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Boston, MA

654,281 Population
48.3 square miles 13,534.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,337 ±$2,047 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $54,437 ±$583
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $49,746 ±$459
$79,283 ±$4,089 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $100,750 ±$1,474
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,645 ±$1,287

18.7% ±1.3% (114,198  ±7,831) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 9.3% 441,663 (±0.4% / ±19,550)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,138 (±0.3% / ±21,871)

28.6 minutes ±0.7 (6,980,695  ±297,783) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 28.4 53,330,876 (±0.2 / ±718,528)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 27.5 73,941,424 (±0.2 / ±862,637)

Families

271,941 ±4,553 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,920,160 ±7,378
  • Massachusetts: 2,759,018 ±9,086
2.2 ±0 (604,141  ±5,232) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,733,402 (±0 / ±4,200)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,738,001 (±0)

3.5% ±0.8% (6,974  ±1,512) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.6% 54,777 (±0.3% / ±4,005)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,136 (±0.3% / ±4,819)

Housing

307,025 ±2,891 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,048,672 ±1,792
  • Massachusetts: 3,017,772 ±315

$659,700 ±$18,243 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $561,500 ±$4,613
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $480,600 ±$3,093

19.7% ±1.1% (127,679  ±7,041.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 13.2% 641,177 (±0.4% / ±19,507)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 872,355 (±0.3% / ±22,449.6)

Social

88.1% ±2.1% (400,759  ±10,139.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.1% 3,189,091 (±0.8% / ±28,364)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,495,563 (±0.7% / ±33,250.2)
52.5% ±1.5% (238,640  ±7,235.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 51.1% 1,771,011 (±0.6% / ±20,015.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,300,423 (±0.5% / ±23,318)

36.6% ±1.5% (227,793  ±9,375.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 25.5% 1,184,939 (±0.4% / ±17,190.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 24.6% 1,629,599 (±0.4% / ±23,757)

27.5% ±1.2% (179,974  ±8,055) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.5% 955,921 (±0.3% / ±16,666)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,488 (±0.3% / ±21,752)

1.9% ±0.3% (10,545  ±1,696) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 3.9% 154,707 (±0.2% / ±5,855)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 238,039 (±0.1% / ±7,249)
10,545 Total veterans ±1,696 9,505 Male ±1,461 1,040 Female ±582

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