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Brookline, MA real estate and demographic information

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Brookline zip codes02445, 02446, 02467

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POPULATION
57,061

Brookline, MA Information

BROOKLINE INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 57,061
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 26,388
BROOKLINE HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 43.78%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 53.13%
% VACANT 3.09%
TYPE OF BROOKLINE HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 17.25%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 3.94%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 25.21%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 53.57%
MOBILE HOMES 0.03%
OTHER 0.00%
SIZE OF BROOKLINE HOMES
NO BEDROOM 4.82%
1 BEDROOM 27.99%
2 BEDROOMS 29.12%
3 BEDROOMS 19.27%
4 BEDROOMS 10.71%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 8.09%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 0.74%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 16.25%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 30.28%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 52.73%


BROOKLINE REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $791,998
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $2,111
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$100,000 0.78%
$100,001-$200,000 0.73%
$200,001-$401,000 15.63%
$401,001-$601,000 18.94%
$601,001-$802,000 14.60%
$802,001-$1,002,000 13.47%
$1,002,001-$1,503,000 18.71%
$1,503,001-$2,003,000 9.30%
> $2,003,000 7.84%


PEOPLE OF Brookline DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 4.63%
5 TO 17 11.90%
18 TO 24 11.52%
25 TO 34 22.42%
35 TO 54 29.04%
55 TO 64 8.34%
65 YEARS AND OVER 12.16%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 96.28%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 76.95%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $66,711
PER CAPITA INCOME $44,327
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 9.28%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Healthcare (19.78%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (19.11%), Education (15.08%), Finance (9.04%), Retail (6.52%), Information Technology (5.16%), Manufacturing (4.75%), Accomodation (3.46%), Other (3.40%), Real Estate (2.85%), Public Service (2.32%), Administration (2.28%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 12.94%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 80.01%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 2.29%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.19%
ASIAN 13.65%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.06%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 1.37%
TWO OR MORE RACES 2.43%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 3.32%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Other Groups (24.23%), Unclassified (14.01%), Irish (9.63%), Russian (7.87%), English (4.87%), United States or American (4.86%), Italian (4.77%), German (4.68%), Polish (2.76%), Eastern European (2.05%)
FOREIGN BORN 26.59%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (67.74%) , Chinese (5.42%) , Russian (4.20%) , Spanish (3.39%)
About Brookline

Brookline is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 57,061 people and 12 constituent neighborhoods, Brookline is the 17th largest community in Massachusetts. Brookline has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Brookline is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 96.81% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Brookline is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Brookline who work in management occupations (13.81%), healthcare (11.20%), and teaching (10.21%).

Also of interest is that Brookline has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Brookline has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

Of important note, Brookline is also a town of artists. Brookline has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Brookline's character.

Brookline is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Brookline enrolled in college, Brookline has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

Not only is Brookline a town with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That's because Brookline is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Brookline a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Brookline is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

For the size of the town, public transportation in Brookline is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the subway. For Brookline, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

Brookline Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Brookline, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Brookline is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 76.95% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Brookline in 2000 was $44,327, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $177,308 for a family of four.

Brookline is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Brookline home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Brookline is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Brookline include Irish, Russian, English, Italian, German, Polish, and Eastern European.

Brookline also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 26.59%.

The languages spoken by people in Brookline are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Brookline is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Russian, and Spanish.

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