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Massachusetts·Suffolk County
22 neighborhoods·666K people·$732K median·13,787/mi²
violent · property Part-I incidents per 1,000 residents/yr · Boston PD reported, 2020–2021 · not official UCR · neighborhood comparison only. · Source: Crime Open Database (CODE), M. Ashby, CC BY 4.0.
White 44 · Black 19 · Hispanic 19 · Asian 10 · Multiracial 6 · Other 1
Living alone 37 · Other 35 · Married couple 28
Professional 38 · Health 33 · Retail 10 · Leisure 6 · Public admin 6 · Manufacturing 4 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 57 · Service 17 · Sales · office 16 · Production · transport 6 · Construction · maintenance 3
Drive alone 33 · Transit 23 · Work from home 22 · Walk 14 · Carpool 10 · Bike 2
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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| Neighborhood | Pop. | Home value |
|---|---|---|
| Dorchester | 126,527 | $649K |
| Roxbury | 50,658 | $682K |
| Brighton | 48,045 | $662K |
| Jamaica Plain | 44,235 | $835K |
| East Boston | 40,017 | $673K |
| South Boston | 36,766 | $859K |
| Hyde Park | 35,895 | $564K |
| Kenmore | 33,093 | $645K |
The median home value in Boston is $731,700 (Census ACS) — 1.6× the US median of $458,812.
Boston has 666,442 residents across 207 census tracts and 3 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 33.3; the population is 44.1% White, 19.3% Black, 19.3% Hispanic or Latino, 10.3% Asian, 5.9% Multiracial and 1.2% Other; the average household has 2.2 people; 54.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 16.6% (Census ACS).
Eliot K-8 Innovation School (69%), Manning Elementary School (64%) and Bradley Elementary School (62%) lead the elementary schools; Ohrenberger School (27%), Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public School (15%) and UP Academy Charter School of Boston (15%) lead the middle schools; Boston International High School & Newcomers Academy (100%), Boston Latin School (78%) and O'Bryant School of Math & Science (62%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $2,147/month, 36% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Boston is $97,344 a year, 13% above the US median (Census ACS).
In Boston, median rent is $2,147/month and the median home value is $731,700 (Census ACS).
Boston reported 6.3 violent crimes and 19.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 81°F; winter lows average 24°F; there are 94 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 49 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Boston are earthquake (27), cold wave (25) and lightning (20), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.28g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Boston, 13.5% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).