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Boston City--Mattapan & Roxbury PUMA, MA

134,033 Population
6.8 square miles 19,696.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$31,244 ±$4,667 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $54,025 ±$626
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$49,460 ±$6,769 Median household income
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $94,488 ±$1,260
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

24.9% ±3.5% (32,611  ±5,020) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,156 (±0.3% / ±23,050)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

31.6 minutes ±1.7 (1,726,495  ±203,245) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 28.6 84,746,130 (±0.3 / ±1,045,915)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

51,486 ±2,646 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,797,776 ±8,835
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.5 ±0.1 (129,316  ±8,520) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,744,191
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

7% ±3.2% (2,666  ±1,231) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 71,722 (±0.3% / ±4,699)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

55,726 ±2,665 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,036,303 ±363
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$497,400 ±$50,213 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $534,700 ±$4,603
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

15.7% ±3.1% (20,811  ±4,281.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.3% 853,188 (±0.4% / ±25,841.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

79.2% ±2.4% (69,002  ±5,002.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,518,632 (±0.7% / ±34,936.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
26.1% ±2.9% (22,733  ±2,956.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.7% 2,307,709 (±0.5% / ±22,481.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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)

36.1% ±4.4% (48,316  ±6,667) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 18% 1,259,871
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

4% ±1% (4,185  ±1,110) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,260 (±0.1% / ±7,303)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
4,185 Total veterans ±1,110 3,232 Male ±967 953 Female ±636

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