Estimated median household income in 2007: $142,971
| This zip code: | $142,971 | | Connecticut: | $65,967 |
Nearest zip codes: 06870, 06807, 06830, 06901, 06902, 06905.
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 |
Year house built: |
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- 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
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in 06878: |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 0
- 2 bedrooms: 155
- 3 bedrooms: 702
- 4 bedrooms: 854
- 5 or more bedrooms: 480
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 101
- 2 bedrooms: 104
- 3 bedrooms: 99
- 4 bedrooms: 108
- 5 or more bedrooms: 19
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Vehicles available in 06878 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 24
- 1 vehicle: 406
- 2 vehicles: 1,320
- 3 vehicles: 361
- 4 vehicles: 51
- 5 or more vehicles: 29
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 35
- 1 vehicle: 171
- 2 vehicles: 203
- 3 vehicles: 22
- 4 vehicles: 0
- 5 or more vehicles: 0
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Estimated household income distribution in 2007:

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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
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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
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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
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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

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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%)
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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
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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:
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- Japan (14%)
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Italy (7%)
- Korea (5%)
- Germany (5%)
- Other Northern Europe (4%)
- Taiwan (3%)
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Year of entry for the foreign-born population |
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- 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
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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

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)
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Utility gas (76%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (19%)
- Electricity (5%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
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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:
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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% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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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)
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Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
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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 |
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- 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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