Census Reporter

Boston city, Suffolk County, MA

694,295 Population
48.3 square miles 14,363.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 33.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$48,978 ±$1,634 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $46,896 ±$1,439
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $46,241 ±$464
$79,018 ±$4,250 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Suffolk County: $77,558 ±$3,968
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $85,843 ±$991

17.1% ±1.2% (111,442  ±8,138) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 16.8% 127,677 (±1.2% / ±9,079)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.4% 625,763 (±0.3% / ±19,408)

31.2 minutes ±0.7 (12,012,990  ±345,782) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 31.9 14,045,520 (±0.6 / ±346,936)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 31 106,704,375 (±0.3 / ±1,055,700)

Families

271,553 ±4,551 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 309,945 ±4,119
  • Massachusetts: 2,650,680 ±9,065
2.4 ±0 (647,926  ±5,058) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 2.4 756,508 (±0 / ±3,789)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,646,308 (±0)

2.8% ±0.7% (5,943  ±1,450) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 2.7% † 6,596 (±0.6% / ±1,484)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 69,139 (±0.3% / ±4,227)

Housing

303,791 ±3,230 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 345,438 ±1,549
  • Massachusetts: 2,928,818 ±274

$627,000 ±$15,179 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $593,900 ±$14,306
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $418,600 ±$3,128

18.5% ±1.2% (127,324  ±8,071.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 18% 142,750 (±1.1% / ±9,006.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 852,503 (±0.4% / ±25,753)

Social

88.6% ±2.2% (430,055  ±10,880.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 87.9% 495,840 (±2% / ±11,278.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,429,635 (±0.7% / ±32,397.2)
51.7% ±1.5% (251,058  ±7,617.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 48.2% 271,776 (±1.4% / ±7,908.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 45% 2,181,743 (±0.5% / ±22,102.4)

36.9% ±1.6% (244,142  ±10,418.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little less than the rate in Suffolk County: 39.3% 299,380 (±1.3% / ±10,069.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 24.7% 1,617,051 (±0.3% / ±22,272.8)

27.2% ±1.4% (189,023  ±9,523) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Suffolk County: 28.5% 228,966 (±1.4% / ±10,910)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,190,192 (±0.3% / ±22,659)

2.4% ±0.3% (14,028  ±1,899) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Suffolk County: 2.5% † 16,694 (±0.3% / ±2,164)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,814 (±0.1% / ±7,591)
14,028 Total veterans ±1,899 12,310 Male ±1,713 1,718 Female ±815

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