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17th Suffolk District, MA

40,923 Population
2 square miles 20,598.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$57,624 ±$3,574 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$82,701 ±$3,664 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

19.4% ±2.2% (7,848  ±985) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

33.8 minutes ±3.5 (713,780  ±48,538) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

19,899 ±876 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2 ±0.1 (40,230  ±2,214) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

1.1% ±0.7% (161  ±108) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

21,246 ±836 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$706,400 ±$61,489 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244
  • more than double the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

28% ±2% (11,417  ±1,005.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±,144,000.6)

Social

95.5% ±7.5% (29,015  ±1,522.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±,279,113.6)
74.3% ±0.9% (22,580  ±1,344.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±,180,792.5)

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

31.5% ±1.9% (12,888  ±1,054) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

1.3% ±0.4% (491  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
491 Total veterans ±156 470 Male ±153 21 Female ±28

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