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Boston, MA

652,442 Population
48.3 square miles 13,496.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$61,919 ±$2,072 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $60,944 ±$588
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$96,931 ±$4,762 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $110,697 ±$1,909
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

15.6% ±1.4% (95,207  ±8,325) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 9% 429,171 (±0.4% / ±19,754)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

30.2 minutes ±0.9 (9,435,920  ±371,176) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31.1 68,201,136 (±0.3 / ±838,067)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)

Families

288,129 ±3,992 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,949,953 ±7,358
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
2.1 ±0 (606,392  ±4,935) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.4 4,756,588 (±0 / ±897)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613

3% ±0.7% (6,021  ±1,392) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.3% 50,885 (±0.3% / ±4,042)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

313,752 ±2,859 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,071,733 ±445
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$703,600 ±$16,739 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $646,600 ±$3,949
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

19.4% ±1.3% (125,379  ±8,619.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 11.8% 574,519 (±0.4% / ±21,468.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)

Social

89.3% ±2.3% (410,993  ±11,262.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.3% 3,230,512 (±0.8% / ±28,116.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
55.8% ±1.8% (256,694  ±8,425.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 52.2% 1,825,723 (±0.6% / ±20,569.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)

34.3% ±1.5% (213,327  ±9,640.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 26.1% 1,220,696 (±0.4% / ±18,860.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 25.3% 1,684,973 (±0.3% / ±21,948.7)

26.6% ±1.4% (173,341  ±9,040) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.9% 980,579
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580

2.3% ±0.3% (12,650  ±1,919) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 3.9% 155,928 (±0.2% / ±6,310)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
12,650 Total veterans ±1,919 12,030 Male ±1,886 620 Female ±337

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