Town of Dickinson Broome County, New York Comprehensive Plan Update August 8, 2005 Town of Dickinson Planning Board Broome County Department of Planning and Economic Development ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DICKINSON TOWN BOARD Michael Marinaccio, Town Supervisor Sharon M. Exley, Councilwoman Thomas J. Burns, Councilman Danny F. Morabito, Councilman Joel Kie, Councilman DICKINSON PLANNING BOARD Frank DiStefano, Chairman John Kolly Kathleen Wood Susan Kirkland James Baumgartner Richard Krajcir Larry Hrehor Joel Kie TOWN ATTORNEY Catherine C. Schaewe CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER Stephan A. Rafferty BROOME COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Julie Sweet, Commissioner Frank Evangelisti, Chief Planner Lora Zier, Senior Planner Jeremy Evans, Planner Douglas English, GIS Administrator i TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................................................................... i 1.0 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................1-1 2.0 LOCATION.................................................................................................................2-1 3.0 BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF DICKINSON...............................................3-1 4.0 POPULATION............................................................................................................4-1 4.1 Introduction............................................................................................................4-1 4.2 Population Trends ..................................................................................................4-1 4.3 Block Group Population ........................................................................................4-2 4.4 Group Quarters Population ....................................................................................4-3 4.5 Age.........................................................................................................................4-3 4.6 Race and Ethnicity .................................................................................................4-6 4.7 Household and Family Size ...................................................................................4-7 4.8 Family Type...........................................................................................................4-7 4.9 School Enrollment .................................................................................................4-8 4.10 Educational Attainment .......................................................................................4-8 4.11 Income..................................................................................................................4-9 4.12 Poverty...............................................................................................................4-10 5.0 HOUSING....................................................................................................................5-1 5.1 Introduction............................................................................................................5-1 5.2 Housing Units ........................................................................................................5-1 5.3 Units in Structure ...................................................................................................5-2 5.4 Housing Growth.....................................................................................................5-2 5.5 Age of Housing......................................................................................................5-3 5.6 Building Permits ....................................................................................................5-4 5.7 Housing Tenure......................................................................................................5-5 5.8 Occupancy Status...................................................................................................5-6 5.9 Vacancy Status.......................................................................................................5-6 5.10 Median Housing Values.......................................................................................5-7 5.11 Housing Value Range ..........................................................................................5-7 5.12 Mortgage Status ...................................................................................................5-8 5.13 Median Contract Rents ........................................................................................5-9 5.14 Housing Turnover ................................................................................................5-9 ii 6.0 EMPLOYMENT AND BUSINESS CHARACTERISTICS.......................................6-1 6.1 Introduction............................................................................................................6-1 6.2 Civilian Labor Force, Participation and Unemployment.......................................6-1 6.3 Occupations............................................................................................................6-2 6.4 Labor Force by Industrial Sector in 2000 ..............................................................6-3 6.5 Employers ..............................................................................................................6-4 6.6 Place of Work ........................................................................................................6-5 6.7 Travel Time to Work .............................................................................................6-6 6.8 Employment Destinations......................................................................................6-7 7.0 ENVIRONMENT........................................................................................................7-1 7.1 Introduction............................................................................................................7-1 7.2 Topography............................................................................................................7-1 7.3 Watersheds.............................................................................................................7-2 7.4 Surface Water.........................................................................................................7-2 7.4.1 Rivers and Streams ...................................................................................7-2 7.4.2 Wetlands ....................................................................................................7-3 7.5 Ground Water.........................................................................................................7-4 7.6 Stormwater.............................................................................................................7-4 7.7 Floodplain..............................................................................................................7-5 7.8 Soils........................................................................................................................7-6 7.9 Brownfields............................................................................................................7-7 8.0 TRANSPORTATION..................................................................................................8-1 8.1 Roadways...............................................................................................................8-1 8.1.1 Federal and State Highways.......................................................................8-1 8.1.2 County Roads.............................................................................................8-2 8.1.3 Town Roads...............................................................................................8-3 8.1.4 Roadway Conditions..................................................................................8-3 8.2 Public Transportation.............................................................................................8-3 8.3 Pedestrian and Bicycle Transportation ..................................................................8-3 8.4 Freight Transportation...........................................................................................8-5 8.4 Rail.........................................................................................................................8-5 8.5 Summary................................................................................................................8-5 9.0 PUBLIC FACILITIES.................................................................................................9-1 9.1 Introduction............................................................................................................9-1 9.2 County Facilities ....................................................................................................9-1 9.3 Town Facilities.......................................................................................................9-3 9.4 Other Local Facilities.............................................................................................9-3 9.5 State Facilities........................................................................................................9-5 9.6 Public Safety ..........................................................................................................9-6 10.0 PUBLIC UTILITIES ...............................................................................................10-1