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Boston city, Suffolk County, MA

695,926 Population
48.3 square miles 14,397.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 32.9 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$43,367 ±$1,435 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $41,657 ±$1,218
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $43,349 ±$382
$71,834 ±$4,237 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $69,985 ±$3,250
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $79,835 ±$970

18.2% ±1.3% (118,946  ±8,322) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 17.5% 134,004 (±1.1% / ±8,645)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 663,918 (±0.3% / ±20,551)

31.2 minutes ±0.7 (11,297,890  ±354,675) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 31.7 13,302,995 (±0.7 / ±382,099)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 30.5 102,698,470 (±0.2 / ±837,302)

Families

274,674 ±3,813 Number of households
  • Suffolk County: 315,049 ±3,110
  • Massachusetts: 2,624,294 ±8,879
2.4 ±0 (648,864  ±4,866) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Suffolk County: 2.4 759,146 (±0 / ±3,681)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,653,753 (±0)

3.2% ±0.6% (6,833  ±1,308) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 3.2% † 7,875 (±0.6% / ±1,466)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,345 (±0.2% / ±4,014)

Housing

299,472 ±2,988 Number of housing units
  • Suffolk County: 342,069 ±1,526
  • Massachusetts: 2,915,043 ±327

$575,200 ±$17,125 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Suffolk County: $538,000 ±$18,248
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $400,700 ±$2,804

18.9% ±1.2% (130,414  ±8,162.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 18.4% 147,246 (±1.1% / ±9,145)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 864,299 (±0.4% / ±24,918.7)

Social

86.9% ±2.1% (419,487  ±10,706.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 85.6% 481,822 (±2% / ±11,241.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,386,424 (±0.7% / ±31,907.4)
51.4% ±1.5% (248,169  ±7,390.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Suffolk County: 47.8% 268,978 (±1.3% / ±7,573.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,152,010 (±0.4% / ±20,295.8)

36.7% ±1.4% (242,205  ±9,446.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little less than the rate in Suffolk County: 39.1% 299,540 (±1% / ±7,969)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 24.3% 1,590,873 (±0.4% / ±23,724.2)

27.9% ±1.1% (194,369  ±7,397) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Suffolk County: 29.7% 239,473 (±1.1% / ±9,020)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.4% 1,198,148 (±0.3% / ±20,609)

3% ±0.4% (17,299  ±2,495) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Suffolk County: 2.9% † 19,632 (±0.4% / ±2,509)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 292,644 (±0.2% / ±8,712)
17,299 Total veterans ±2,495 15,209 Male ±2,190 2,090 Female ±765

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