k, 12.3% for AGIs over 100k)

Charity contributions deductions: $11,699 (2.4% of AGI, reported on 57.6% of returns)
Here:  $11,699
Connecticut:  $3,762

Here:  2.4% of AGI
State:  2.7% of AGI
(% of AGI for various income ranges: -1.6% for AGIs below $10k, 2.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 1.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 2.9% for AGIs $50k-75k, 2.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 2.2% for AGIs over 100k)

Total tax: $84,510 (reported on 83.5% of returns)
06878:  $84,510
State:  $15,148
(% of AGI for various income ranges: -4.8% for AGIs below $10k, 4.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 8.0% for AGIs $25k-50k, 10.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 10.8% for AGIs $75k-100k, 24.5% for AGIs over 100k)

Earned income credit: $1,090 (reported on 3.1% of returns)
Here:  $1,090
State:  $1,570
(% of AGI for various income ranges: -1.3% for AGIs below $10k, 1.0% for AGIs $10k-25k, 0.2% for AGIs $25k-50k)

Percentage of individuals using paid preparers for their 2004 taxes: 71.7%
Here:  72%
State:  59%
(% for various income ranges: 67.1% for AGIs below $10k, 58.4% for AGIs $10k-25k, 63.9% for AGIs $25k-50k, 70.0% for AGIs $50k-75k, 73.6% for AGIs $75k-100k, 79.5% for AGIs over 100k)


Estimated median household income in 2007: $142,971
This zip code:  $142,971
Connecticut:  $65,967
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Nearest zip codes: 06870, 06807, 06830, 06901, 06902, 06905.


Percentage of family households:
This zip code:  79.7%
Whole state:  67.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This zip code:  2.0%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Housing units in zip code 06878 with a mortgage: 1,459 (142 second mortgage, 305 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 594


Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $4,639

Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $1,111

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This zip code:  2.4%
Whole state:  7.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This zip code:  1.3%
Whole state:  3.6%

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  7.9
State:  6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  5.2
State:  4.0


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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:

Church in zip code 06878: Saint Pauls Episcopal Church (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Cemetery: Adams Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Reservoir: Mianus River Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map

River: Mianus River (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Park in zip code 06878: Binney Park (1). Display/hide its location on the map

 

Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 7
  • 1995 to 1998: 62
  • 1990 to 1994: 6
  • 1980 to 1989: 177
  • 1970 to 1979: 261
  • 1960 to 1969: 344
  • 1950 to 1959: 862
  • 1940 to 1949: 407
  • 1939 or earlier: 599



Zip code 06878 satellite photo by USGS


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in 06878:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedrooms: 0
  • 2 bedrooms: 155
  • 3 bedrooms: 702
  • 4 bedrooms: 854
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 480


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedrooms: 101
  • 2 bedrooms: 104
  • 3 bedrooms: 99
  • 4 bedrooms: 108
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 19



Vehicles available in 06878 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 24
  • 1 vehicle: 406
  • 2 vehicles: 1,320
  • 3 vehicles: 361
  • 4 vehicles: 51
  • 5 or more vehicles: 29


Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments:
  • no vehicle: 35
  • 1 vehicle: 171
  • 2 vehicles: 203
  • 3 vehicles: 22
  • 4 vehicles: 0
  • 5 or more vehicles: 0



Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

Zip code 06878 household income distribution in 2007

Zip code 06878 house/condo values in 2007


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2007 in zip code 06878:

  • $175,000 to $199,999: 2
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 9
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 1
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 5
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 22
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 355
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 358
  • $1,000,000 or more: 1,502
 



06878 rent paid by renters


Rent paid by renters in 2007 in zip code 06878:

  • $150 to $199: 7
  • $250 to $299: 9
  • $350 to $399: 6
  • $400 to $449: 16
  • $500 to $549: 11
  • $550 to $599: 11
  • $600 to $649: 4
  • $650 to $699: 10
  • $700 to $749: 4
  • $800 to $899: 7
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 55
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 30
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 119
  • $2,000 or more: 342
  • No cash rent: 21
 


Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007: $721,980.


Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2007 for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $1,406,609
  • Asian householders: $898,528
  • Two or more races householders: $1,925,280
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $1,604,335

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $1,348,587 (it was $707,500 in 2000)
06878:  $1,348,587
Connecticut:  $309,200
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $0 - $0

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $1,393,059
Here:  $1,393,059
State:  $418,487

Townhouses or other attached units: $831,010
Here:  $831,010
State:  $295,130

In 2-unit structures: $946,284
Here:  $946,284
State:  $295,498

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $292,285
Here:  $292,285
State:  $253,799

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $684,311
Here:  $684,311
State:  $220,717


Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders


Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 2,345
  • One, attached: 104
  • Two: 50
  • 3 or 4: 31
  • 5 to 9: 60
  • 10 to 19: 23
  • 20 to 49: 84
  • 50 or more: 28
06878 zip code mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 1,993 (63%)
  • Carpooled: 102 (3%)
  • Subway or elevated: 11 (0%)
  • Railroad: 715 (23%)
  • Walked: 30 (1%)
  • Other means: 31 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 291 (9%)
 

06878 zip code travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 95
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 278
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 517
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 522
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 262
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 87
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 119
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 5
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 26
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 153
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 634
  • 90 or more minutes: 184
 

Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 63.8%


Household type by relationship
Households: 7,616

  • In family households: 6,998 (1,703 male householders, 384 female householders)
    1,889 spouses, 2,742 children (2,606 natural, 110 adopted, 26 stepchildren), 73 grandchildren, 5 brothers or sisters, 51 parents, 75 other relatives, 76 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 618 (147 male householders (103 living alone)), 367 female householders (328 living alone)), 104 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 4 (0 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 706 2-persons, 439 3-persons, 572 4-persons, 262 5-persons, 87 6-persons, 21 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 431 1-person, 73 2-persons, 10 3-persons.

2,094 married couples with children.
207 single-parent households (43 men, 164 women).

81.5% of residents of 06878 zip code speak English at home.
4.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (81% very well, 19% well).
8.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% very well, 11% well, 13% not well).
5.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (40% very well, 28% well, 29% not well, 2% not at all).
0.8% of residents speak other language at home (67% very well, 33% well).

Foreign born population: 1,321 (17.1%)
(44.4% of them are naturalized citizens)

This zip code:  17.1%
Whole state:  10.9%


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:



  • Japan (14%)
  • United Kingdom (13%)
  • Italy (7%)
  • Korea (5%)
  • Germany (5%)
  • Other Northern Europe (4%)
  • Taiwan (3%)


Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 380
  • 1990 to 1994: 153
  • 1985 to 1989: 158
  • 1980 to 1984: 99
  • 1975 to 1979: 105
  • 1970 to 1974: 77
  • 1970 to 1974: 89
  • 1965 to 1969: 260

White population: 6,968
Black population: 65
American Indian population: 0
Asian population: 505
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 3
Some other race population: 76
Two or more races population: 107

Zip code 06878 races chart


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 1225
 Italian: 987
 Irish: 969
 English: 866
 German: 486
 United States or American: 397
 Polish: 302
 Scottish: 236
 Swedish: 165
 British: 119
 French (except Basque): 100
 Scotch-Irish: 99
 Russian: 89
 Danish: 79
 Norwegian: 70
 European: 58
 Finnish: 47
 Greek: 44
 Swiss: 37
 Hungarian: 35
 Brazilian: 33
 Dutch: 33
 Eastern European: 32
 Latvian: 31
 Czechoslovakian: 29
 Iranian: 27
 Arab:: 24
 Ukrainian: 23
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 23
 Israeli: 20
 Austrian: 20
 Australian: 20
 Romanian: 19
 Canadian: 19
 French Canadian: 16
 Moroccan: 14
 Portuguese: 13
 Lithuanian: 12
 Croatian: 11
 Czech: 10
 Jamaican: 10
 West Indian: 9
 Pennsylvania German: 8
 Slovak: 6
 Egyptian: 5
 Syrian: 5
 Welsh: 5
 Haitian: 4


Public primary/middle schools in zip code 06878 not listed on the city page:
  • EASTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 691; Location: 51 HENDRIE AVE., RIVERSIDE, CT; Grades: 06 - 08)
  • RIVERSIDE SCHOOL (Students: 473; Location: 90 HENDRIE AVE., RIVERSIDE, CT; Grades: PK - 05)
  • NORTH MIANUS SCHOOL (Students: 450; Location: 309 PALMER HILL RD., RIVERSIDE, CT; Grades: PK - 05)
  • INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL AT DUNDEE (Students: 331; Location: 55 FLORENCE RD., RIVERSIDE, CT; Grades: KG - 05)
Zip code 06878 marital status for males
Zip code 06878 marital status for females


Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (76%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
  • Electricity (5%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


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

  • This state: 2399
  • Northeast: 2578
  • Midwest: 419
  • South: 482
  • West: 278

67% of the 06878 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 58% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 4% lived in Connecticut.

Population in 1990: 7,765. Population change in the 1990s: -41 (-0.5%).



Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

 



Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 169
Here:  15.0%
Connecticut:  9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 94
Here:  26.5%
Connecticut:  11.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 56
Here:  52.8%
Connecticut:  33.4%


Educational Attainment


School Enrollment by Level of School



Class of Workers



Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:

  • WAGNER INSTRUMENTS (17 WILMOT LANE in RIVERSIDE, CT; small business): $5,000 in 2 contracts in 2005
    $3,660 with Navy for Aircraft Ground Servicing Equipment. Signed on 2005-08-10. Completion date: 2005-08-17.
    $1,340 with Navy for Electrical and Electronic Properties Measuring and Testing Instruments. Signed on 2005-06-13. Completion date: 2005-06-20.


Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:

  • Wholesale Trade: Wholesale Trade Agents and Brokers (over 1000 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 2 establishments)
  • Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (50-99: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 1)
  • Health Care and Social Assistance: Ambulance Services (50-99: 1)
  • Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Marinas (50-99: 1)
  • Finance and Insurance: Insurance Agencies and Brokerages (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 1)
  • Accommodation and Food Services: Full-Service Restaurants (20-49: 1, 5-9: 2, 1-4: 2)
  • Health Care and Social Assistance: Child Day Care Services (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 1)
  • Other Services (except Public Administration): Religious Organizations (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1)


Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)


Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)



4 people in religious group quarters

Fatal accident statistics in 2006
  • Fatal accident count: 3
  • Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 4
  • Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
  • Fatalities: 3
  • Persons involved in fatal accidents: 5
  • Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1


National Bridge Inventory (NBI) statistics
Number of bridges: 59
Total length: 11,299 meters
Total costs: 48,000 $
Total average daily traffic: 962,850
Total average daily truck traffic: 341

New bridges - historical statistics

  • Built before 1900: 0
  • Built in 1900-1910: 1
  • Built in 1910-1920: 1
  • Built in 1920-1930: 0
  • Built in 1930-1940: 0
  • Built in 1940-1950: 1
  • Built in 1950-1960: 0
  • Built in 1960-1970: 0
  • Built in 1970-1980: 52
  • Built in 1980-1990: 4
  • Built in 1990-2000: 0
  • Built in 2000-2010: 0




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