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Boston, MA

673,822 Population
48.3 square miles 13,938.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$60,885 ±$2,082 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $63,331 ±$635
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$97,791 ±$5,438 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $117,825 ±$2,297
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

16.5% ±1.5% (103,911  ±9,615) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.8% 427,347 (±0.4% / ±19,328)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.7 minutes ±0.9 (10,124,820  ±397,146) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31.9 72,930,830 (±0.2 / ±843,432)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

294,977 ±3,333 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,970,240 ±6,888
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.1 ±0 (625,054  ±3,294) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,850,517 (±0 / ±1,456)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4% ±0.8% (8,319  ±1,626) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.2% 51,865 (±0.3% / ±3,175)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

318,010 ±2,440 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,081,743 ±490
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$722,800 ±$17,355 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $681,100 ±$4,127
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979
  • about double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

18.8% ±1.2% (124,972  ±8,258.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 11.3% 562,710 (±0.4% / ±19,521.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88.6% ±2.4% (419,062  ±11,743.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92% 3,284,580 (±0.8% / ±30,151.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
55.4% ±1.8% (261,935  ±8,530.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 53% 1,891,663 (±0.6% / ±20,979.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

37.3% ±1.5% (239,809  ±9,841.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 27.1% 1,296,099 (±0.4% / ±20,799.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 25.9% 1,754,822 (±0.4% / ±24,346.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

28.5% ±1.3% (192,039  ±9,091) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 20.7% 1,037,969
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.8% ±0.4% (10,544  ±2,321) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 3.6% 144,865 (±0.2% / ±6,150)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,544 Total veterans ±2,321 9,426 Male ±2,218 1,118 Female ±530

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