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2.4.1.2 Household Size and Income The Town of Brunswick had 8,212 households in 2009 with an average size of 2.4 persons per household. Topsham had 3,825 households in 2009 with an average household size of 2.46 persons. The region had 28,647 households in 2009 with an average household size of 2.34 persons per household. The increase in households since 2000 was nominal (i.e., 0.8 percent) in the Town of Brunswick, compared to an 11.7 percent increase in Topsham and a 6 percent increase in the Midcoast Region. However, the average household size in Brunswick increased by 2.6 percent, whereas a 2.9 percent decline was evident in the region and a 6.1 percent decline in Topsham. The ACS estimates indicate a smaller average household size (i.e., 2.19 persons) for Brunswick and a higher number of households than Demographic NOW’s 2009 estimates; however, the population in households from both sources is almost identical. 6 Households in the Town of Brunswick accounted for 28.7 percent of the Brunswick LMA base in 2009, and households in Topsham accounted for 13.4 percent of the regional base in 2009. The median household income in the Town of Brunswick was $50,799 in 2009, an increase of 26 percent since 2000. In the Midcoast Region, the median household income was $51,250 in 2009, approximately 2.7 percent higher than indicated for the Town of Brunswick. The ACS estimate for 2006–2008 was approximately $3,500 less than the 2009 median household income for the Town of Brunswick; the ACS estimate for the Brunswick LMA was slightly higher. In Topsham, the median household income in 2009 was $58,756, reflecting a 22.9 percent increase since 2000. The distribution of households in 2009 by income levels in the Town of Brunswick was fairly similar to that in the Midcoast Region in all income groups. However, Brunswick experienced a higher percentage loss in those households in the three groups earning less than $50,000 and a lower percentage increase in those households in the two income groups earning $75,000 or more. 2.4.1.3 Real Estate Market Characteristics This subsection reviews trends and pricing indicators of residential and commercial properties (i.e., land and buildings) in the Towns of Brunswick and Topsham. The analysis is based on available sales data from each town assessors’ office, as well as available listings of residential and commercial properties for sale and lease. Annual sales activity of land in the Town of Brunswick ranged between 33 sales in 2008 and 104 sales in 2004. Annual sales activity of land in the Town of Topsham 6 Increasing the ACS population in households by the margin-of-error figure (i.e., 20,523) and decreasing the household count by its margin of error (i.e., 8,660 households) results in a larger average household size of 2.7, and the difference between the two estimates would not be as great. Therefore, the Demographics Now estimates for 2009 appear reasonable. Existing Conditions 59
anged between 14 sales in 2008 and 41 sales in 2003; transfers of commercial land ranged between zero sales in 2007 and seven sales in 2005. Residential Land Activity and Pricing Brunswick – Residential Lot Sales A select sample of residential sales was categorized in 10 different zoning districts in the Town of Brunswick. Lot pricing from this sample ranged from $25,000 to $565,000, with the high end influenced by a waterfront setting. The range in median sale price between the different zoning districts was from $50,000 to $166,000; the overall median was $85,000. The average value per acre ranged from less than $20,000 to $138,420, depending on the zoning district; the overall average value per acre was $58,540. Topsham – Residential Lot Sales The selected sample of residential land sales was categorized in four different zoning districts in the Town of Topsham. Residential lot pricing ranged from $20,000 to $110,000. The range in median sale prices was from $46,750 to $58,500; the overall median was $51,750. The average value per acre ranged from $26,450 to $175,890; the overall average value per acre was $35,730. Commercial Land Activity and Pricing Brunswick – Commercial Land Sales According to the town’s data, the number of commercial lot sales ranged between three (2005 and 2009) and eight sales (2004 and 2008). Most of the commercial land sales were located in the Cooks Corner Commercial District (CCCD), the Portland Road Area (MU 5), the Church Road Industrial Park (I-2), or the Exit 22 district (I-4); only a few were in the Outer Pleasant Street (HC1) district. Fifteen of thirty-four commercial land transactions were between 1 and 2.9 acres, six were less than 1 acre, and four were between 3 and 4.9 acres. The other nine sales were in two size categories with 5 acres or more and comprised more than 154 acres. The average sale value was $35,820 per acre; the highest average value was $597,825 per acre. The latter was a representative sale of a 0.46-acre site on Pleasant Street in 2007. The average value of small lots (i.e., less than 1 acre) was $322,570 per acre, and lots in the CCCD averaged $233,445 per acre, with a high value of $360,000 per acre. Topsham – Commercial Land Sales The number of per-year commercial-lot sales in the Town of Topsham ranged between 12 sales in 2009 and 41 sales in 2003 and 2008, according to the town’s data. Most of the commercial land sales were located in the Commercial Corridor (CC), Existing Conditions 60
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