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Population (year 2000): 9,707. Estimated
population in July 2005: 10,005 (+3.1% change)
Males: 4,727 (48.7%), Females: 4,980 (51.3%)
Hampshire County
Median resident age: 37.7 years
Median household income: $36,875 (year 2000)
Median house value: $114,200 (year 2000)
Races in Ware:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.5%)
- Hispanic (2.1%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Other race (0.8%)
- Black (0.5%)
Ancestries: French (26.3%), Polish (24.1%),
Irish (16.6%), French Canadian (12.5%), English (9.4%), Italian
(6.3%).
Elevation: 475 feet
Land area: 6.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Ware
- High school or higher: 80.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.6%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.9%
- Unemployed: 4.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 25.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Ware town
- Never married: 29.9%
- Now married: 50.0%
- Separated: 1.5%
- Widowed: 9.1%
- Divorced: 9.5%
3.3% Foreign born (2.0% Europe, 0.9% North
America).
Hospital/medical center in Ware:
- MARY LANE HOSPITAL (85 SOUTH ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Ware:
- WING MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; PALMER, MA)
- HEALTHSOUTH HOSP OF WESTERN MA (about 17 miles;
LUDLOW, MA)
- JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; STAFFORD
SPRINGS, CT)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Ware:
- WESTOVER ARB/METROPOLITAN (about 21 miles;
SPRINGFIELD/CHICOPEE, MA; ID: CEF)
- WORCESTER REGIONAL (about 27 miles; WORCESTER, MA;
ID: ORH)
- BARNES MUNI (about 33 miles; WESTFIELD/SPRINGFIELD,
MA; ID: BAF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ware:
- METROPOLITAN (about 5 miles; PALMER, MA; ID: PMX)
- TANNER-HILLER (about 11 miles; BARRE/BARRE PLAINS,
MA; ID: 8B5)
- SOUTHBRIDGE MUNI (about 19 miles; SOUTHBRIDGE, MA;
ID: 3B0)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ware:
- WESTERN NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE (about 21 miles;
SPRINGFIELD, MA; Full-time enrollment: 3,285)
- SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE (about 24 miles; SPRINGFIELD,
MA; FT enrollment: 4,176)
- MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE (about 24 miles; SOUTH HADLEY,
MA; FT enrollment: 2,029)
- SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26
miles; SPRINGFIELD, MA; FT enrollment: 4,026)
- HOLYOKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 27 miles; HOLYOKE,
MA; FT enrollment: 3,747)
- SMITH COLLEGE (about 28 miles; NORTHAMPTON, MA; FT
enrollment: 3,053)
- WORCESTER STATE COLLEGE (about 28 miles; WORCESTER,
MA; FT enrollment: 3,846)
Public high school in Ware:
- WARE HIGH (Students: 447; Location: 237 WEST
STREET; Grades: 08 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Ware:
- STANLEY M KOZIOL ELEM SCH (Students: 548;
Location: 4 GOULD RD; Grades: PK - 04)
- WARE MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 300; Location:
239 WEST STREET; Grades: 05 - 07)
Private primary/middle schools in Ware:
- ST MARYS SCHOOL (Students: 201; Location:
SOUTH AND CHARLES STREETS; Grades: KG - 8)
- WOODLAND ACADEMY (Students: 36; Location: 258
MALBOEUF RD; Grades: KG - 8)
Library in Ware:
- YOUNG MEN'S LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (Operating
income: $207,887; Location: 37 MAIN ST.; 41,241 books;
379 audio materials; 1,156 video materials; 102 serial
subscriptions)
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