Aging in Hingham - Town of Hingham Massachusetts

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Figure 2: Age distribution of householders by owner status, Hingham 2010All households23%33%43%Householder is younger than45Owner-occupied23%37%40%Householder is aged 45-59Householder is aged 60+Renters25%19%56%0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%Source: U.S. Census Bureau. 2010 Census, Summary File 1, Table H17.Figure 3: Percentage of householders who are homeowners by age, Hingham 2010One-person households aged 65+Householders aged 60+Householders aged 45-59All householders0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%Source: U.S. Census Bureau. 2010 Census, Summary File 1, Tables H17 and H18.20
Although 33% of Hingham residents aged 65 and over 3 live alone (see Figure 4), more than halflive with a spouse and/or with others in their own homes. Only 6% live in someone else's home—most typically the home of a grown child and his or her family—and a similar share (about 5%) livein group quarters such as nursing homes.Figure 4: Living arrangements of Hingham residents aged 65+, 20105%Lives alone56%33%6%Lives in someone else'shome or withnonrelativesFamily household heador spouseLiving in group quartersSource: U.S. Census Bureau. 2010 Census, Summary File 1, Table P34.Social and Economic Results from the American Community SurveyData from the American Community Survey (ACS) may be used to further describe the olderpopulation of Hingham. 4 Data presented in Figure 5 illustrate the comparative economicdisadvantage experienced by many seniors in Hingham. Median household income ranges wellabove $100,000 annually for households headed by younger and middle-aged residents,reflecting the general affluence of the community. However, the median household income forresidents who are aged 65 and over is less than half that, at about $51,000. Seniors living alonehave lower median incomes yet, at $38,750 for men and $33,125 for women living alone. Theeconomic profile of Seniors, relative to Boomers, is further illustrated in Figure 6, which showsthat one-fifth of senior households report under $25,000 in annual income, compared with just4% of Boomer households. While a segment of the Senior population is quite affluent—21%report incomes of $100,000 or greater—this income level is reported by more than half of theBoomer households. Hingham’s reputation as a well-educated community is reflected in theSenior population, 43% of whom has earned a bachelor’s, graduate, or professional degree. 5More than one-third of seniors aged 65-74, and 10% of those aged 75 or more, are in the labor3 Most data on the senior population that is available for Hingham from the Census Bureau uses age 65 as thereference point rather than age 60, as is used in the remaining sections of this report.4 For smaller communities such as Hingham, data from the American Community Survey are available only throughmulti-year files. Most of the data presented here are drawn from the 2007-2011 American Community Survey fiveyearfile, which is the most recent available. Data on disability are obtained from the 2009-2011 ACS three-year file,which is the most recent source for disability data.5 2007-2011 American Community Survey, Table B15001.21
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Q20. Outside of the Hingham Senior
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Q32: In the past 6 months, when you
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Q33. Are you retired?All agesBoomer
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