Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission 2 Washington Square, Union Station, 2nd Floor, Worcester, MA 01604-4016

  

TOWN OF NEW BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS

Location: It is in Central Massachusetts, bordered by Barre and Oakham on the northeast, North Brookfield on the southeast, West Brookfield and Ware on the southwest, and Hardwick on the northwest. New Braintree is 14 miles west of Worcester and 53 miles west of Boston.

Total Area: 20.85 sq. miles Land Area: 20.70 sq. miles Population: 999 Density: 48 per sq. mile

This snapshot contains details about the following items:

Population Economy Land use Housing Public Safety Education Transportation Traffic Safety

Data Sources: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation / Geographic Information Systems / Education / State Police / Division of Unemployment Assistance / Housing and Community Development, The US Census Bureau, Massachusetts Association of Realtors, Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research (MISER), The Warren Group and massbenchmarks.org.

NEW BRAINTREE

BOSTON

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Community Snapshot New BraintreeThis snapshot contains data on:

Population-Economy-Housing-Education-Transportation-Public Safety

Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission www.cmrpc.org

POPULATION ECONOMY

Source: US Census *CMRPC Projections approved March 2011 Source: MA Division of Unemp. Assist.

Source: US Census 2010 Source: American Community Survey 2009 inflation-adjusted dollars

Source: massbenchmarks.org Source: US Census

LANDUSE

Source: US Census Source: MassGIS

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Community Snapshot New BraintreeThis snapshot contains data on:

Population-Economy-Housing-Education-Transportation-Public Safety

Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission www.cmrpc.org

HOUSING PUBLIC SAFETY

Source: CMRPC / MISER / US Census Source: MA State Police

Source: The Warren Group/Mass. Assoc. of Realtors Source: Mass DOT Highway State & Local Police Jurisdiction

TRANSPORTATION

Source: US Census Source: US Census

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Source: MA Dept of Education Source: US Census 2000

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Find Excel version of these tables at: http://www.cmrpc.org/Stats-Demographics

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Community Snapshot New BraintreeThis snapshot contains data on:

Population-Economy-Housing-Education-Transportation-Public Safety

Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission www.cmrpc.org

POPULATION 1990 2000 % Change

Total Population 891 927 4.0%

In households 891 927 4.0%

In group quarters 0 0 NA

PERSONS PER HOUSEHOLD

Total Households 278 323 16.2%

1 35 41 17.1%

2 82 113 37.8%

3 48 69 43.8%

4 71 56 -21.1%

> 5 42 44 4.8%

Mean persons / household 3 3 -10.6%

VEHICLES AVAILABLE

Total Households 278 323 16.2%

0 4 9 125.0%

1 60 70 16.7%

2 149 148 -0.7%

3 37 68 83.8%

4 10 27 170.0%

> 5 18 1 -94.4%

Mean vehicles / household 2 2 -4.5%

WORKERS BY GENDER

Workers 16 years and over 436 505 15.8%

Male 246 265 7.7%

Female 190 240 26.3%

COMMUTE MODE

Workers 16 years and over 436 507 16.3%

Drive Alone 354 417 17.8%

Carpool 32 42 31.3%

Transit / Taxi 0 0 NA

Bike / Ped 10 13 30.0%

Motorbike 4 0 -100.0%

Work at home 36 35 -2.8%

COMMUTE TIME

Workers not working at home 400 472 18.0%

< 5 mins 13 21 61.5%

5 - 9 mins 13 12 -7.7%

10 - 14 mins 39 45 15.4%

15 - 19 mins 66 90 36.4%

20 - 29 mins 85 60 -29.4%

30 - 44 mins 95 104 9.5%

> 45 mins 89 140 57.3%

Mean travel time to work (mins) 28 33 15.5%

TIME LEAVING FOR WORK

Workers not working at home 400 472 18.0%

5 to 6:59 a.m. 151 188 24.5%

7 to 7:59 a.m. 102 94 -7.8%

8 to 8:59 a.m 51 38 -25.5%

9 to 9:59 a.m. 8 25 212.5%

10 to 11:59 a.m. 18 18 0.0%

12 to 11:59 p.m. 62 78 25.8%

12 to 4:59 a.m. 8 31 287.5% Source: Census Transportation Planning Package (CTPP 2000)

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Community Snapshot NEW BRAINTREE

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Total Auto Crashes 2006-2008 NEW BRAINTREE 51 0 22 29 139Total Pedestrian Crashes 2006-2008 NEW BRAINTREE 0 0 0 0 0Total Bike Crashes 2006-2008 NEW BRAINTREE 0 0 0 0 0¹ PDO - Property Damage Only² EPDO - Equivalent Property Damage Only weighted by fatal crashes = 10, injury crashes = 5, PDO =1³ HSIP- Highway Safety Improvement Program (MA)† Excluding Interstate HighwaysSource : Mass DOT Highway

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Community Snapshot NEW BRAINTREE

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