As of the
census of 2000, there were 6,799 people, 2,411 households, and 1,808 families residing in the town. The population density was . There were 2,597 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the town was 98.15%
White, 0.35%
African American, 0.22%
Native American, 0.28%
Asian, 0.43% from
other races, and 0.57% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 1.44% of the population. Other ethnicities: 19.2% were of
French, 13.3%
French Canadian, 12.8%
Irish, 10.1%
Italian, 9.6%
English, 8.0%
Polish, 5.4%
Finnish and 5.4%
American ancestry according to
Census 2000. There were 2,411 households, out of which 35.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.5% were
married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.0% were non-families. Of all households, 19.7% were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.09. In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.1% under the age of 18, 6.0% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.2 males. The median income for a household in the town was $48,482, and the median income for a family was $52,936. Males had a median income of $38,088 versus $26,993 for females. The
per capita income for the town was $21,994. About 7.4% of families and 9.1% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 10.5% of those under age 18 and 13.4% of those age 65 or over. ==Education==