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Boston City--Mattapan & Roxbury PUMA, MA

135,218 Population
6.8 square miles 19,870.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±1.9 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

$32,652 ±$3,380 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$51,423 ±$7,399 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

26.3% ±3.7% (34,360  ±5,470) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

33.1 minutes ±2.1 (1,805,700  ±224,211) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

52,834 ±3,470 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (129,982  ±9,952) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 † 6,760,613 (±,198.3 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

3.6% ±1.5% (1,281  ±557) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

56,324 ±3,201 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$617,500 ±$41,264 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.1% ±2.4% (20,188  ±3,523.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

82.4% ±8.9% (71,733  ±5,438) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
27.3% ±2.7% (23,766  ±2,940.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

42.8% ±3.1% (56,475  ±4,322.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 24.5% 1,627,903 (±0.2% / ±11,630.3)
  • about double the rate in United States: 21.7% 67,860,570 (±0.1% / ±,196,548.1)

28.4% ±3% (38,436  ±4,927) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% † 1,263,580 (±1,432.1% / ±22,521)
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

1.5% ±0.7% (1,613  ±761) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
1,613 Total veterans ±761 1,540 Male ±752 73 Female ±87

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