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17th Suffolk District, MA

40,057 Population
2 square miles 20,162.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.7 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$59,253 ±$4,068 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$86,368 ±$5,749 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

18.4% ±2.3% (7,264  ±987) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

33 minutes ±3.5 (655,035  ±45,789) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

19,564 ±873 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (39,368  ±2,117) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.4% ±0.8% (197  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

20,846 ±860 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$733,500 ±$66,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

27% ±2.1% (10,752  ±999.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.8% ±8% (28,312  ±1,601.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
74.4% ±1.1% (22,221  ±1,433.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

31.8% ±1.9% (12,732  ±1,025) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.5% ±0.4% (550  ±168) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
550 Total veterans ±168 540 Male ±168 10 Female ±15

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