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Boston City--Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Charlestown, East Boston, Central & South End PUMA, MA

153,918 Population
9.6 square miles 16,054 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.8 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$94,588 ±$6,146 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
  • more than double the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$124,827 ±$9,310 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.1% ±2.3% (19,223  ±3,573) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28.1 minutes ±1.5 (2,175,900  ±221,850) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

77,920 ±3,857 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
1.9 ±0.1 (146,339  ±9,086) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

2.6% ±1.2% (1,249  ±573) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

88,967 ±4,015 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$908,000 ±$51,487 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

23.6% ±3.2% (36,073  ±5,357.3) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.6% ±7.1% (105,998  ±5,761.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
69.5% ±1.4% (81,255  ±4,905.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

36.7% ±2.3% (55,314  ±3,696.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 24.8% 1,644,572 (±0.2% / ±13,262.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

25.7% ±3.4% (39,606  ±5,714) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

2.5% ±0.9% (3,435  ±1,223) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,435 Total veterans ±1,223 3,214 Male ±1,191 221 Female ±202

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