TOWN OF NATICK Housing Production Plan

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Table 13
INDIVIDUAL POVERTY IN NATICK
Natick Middlesex County Massachusetts
Below
poverty
level
Percent
below
poverty
level
Total
Below
poverty
level
Percent
below
poverty
level
28 | P a g e L D S C o n s u l t i n g G r o u p , L L C
Total
Below
poverty
level
Percent
below
poverty
level
All Individuals 31,821 1,114 3.5% 1,428,271 108,660 7.6% 6,253,462 658,391 10.5%
Under 18 years 7,488 245 3.3% 316,796 25,318 8.0% 1,412,218 186,815 13.2%
18 to 64 years 20,008 538 2.7% 928,323 68,778 7.4% 4,006,774 394,306 9.8%
65 years and
over
4,325 331 7.7% 183,152 14,564 8.0% 834,470 77,270 9.3%
Male 15,803 455 2.9% 694,487 46,409 6.7% 3,024,012 283,884 9.4%
Female 16,018 659 4.1% 733,784 62,251 8.5% 3,229,450 374,507 11.6%
Source: 2006-2010 ACS
Education
As shown in Table 14, in 2010, 78.1%, the majority of the population age 25 and older in Natick,
went on to higher education after high school. This a larger proportion of the population
compared to Middlesex County, which had 69% of residents move onto higher education or the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, which saw 62% go onto higher education.
Table 14
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF POPULATION 25+
High School
Graduate or
GED
Some
College
Associate’s
Degree
Bachelor’s
Degree
Master’s,
Professional
School, or
Doctorate Degree
Natick 18.1% 11.5% 6.3% 34.2% 26.1%
Middlesex County 22.6% 13.6% 6.1% 25.6% 23.7%
Massachusetts 26.7% 16.0% 7.6% 21.9% 16.4%
Source: 2006-2010 ACS
Employment
Natick residents age 16 years and older worked in a variety of occupations in 2010, as shown in
Table 15. The most common occupation was education, health, and social services, with 26.4%
of the population employed by that industry. Natick had roughly the same proportion of its
population employed in that industry as the Middlesex County average and the Massachusetts
average. Other common occupations of Natick included Professional, Scientific and
Management at 19.5% and Retail Trade at 10.2%.