Housing Production Plan Avon, Massachusetts Old Colony Planning Council September, 2019 1 | P a g e Old Colony Planning Council Prepared by the: Old Colony Planning Council 70 School Street Brockton, MA 02301 Tel: (508) 583-1833 – Fax: (508) 559-8768 Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.ocpcrpa.org Christine Joy, President Pasquale Ciaramella, Executive Director REPORT PREPARATION Laurie Muncy, AICP Principal Comprehensive Planner [email protected] Lisa Sullivan, AICP Senior Planner [email protected] 2 | P a g e 3 | P a g e Old Colony Planning Council (OCPC) OCPC Officers President Christine Joy Treasurer David Klein Secretary Sandra Wright COMMUNITY DELEGATE ALTERNATE Abington David Klein Avon Frank P. Staffier Charles Marinelli Bridgewater Sandra Wright Brockton Robert G. Moran, Jr. Preston Huckabee, P.E. Duxbury Valarie Massard, AICP, CFM George D. Wadsworth East Bridgewater Easton Jeanmarie Kent Joyce Halifax John G. Mather Hanover Michelle Grenier Hanson Matthew Dyer Philip Lindquist Kingston Robert Downey Paul Basler Pembroke Rebecca Colleta Daniel Trabucco Plymouth Lee Hartmann, AICP Plympton Christine Joy James Mulcahy Stoughton Douglas Sylvestre Forrest Lindwall West Bridgewater Eldon F. Moreira Whitman Fred L. Gilmetti Dan Salvucci Delegate-at-Large Troy E. Garron OCPC Staff Pasquale Ciaramella Executive Director Charles Kilmer, AICP Assistant Director/Transportation Program Manager Shawn Bailey Transportation Planner Lila Burgess Ombudsman Program Director Paul Chenard Senior Transportation Planner Raymond Guarino Senior Transportation Planner Patrick Hamilton AAA Administrator Bruce Hughes Economic Development/Community Planner William McNulty Senior Transportation Planner Kyle Mowatt Transportation Planner Laurie Muncy, AICP Principal Comprehensive Planner Jimmy Pereira Community/Transportation Planner Brenda Robinson Fiscal Officer Lisa Sullivan, AICP Senior Planner Andrew Vidal GIS Manager/Communications and IT Specialist 4 | P a g e 5 | P a g e Table of Contents I. Notices & Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................ 12 II. Executive Summary ......................................................................................................................................... 13 Households ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 Housing Demand ............................................................................................................................................. 14 Population ....................................................................................................................................................... 14 Population by Race .......................................................................................................................................... 15 Educational Enrollment and Attainment ......................................................................................................... 15 Residents with Disabilities ............................................................................................................................... 16 Income ............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Housing Stock Analysis .................................................................................................................................... 17 Housing Affordability ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Development Constraints ................................................................................................................................ 19 Affordable Housing Goals & Strategies ................................................................................................................... 21 1. Housing Goals .......................................................................................................................................... 21 2. Implementation Strategies ...................................................................................................................... 21 III. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 23 A. Profile of Avon, Massachusetts ................................................................................................................... 23 Regional Setting ............................................................................................................................................... 23 History of the Community ............................................................................................................................... 23 B. Overview of a Housing Production Plan ...................................................................................................... 25 C. Defining Affordable Housing ....................................................................................................................... 26 IV. Comprehensive Housing Needs Assessment............................................................................................... 27 A. Demographics .............................................................................................................................................. 27 Margins of error and confidence intervals for estimates. ............................................................................... 27 1. Population ............................................................................................................................................... 28 2. Households .............................................................................................................................................. 31 3. Household Types ..................................................................................................................................... 32 4. Household Size ........................................................................................................................................ 34 5. Age Distribution ....................................................................................................................................... 36 6. Age Balance ............................................................................................................................................. 37 7. Race & Ethnicity ....................................................................................................................................... 38 6 | P a g e 8. School Enrollment ................................................................................................................................... 39 9. Educational Attainment ........................................................................................................................... 42 10. Residents with Disabilities ................................................................................................................... 44 11. Income ................................................................................................................................................. 48 12. Employment ........................................................................................................................................ 52 B. Housing Stock Analysis ................................................................................................................................ 54 1. Housing Units........................................................................................................................................... 55 2. Housing Unit Types .................................................................................................................................. 56 3. Age and Condition of Housing ................................................................................................................. 56 4. Household Tenure ................................................................................................................................... 57 5. Vacancy .................................................................................................................................................... 61 6. Value of Owner Occupied Housing Units ................................................................................................ 62 7. Median Sales Price ................................................................................................................................... 63 8. Number of Residential Sales .................................................................................................................... 64 9. Median Gross Rent .................................................................................................................................. 65 10. Housing Units Permitted ..................................................................................................................... 67 11. Recent & Future Development ............................................................................................................ 67 12. Projected Housing Demand ................................................................................................................