Census Reporter

Boston city, Suffolk County, MA

689,326 Population
48.3 square miles 14,259.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.4 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 33 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$46,845 ±$731 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $44,723 ±$629
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$76,298 ±$1,193 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Suffolk County: $74,881 ±$1,408
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

18% ±0.6% (116,102  ±3,891) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 17.4% 131,619 (±0.6% / ±4,415)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

30.7 minutes ±0.3 (10,688,110  ±152,791) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 31.1 12,539,085 (±0.3 / ±161,346)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

273,188 ±1,686 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 312,978 ±1,524
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.4 ±0 (642,137  ±2,277) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 2.4 752,876 (±0 / ±2,232)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

3.4% ±0.3% (7,256  ±623) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 3.4% 8,259 (±0.3% / ±646)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

298,708 ±1,335 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 341,231 ±764
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$581,200 ±$6,880 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $547,300 ±$7,121
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

20% ±0.6% (136,100  ±4,070.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 19% 150,500 (±0.6% / ±4,524.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

87.9% ±1% (420,756  ±4,916.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 86.9% 484,872 (±0.9% / ±5,169.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
51.3% ±0.7% (245,847  ±3,601.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 47.7% 266,193 (±0.7% / ±3,753.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

28.2% ±0.5% (194,538  ±3,741) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Suffolk County: 29.7% 237,555 (±0.5% / ±4,256)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

2.6% ±0.2% (15,124  ±1,078) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Suffolk County: 2.7% 18,002 (±0.2% / ±1,035)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
15,124 Total veterans ±1,078 13,550 Male ±956 1,574 Female ±337

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