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6th Suffolk District, MA

47,830 Population
3 square miles 15,704.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$27,551 ±$1,507 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $37,638 ±$102
$54,759 ±$5,106 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,021 ±$146

18.5% ±2.9% (8,727  ±1,450) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,661,636 (±0.1% / ±274,456)

36 minutes ±1.7 (761,975  ±74,644) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,757,208,800 (±0.1 / ±8,102,155)

Families

15,937 ±733 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
  • United States: 124,010,990 ±196,755
3 ±0.1 (47,375  ±2,867) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 321,899,260

4.9% ±1.5% (637  ±199) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,971,395 (±0% / ±22,692)

Housing

17,178 ±749 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699
  • United States: 139,647,020 ±3,504

$446,800 ±$24,698 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $244,900 ±$316

12.8% ±2.5% (6,045  ±1,251.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.4% 43,820,703 (±0% / ±133,972.5)

Social

82% ±1.6% (25,439  ±1,479.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 88.9% 200,101,962 (±0.1% / ±254,727.4)
24.4% ±2.1% (7,583  ±776.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 33.7% 75,808,835 (±0.1% / ±157,731.9)

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

34.9% ±2.9% (16,683  ±1,705) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.6% 44,844,808 (±0% / ±126,423)

2% ±0.7% (715  ±252) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,431,290 (±0% / ±48,418)
715 Total veterans ±252 599 Male ±233 116 Female ±72

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