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POPULAR REAL ESTATE NEAR Barre, MA Barre, MA, Holden, MA (Dawson/Camp Kinneywood), Holden, MA (Quinapoxet/Jefferson), Hubbardston, MA, Paxton, MA, Phillipston & Petersham, MA, Princeton, MA, Rutland & Oakham, MA, Shutesbury - Leverett Area, MA, Spencer, MA (Camp Neyati/Hillsville)
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| MEDIAN HOUSE VALUE | $234,255 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| RENTAL PRICE | low cost relative to MA, medium cost relative to the nation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| THE SETTING | Suburban (based on population density), farms |
| TYPE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Single-family homes, some Small apartment buildings, some Mobile homes, some Complexes/high rise apartments, a few Rowhouses & attached homes |
| SIZE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Medium-sized dwellings (3 or 4 bedrooms), some Small dwellings (1, 2 or no bedrooms), a few Large dwellings (4, 5 or more bedrooms) |
| AGE OF HOMES / DWELLINGS | mostly Historic homes (Built 1939 or earlier), some Established but not old (Built 1970 - 1994), some Well established older homes (Built 1940 - 1969), a few Newer Homes (Built 1995 or later) |
| HOME OWNERSHIP | Mixed owners & renters |
| SPECIAL CHARACTER | mostly Urban Sophisticates, Quiet |
| THE NEIGHBORS | DETAILS |
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| AGE & LIFESTYLE | mostly Young singles-upwardly mobile (young, educated, professionally employed, and single), some Mixed ages, some Families with children (family households with school-aged children), some Seniors (people 65 and over), some College students (people currently attending college) |
| EDUCATION LEVEL | Rating: 6 (5 is average for the U.S., 10 is most educated) |
| INCOME | Upper middle income (well-above average income for America) |
| OCCUPATIONS | mostly Executive, managerial & professional, some Manufacturing & Laborers, some Sales & Service workers, some Clerical, assistants & technical support, some Government employees |
| ETHNICITY/ANCESTRY | mostly White (non-Hispanic), some Irish ancestry, some Italian ancestry |
| LANGUAGES | mostly English speaking, some French speaking, some Italian speaking |
School Rating Information
QUABBIN School District
3,253 Students enrolled in District
| DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO STATE (10 is best) |
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| Better than: of MA school districts |
40.7% |
DISTRICT RATING COMPARED TO U.S. (10 is best) |
10 |
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| Better than: of US school districts |
93.5% |
STUDENTS PER CLASSROOM |
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| 16 |
| STATE AVERAGE 13 |
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Public School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)
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| PROFICIENT IN READING & MATH |
PROFICIENT IN READING |
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| SCHOOLS IN THIS DISTRICT | GRADES |
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| HARDWICK ELEM 531 LOWER ROAD, GILBERTVILLE, MA 01031 (413) 477-6351 |
KG-06 |
| HUBBARDSTON CENTER 8 ELM STREET, HUBBARDSTON, MA 01452 (978) 928-4487 |
KG-06 |
| NEW BRAINTREE GRADE 15 MEMORIAL DRIVE, NEW BRAINTREE, MA 01531 (508) 867-2553 |
KG-06 |
| OAKHAM CENTER 1 DEACON ALLEN DRIVE, OAKHAM, MA 01068 (508) 882-3392 |
PK-06 |
| QUABBIN REGIONAL MID/HS 800 SOUTH STREET, BARRE, MA 01005 (978) 355-4651 |
09-12 |
| QUABBIN REGIONAL MIDDLE SCHOOL 800 SOUTH STREET, BARRE, MA 01005 (978) 355-5042 |
07-08 |
| RUGGLES LANE 105 RUGGLES LANE, BARRE, MA 01005 (978) 355-2934 |
KG-06 |
| ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
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| WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) | 93.5 | 73.5 |
| BLACK (%) | 0.6 | 8.4 |
| HISPANIC (%) | 3.0 | 13.1 |
| ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) | NO DATA | 4.7 |
| AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| ECONOMIC GROUPS | THIS DISTRICT | THIS STATE |
| ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) | 13.8 | 28.2 |
| FOR THIS DISTRICT | PER STUDENT | TOTAL | % OF TOTAL |
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| INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $6,433 | $20,928,000 | 59.5 |
| SUPPORT EXPENDITURES | |||
| STUDENT | $540 | $1,758,000 | 5.0 |
| STAFF | $405 | $1,319,000 | 3.8 |
| GENERAL ADMINISTRATION | $98 | $318,000 | 0.9 |
| SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | $483 | $1,570,000 | 4.5 |
| OPERATION | $860 | $2,798,000 | 8.0 |
| TRANSPORTATION | $628 | $2,044,000 | 5.8 |
| OTHER | $267 | $867,000 | 2.5 |
| TOTAL SUPPORT | $3,281 | $10,674,000 | 30.4 |
| NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES | $1,091 | $3,549,000 | 10.1 |
| TOTAL EXPENDITURES | $10,806 | $35,151,000 | 100.0 |
Barre EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT  |
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| ADULTS IN Barre WITH COLLEGE DEGREE OR HIGHER (%) | 20.4 |
| CHILDREN IN Barre LIVING IN POVERTY (%) | 1.4 |
Barre Appreciation Rates
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| PERIOD | TOTAL APPRECIATION | AVG. ANNUAL RATE | COMPARED TO MA* |
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| Since 1990 |  58.42%
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About Barre
Barre is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 5,113 people and just one neighborhood, Barre is the 252nd largest community in Massachusetts. Barre has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Barre is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Barre is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Barre who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.62%), management occupations (11.46%), and sales jobs (9.16%).
One downside of living in Barre is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Barre, the average commute to work is 33.74 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Barre doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Barre Information and Demographics
The percentage of people in Barre who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 20.43% of adults in Barre have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Barre in 2000 was $20,476, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $81,904 for a family of four.
The people who call Barre home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Barre is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Barre include Italian, English, French, Irish, Polish, German, French Canadian, Scottish, Lithuanian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Barre is English.
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