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Population (year 2000): 101,355. Estimated population in July 2006: 101,365 (+0.0% change)
 

Males: 49,674  (49.0%)
Females: 51,681  (51.0%)

Middlesex County

Median resident age:  30.4 years
Massachusetts median age:  36.5 years

Zip codes: 02138, 02139, 02140, 02141, 02142.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $59,746 (it was $47,979 in 2000)
Cambridge  $59,746
Massachusetts:  $57,184

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $527,200 (it was $398,500 in 2000)
Cambridge  $527,200
Massachusetts:  $361,500

Median gross rent in 2005: $1,265.
Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2005: 15.6%

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Races in Cambridge:

  • White Non-Hispanic (64.6%)
  • Black (11.9%)
  • Hispanic (7.4%)
  • Chinese (4.8%)
  • Two or more races (4.6%)
  • Other race (3.2%)
  • Asian Indian (2.7%)
  • Korean (1.9%)
  • Other Asian (1.1%)
  • Japanese (0.9%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

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Ancestries: Irish (13.3%), English (9.2%), German (7.9%), Italian (7.5%), West Indian (5.1%), Russian (3.8%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 30 feet

Land area: 6.43 square miles.

Population density: 15605 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Cambridge

  • High school or higher: 89.5%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 65.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 38.5%
  • Unemployed: 6.1%
  • Mean travel time to work: 23.8 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Cambridge city

  • Never married: 52.4%
  • Now married: 34.7%
  • Separated: 1.8%
  • Widowed: 3.8%
  • Divorced: 7.3%

26,218 residents are foreign born (9.1% Asia, 7.3% Latin America, 6.5% Europe).

This city:  25.9%
Massachusetts:  12.2%



According to our research there were 9 registered sex offenders living in Cambridge, Massachusetts in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Cambridge to the number of sex offenders is 11146 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is smaller than the state average.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $2,676 (0.6%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $3,158 (0.5%)

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Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (3.9 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (217.2 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Somerville, MA (1.3 miles ), Medford, MA (3.2 miles ), Brookline, MA (3.4 miles ), Boston, MA (3.9 miles ), Belmont, MA (4.6 miles ), Everett, MA (4.7 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 7 buildings, average cost: $72,300
  • 1997: 0 buildings
  • 1998: 2 buildings, average cost: $893,500
  • 1999: 11 buildings, average cost: $454,100
  • 2000: 13 buildings, average cost: $306,800
  • 2001: 16 buildings, average cost: $183,100
  • 2002: 45 buildings, average cost: $135,500
  • 2003: 22 buildings, average cost: $776,300
  • 2004: 39 buildings, average cost: $285,200
  • 2005: 47 buildings, average cost: $383,000
  • 2006: 12 buildings, average cost: $800,300

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Latitude: 42.37 N, Longitude: 71.11 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: +59,174 (+58.4%)
Workers who live and work in this city: 25,554 (46.5%)


People in group quarters in Cambridge
  • 13199 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
  • 415 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 272 people in nursing homes
  • 227 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
  • 207 people in religious group quarters
  • 164 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 79 people in homes for the mentally ill
  • 52 people in other group homes
  • 33 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
  • 9 people in homes for the mentally retarded
  • 3 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
  • 3 people in hospices or homes for chronically ill
  • 3 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere

Area codes: 617, 857, 508

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Population change in the 1990s: +5,503 (+5.7%).

Unemployment in September 2007:
Here:  3.2%
Massachusetts:  4.4%


Unemployment by year (%)


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Most common industries for males:



  • Educational services (26%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (19%)
  • Health care (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)
  • Data processing and other information services (3%)
  • Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries (3%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (29%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (15%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (3%)
  • Data processing and other information services (3%)
  • Social assistance (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Computer specialists (10%)
  • Postsecondary teachers (10%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Life and physical scientists (5%)
  • Business operations specialists (4%)
  • Engineers (3%)
  • Media and communication equipment workers (3%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (7%)
  • Postsecondary teachers (6%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Media and communication equipment workers (4%)
  • Business operations specialists (4%)
  • Computer specialists (4%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (4%)


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Crime in Cambridge by Year

Type 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 21163032
    per 100,000 2.11.01.05.82.90.03.02.0
Rapes 231115117121811
    per 100,000 24.511.514.710.76.911.817.910.9
Robberies 165186181195229245239208
    per 100,000 175.9194.6177.7190.0224.7241.8237.8206.5
Assaults 354322273285274246234237
    per 100,000 377.5337.0268.1277.7268.9242.8232.9235.3
Burglaries 567552688720651724623684
    per 100,000 604.6577.6675.6701.7638.9714.6619.9679.0
Thefts 2,8202,8202,7402,6642,3892,6542,3962,376
    per 100,000 3007.12951.02690.62596.22344.52619.42384.32358.6
Auto thefts 431498518425410438290223
    per 100,000 459.6521.1508.7414.2402.4432.3288.6221.4
Arson 431N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
    per 100,000 459.6N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 323.2) 351.5337.3316.3318.9303.3320.0300.1281.3

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 300 (265 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  2.64
US city average:  3.00

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Cambridge-area historical tornado activity is near Massachusetts state average. It is 36% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/9/1953, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 28.6 miles away from the Cambridge city center killed 90 people and injured 1228 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 9/29/1974, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 17.7 miles away from the city center injured one person and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.


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Birthplace of: Anne McCaffrey - (born 1926), fantasy author, Charles Peirce, E. E. Cummings, James Russell Lowell - (1819-1891), writer, Matt Damon - (born 1970), actor, Ted Rall - (born 1963), political cartoonist., Brad Norton - NHL player (Los Angeles Kings, born: Feb 13, 1975), Fred Allen - (1894-1956), comedian, Leroy Anderson - (1908-1975), composer, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr..


Main business address for: SAPIENT CORP (SERVICES-COMPUTER INTEGRATED SYSTEMS DESIGN), ARIAD PHARMACEUTICALS INC (BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES)), ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS, INC. (PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS), FORRESTER RESEARCH INC (SERVICES-ENGINEERING, ACCOUNTING, RESEARCH, MANAGEMENT), ARTISOFT INC (SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE), GENZYME CORP (BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES)), TRANSKARYOTIC THERAPIES INC (BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES)), CURIS INC (BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS (NO DIAGNOSTIC SUBSTANCES)) and 22 other public companies.


Hospitals/medical centers in Cambridge:
  • CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL (1493 CAMBRIDGE ST)
  • MT AUBURN HOSP (330 MT AUBURN ST)
  • STILLMAN INFIRMARY-HARVARD UNIV (75 MOUNT AUBURN STREET)
  • YOUVILLE REHAB CHRONIC DISEASE HOSP (1575 CAMBRIDGE ST)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Cambridge:
  • GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (about 8 miles; BOSTON, MA; ID: BOS)
  • LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (about 14 miles; BEDFORD, MA; ID: BED)
  • MANCHESTER (about 45 miles; MANCHESTER, NH; ID: MHT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Cambridge:
  • NORWOOD MEMORIAL (about 14 miles; NORWOOD, MA; ID: OWD)
  • BEVERLY MUNI (about 21 miles; BEVERLY, MA; ID: BVY)
  • MERRIMACK VALLEY (about 24 miles; METHUEN, MA; ID: MA2)

Amtrak stations near Cambridge:
  • 3 miles: BACK BAY (BOSTON, 145 DARTMOUTH ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending machines, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
  • 4 miles: BOSTON, NORTH STATION (BOSTON, 126 CAUSEWAY ST.). Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting area.
  • 5 miles: BOSTON (SO. STA) (BOSTON, ATLANTIC AVE. & SUMMER ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities and snack bar, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.

Local government website: www.ci.cambridge.ma.us

Colleges/Universities in Cambridge:
  • HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 20,531; Location: MASSACHUSETTS HALL; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.harvard.edu/; Offers Doctor's degree)
  • MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (FT enrollment: 9,895; Location: 77 MASSACHUSETTS AVE; Private, not-for-profit; Website: web.mit.edu/; Offers Doctor's degree)
  • LESLEY UNIVERSITY (FT enrollment: 3,700; Location: 29 EVERETT ST; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.lesley.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
  • CAMBRIDGE COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 1,724; Location: 1000 MASSACHUSETTS AVE; Private, not-for-profit; Website: WWW.CAMBRIDGE.EDU; Offers Master's degree)
  • WESTON JESUIT SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY (FT enrollment: 156; Location: 3 PHILLIPS PL; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.wjst.edu; Offers Doctor's degree)
  • LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC (FT enrollment: 147; Location: ONE FOLLEN ST; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.longy.edu; Offers Master's degree)
  • MUSCULAR THERAPY INSTITUTE (FT enrollment: 98; Location: 122 RINDGE AVE; Private, for-profit; Website: www.mtinstitute.com)
  • EPISCOPAL DIVINITY SCHOOL (FT enrollment: 74; Location: 99 BRATTLE ST; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.episdivschool.org; Offers Doctor's degree)
  • HARCOURT LEARNING DIRECT (Location: 43 Thorndike Street, Bulfinch Square; Private, for-profit; Website: www.harcourt-learning.com)
  • COMPUTER PROCESSING INSTITUTE (Location: 615 MASSACHUSETTS AVE; Private, for-profit)
  • TRAVEL EDUCATION CENTER (Location: 100 CAMBRIDGE PK DR; Private, for-profit; Website: WWW.TRAVELEDUCATION.COM)
  • HARCOURT LEARNING DIRECT CENTER FOR DEGREE STUDIES (Location: 43 Thorndike Street, Bulfinch Square; Private, for-profit; Website: www.harcourt-learning.com)
  • LINCOLN INSTITUTE OF LAND POLICY (Location: 113 BRATTLE ST; Private, not-for-profit)
  • THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS (Location: 2020 MASSACHUSETTS AVE; Private, for-profit)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near Cambridge:
  • BOSTON UNIVERSITY (about 2 miles; BOSTON, MA; Full-time enrollment: 25,110)
  • BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC (about 2 miles; BOSTON, MA; FT enrollment: 3,122)
  • NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY (about 3 miles; BOSTON, MA; FT enrollment: 19,294)
  • WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 3 miles; BOSTON, MA; FT enrollment: 2,732)
  • SIMMONS COLLEGE (about 3 miles; BOSTON, MA; FT enrollment: 2,386)
  • EMERSON COLLEGE (about 4 miles; Boston, MA; FT enrollment: 3,697)
  • BUNKER HILL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 4 miles; BOSTON, MA; FT enrollment: 3,638)
Public high school in Cambridge:
  • CAMBRIDGE RINDGE AND LATIN (Students: 1,883; Location: 459 BROADWAY; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high schools in Cambridge:
  • BUCKINGHAM BROWNE NICHOLS SCHO (Students: 949; Location: 80 GERRYS LANDING ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
  • MATIGON HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 550; Location: 1 MATIGON RD; Grades: 9 - 12)
  • NORTH CAMBRIDGE CATHOLIC HIGH (Students: 230; Location: 40 NORRIS STREET; Grades: 9 - 12)
  • JAMES F. FARR ACADEMY (Students: 33; Location: 71 PEARL STREET; Grades: 11 - 12)
  • CASTLE SCHOOL (Students: 10; Location: 298 HARVARD ST; Grades: 9 - 12)
Biggest public elementary/middle schools in Cambridge:
  • KING OPEN (Students: 570; Location: 850 CAMBRIDGE STREET; Grades: KG - 08)
  • PEABODY (Students: 549; Location: 70 RINDGE AVENUE; Grades: PK - 09)
  • KENNEDY-LONGFELLOW (Students: 449; Location: 158 SPRING STREET; Grades: PK - 09)
  • MORSE (Students: 440; Location: 40 GRANITE STREET; Grades: PK - 08)
  • GRAHAM AND PARKS (Students: 423; Location: 44 LINNAEAN STREET; Grades: KG - 08)
  • JOHN M TOBIN (Students: 414; Location: 197 VASSAL LANE; Grades: PK - 08)
  • MARIA L. BALDWIN (Students: 382; Location: 28 SACRAMENTO STREET; Grades: KG - 09)
  • CAMBRIDGEPORT (Students: 331; Location: 89 ELM STREET; Grades: KG - 08)
  • BENJAMIN BANNEKER CHARTER SCHOOL (Students: 329; Location: 21 NOTRE DAME AVENUE; Grades: KG - 08)
  • AMIGOS SCHOOL (Students: 299; Location: 100 PUTNAM AVENUE; Grades: KG - 08)
Private elementary/middle schools in Cambridge:
  • SHADY HILL SCHOOL (Students: 493; Location: 178 COOLIDGE HILL; Grades: PK - 8)
  • CAMBRIDGE FRIENDS SCHOOL (Students: 282; Location: 5 CADBURY ROAD; Grades: PK - 8)
  • CAMBRIDGE MONTESSORI SCHOOL IN (Students: 259; Location: 161 GARDEN STREET; Grades: PK - 6)
  • ST PETER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 234; Location: 96 CONCORD AVENUE; Grades: PK - 8)
  • FAYERWEATHER STREET SCHOOL (Students: 151; Location: 765 CONCORD AVER STREET; Grades: PK - 8)
  • THE HENRY BUCKNER SCHOOL (Students: 66; Location: 85 BISHOP RICHARD ALLEN DRIVE; Grades: PK - 1)
  • BOSTON ARCHDIOCESAN CHOIR SCH (Students: 58; Location: 29 MOUNT AUBURN STREET; Grades: 5 - 8; Boys only)
  • MULBERRY CHILD CARE CENTER (Students: 25; Location: 600 MEMORIAL DRIVE; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Cambridge:
  • CAMBRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $3,885,065; Location: 449 BROADWAY; 364,548 books; 16,023 audio materials; 5,586 video materials; 843 serial subscriptions)

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Notable locations in Cambridge: Acorn Office Park (A), Alumni Swimming Pool (B), Porter Square Station (C), Stop amd Shop Center (D), University Park (E), Cambridge Office Park (F), Charlesgate Yacht Club (G), Cutter Square (H), Fresh Pond Golf Course (I), Fresh Pond Municipal Golf Course (J), Gold Star Pool (K), Great Court (L), Harvard Observatory (M), Hoyt Field (N), Holmes Building (O), Holman Building (P), North Cambridge Senior Center (Q), Clark Building (R), Eliot House (S), Hollis Building (T). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Centers: Porter Square Shopping Center (1), The Atrium Shopping Center (2), Cambridgeside Galleria Shopping Center (3), Central Plaza Shopping Center (4), Central Square Mall Shopping Center (5), Fresh Pond Mall Shopping Center (6), Fresh Pond Shopping Center (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Cambridge include: Western Avenue Baptist Church (A), Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel (B), Cambridgeport Baptist Church (C), Massachusetts Avenue Baptist Church (D), Transcendental Meditation Center (E), Christ Church (F), Christ Episcopal Church (G), Christian Life Center (H), Christian Mission Holiness Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Cambridge Cemetery (1), North Cambridge Catholic Cemetery (2), Burial Hill Cemetery (3), Old Burying Ground (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Jerrys Pond (A), Blacks Nook (B), Lily Pond (C), Little Fresh Pond (D), Fresh Pond (E), Charles River Basin (F), Perch Pond (G), Salt Marsh (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Rivers: Little River (A), Millers River (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Cambridge include: Saint Peters Field (1), Morse School Playground (2), Sheridan Square (3), John A Ahern Field (4), Lusitania Field (5), Library Park (6), Charles Park (7), Alden Play Area (8), Sacrament Field (9). Display/hide their locations on the map

Beach: Magazine Beach (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Post office: Cambridge Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attractions: Art Interactive (Museums; 130 Bishop Richard Allen), Hooper-Lee-Nichols House (Historical Places & Services; 159 Brattle Street), Cambridge Historical Society (Historical Places & Services; 159 Brattle Street), Mass Commonwealth - Courts- Supreme Judicial Court- Middlesex County (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; Law Library), Mount Auburn Cemetery (Botanical Gardens; 580 Mount Auburn St), Harvard Museum of Natural History (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 26 Oxford Street), Museum of Useful Things (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 49 Brattle Street # B), Harvard University - Academic & Administrative Departments- Harvard Art Mus (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 371 Harvard Street Apt 2D), Harvard University -Semitic Museum (Cultural Attractions- Events- & Facilities; 6 Divinity Avenue).

Hotels: Amory Guest House (62 Amory St), Harding House (288 Harvard Street), Boston Marriott (2 Cambridge Ctr), Best Western Homestead (220 Alewife Brook Parkway), Hestia Home Management (369 Columbia Street), Hampton Inn (191 Monsignor Obrien Highway), Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites (250 Monsignor O'brien Highway), Pallysadoe (575 Memorial Drive), Howard Johnson (777 Memorial Drive).

Courts: Comm Of Mass Dmh Cambridge Court Clinic (40 Thorndike), Mass Commonwealth - Courts- Supreme Judicial Court- Middlesex County (Law Library), Cambridge City - Cambridge Housing Authority- Work Force-Newtowne C (119 Windsor Street).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Cambridge and their reported violations in the past:

CAMBRIDGE WATER DEPARTMENT (Population served: 101355, Surface_water):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 51 regular monitoring violations

Average household size:
This city:  2.0 people
Massachusetts:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  41.3%
Whole state:  64.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  6.3%
Whole state:  5.4%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Cambridge compared to Massachusetts state average:

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  • Median house value significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage above state average.
  • Median age below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Renting percentage above state average.
  • Number of rooms per house below state average.
  • Number of college students above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly above state average.


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Arenas or stadiums:
  • Bright Hockey Center. Harvard University.
  • Lavietes Pavilion. Harvard University.
Banks with most branches in Cambridge (2007 data):
  • Bank of America, National Association: 8 branches. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $1,196,123.8 mil, Deposits: $759,600.6 mil, headquarters in Charlotte, NC, positive income, 5839 total offices, Holding Company: Bank Of America Corporation
  • Cambridge Trust Company: Mit At University Park Branch, Huron Branch, Kendall Square Branch, Massachusetts Avenue Branch, at 1336 Massachusetts Avenue. Info updated 2006-09-29: Bank assets: $773.0 mil, Deposits: $663.8 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 11 total offices, Holding Company: Cambridge Bancorp
  • Cambridge Savings Bank: Porter Square Shopping Center Branch, Cambridge Street Branch, at 1374 Massachusetts Avenue, Central Square Branch. Info updated 2007-01-05: Bank assets: $2,080.2 mil, Deposits: $1,661.6 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 15 total offices, Holding Company: Cambridge Financial Group, Inc.
  • Wainwright Bank & Trust Company: Fresh Pond Mall Branch, Kendall Square Branch, Harvard Square Branch, Central Square Branch. Info updated 2006-12-12: Bank assets: $811.7 mil, Deposits: $582.0 mil, headquarters in Boston, MA, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 12 total offices
  • Citizens Bank of Massachusetts: Central Square-West Branch, Kendall Square Branch, Harvard Square Branch, Lechmere Square Branch. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $35,276.0 mil, Deposits: $23,418.1 mil, headquarters in Boston, MA, positive income, 264 total offices, Holding Company: Royal Bank Of Scotland Group Plc, The
  • East Cambridge Savings Bank: Cambridge Branch, Canal Park Branch, Cambridge Branch, at 292 Cambridge Street. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $746.4 mil, Deposits: $615.4 mil, local headquarters, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 8 total offices
  • Boston Private Bank & Trust Company: Kendall Square Branch at One Cambridge Center, branch established on 2001-10-15. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $2,461.2 mil, Deposits: $1,824.1 mil, headquarters in Boston, MA, positive income, 8 total offices, Holding Company: Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.
  • North Cambridge Co-operative Bank: North Cambridge Co-Operative Bank at 2360 Massachusetts Avenue, branch established on 1912-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $88.0 mil, Deposits: $69.0 mil, local headquarters, positive income, 1 total offices
  • 3 other banks with 3 local branches



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2006)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Housing and Community Development(Local) 47$265,948$67,9029$6,249
Natural Resources 1$3,100$37,2000$0
Water Supply 62$286,539$55,4592$2,392
Elementary and Secondary - Instruction 1004$4,757,662$56,864229$338,808
Elementary and Secondary - Other Total 229$1,019,526$53,425113$90,682
Local Libraries 59$256,328$52,13545$52,120
Other and Unallocable 194$901,120$55,73926$57,812
Other Government Administration 45$233,709$62,32224$50,628
Financial Administration 73$391,944$64,42910$27,181
Judicial and Legal 9$57,103$76,1370$0
Police Protection - Officers 251$1,820,412$87,0320$0
Police - Other 65$247,404$45,6754$4,407
Firefighters 271$1,519,395$67,2790$0
Fire - Other 8$31,574$47,3610$0
Streets and Highways 100$403,260$48,3912$5,970
Welfare 146$557,235$45,8000$0
Health 3$13,641$54,5640$0
Hospitals 2959$9,421,457$38,2081136$3,617,023
Solid Waste Management 59$251,634$51,1802$3,370
Sewerage 15$70,386$56,3090$0
Parks and Recreation 50$257,440$61,7860$0
Totals for Government 5650$22,766,819$48,3541602$4,256,642


Cambridge government finances in 2004:
  • Bond Fund - Cash & Deposits: $34,991,000
  • Charges - Hospital Public: $353,967,000
    Sewerage: $26,546,000
    All Other: $10,470,000
    Parking Facilities: $6,155,000
    Parks & Recreation: $2,143,000
    Elementary & Secondary Education School Lunch: $731,000
    Elementary & Secondary Education School Tuition: $63,000
    Solid Waste Management: $30,000
    Elementary & Secondary Education - Other: $13,000
    Regular Highways: $9,000
  • Construction - Own Hospitals: $7,358,000
    Elementary & Secondary Education: $1,556,000
    General: $1,515,000
    Police Protection: $494,000
    Protective Inspection & Regulation, NEC: $188,000
    Parks & Recreation: $100,000
    Fire Protection: $79,000
    Libraries: $7,000
    Financial Administration: $3,000
  • Current Operations - Own Hospitals: $498,648,000
    Elementary & Secondary Education: $131,644,000
    General - Other: $55,058,000
    Police Protection: $27,535,000
    Fire Protection: $19,412,000
    Parks & Recreation: $10,764,000
    Water Utilities: $7,547,000
    Financial Administration: $6,759,000
    Solid Waste Management: $5,189,000
    Housing & Community Development: $4,183,000
    Libraries: $4,143,000
    Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $3,959,000
    Regular Highways: $3,351,000
    Central Staff Services: $2,349,000
    General Public Buildings: $2,111,000
    Sewerage: $1,352,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $908,000
    Parking Facilities: $887,000
    Welfare - Other: $426,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $51,000
  • Employee Retirement - Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $239,107,000
    Securities - Corporate Bonds (market): $192,574,000
    Interest Revenue: $87,347,000
    Total Other Securities: $80,855,000
    Benefit Payments: $34,326,000
    Total Cash & Deposits: $34,128,000
    From Local Government: $23,762,000
    Other Investments - Other: $23,524,000
    Local Employee Contribution: $16,300,000
    Withdrawals: $2,099,000
    From Other Government: $1,460,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $48,650,000
    Housing & Community Development: $5,093,000
    All Other: $4,838,000
    Education: $2,112,000
    Highways: $98,000
  • General - Interest on Debt: $6,160,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Elementary and Secondary Education: $2,390,000
    Health: $36,000
    Central Staff Services: $26,000
    Transit Utilities: $3,000
  • Intergovernmental to State - General: $16,392,000
    Transit Utilities: $7,266,000
  • Local Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $7,333,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $66,789,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, Education, NEC: $25,251,000
  • Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $152,073,000
  • Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $32,761,000
    Water Utilities: $3,000,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $140,530,000
    Full Faith & Credit - Elementary & Secondary Education: $19,383,000
  • Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $63,820,000
    Other, NEC: $21,000,000
  • Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $23,304,000
    Water Utilities: $5,969,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $5,868,000
  • Miscellaneous - General Revenue, NEC: $12,553,000
    Interest Earnings: $2,364,000
  • Other Capital Outlay - Sewerage: $15,623,000
    General Public Building: $12,035,000
    General - Other: $10,438,000
    Own Hospitals: $10,156,000
    Regular Highways: $7,376,000
    Elementary and Secondary Education: $1,463,000
    Water Utilities: $1,261,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $243,274,000
  • Revenue - Water Utilities: $15,728,000
  • Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $630,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Health & Hospitals: $72,796,000
    Public Welfare: $50,201,000
    General Support: $28,684,000
    Education: $24,908,000
    All Other: $17,483,000
    Highways: $1,596,000
  • Tax - Property: $209,848,000
    Other Selective Sales: $8,558,000
    NEC: $8,329,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $356,694,000
  • Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $3,063,000

7.07% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($52,906 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.07%
Massachusetts average:  6.31%

0.52% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,266 average AGI)
Middlesex County:  0.52%
Massachusetts average:  0.28%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Suffolk County, MA  1.47% ($54,668 average AGI)
from Essex County, MA  0.61% ($47,527)
from Norfolk County, MA  0.59% ($73,785)


7.59% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($62,506 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.59%
Massachusetts average:  6.91%

0.16% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,062 average AGI)
Middlesex County:  0.16%
Massachusetts average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Suffolk County, MA  1.22% ($53,734 average AGI)
to Essex County, MA  0.79% ($62,439)
to Worcester County, MA  0.70% ($58,665)


Strongest AM radio stations in Cambridge:
  • WEZE (590 AM; 5 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: NEW ENGLAND CONTINENTAL MEDIA, INC.)
  • WWZN (1510 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ROSE CITY RADIO CORPORATION)
  • WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WILD (1090 AM; daytime; 5 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: RADIO ONE OF BOSTON LICENSES, LLC)
  • WXKS (1430 AM; 5 kW; EVERETT, MA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WUNR (1600 AM; 20 kW; BROOKLINE, MA; Owner: CHAMPION BROADCASTING SYSTEMS, INC.)
  • WRCA (1330 AM; 25 kW; WALTHAM, MA; Owner: WRCA LICENSE, LLC)
  • WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WNTN (1550 AM; 10 kW; NEWTON, MA; Owner: COLT COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
  • WBPS (1150 AM; 5 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF BOSTON LICENSEE, L.L.C.)
  • WBIX (1060 AM; 40 kW; NATICK, MA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)

Strongest FM radio stations in Cambridge:
  • WXKS-FM (107.9 FM; MEDFORD, MA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WMJX (106.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WBCN (104.1 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: HEMISPHERE BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WZLX (100.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION OF BOSTON)
  • WERS (88.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: EMERSON COLLEGE)
  • W267AI (101.3 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: MCC BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WMBR (88.1 FM; CAMBRIDGE, MA; Owner: TECHNOLOGY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WHRB (95.3 FM; CAMBRIDGE, MA; Owner: HARVARD RADIO BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WFNX (101.7 FM; LYNN, MA; Owner: MCC BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
  • WBMX (98.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WBOS (92.9 FM; BROOKLINE, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WJMN (94.5 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
  • WCRB (102.5 FM; WALTHAM, MA; Owner: CHARLES RIVER BROADCASTING WCRB LICE)
  • WTKK (96.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WROR-FM (105.7 FM; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: GREATER BOSTON RADIO, INC.)
  • WBUR-FM (90.9 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY)
  • WGBH (89.7 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • WODS (103.3 FM; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)
  • WMFO (91.5 FM; MEDFORD, MA; Owner: TUFTS UNIVERSITY)
  • WZBC (90.3 FM; NEWTON, MA; Owner: TRUSTEES OF BOSTON COLLEGE)

TV broadcast stations around Cambridge:
  • WBPX (Channel 68; BOSTON, MA; Owner: PAXSON BOSTON-68 LICENSE, INC.)
  • WTMU-LP (Channel 32; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ZGS BOSTON, INC.)
  • WCEA-LP (Channel 58; BOSTON, MA; Owner: CHANNEL 19 TV CORPORATION)
  • WCVB-TV (Channel 5; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WCVB HEARST-ARGYLE TV, INC.)
  • WHDH-TV (Channel 7; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WHDH-TV)
  • WGBH-TV (Channel 2; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • WMFP (Channel 62; LAWRENCE, MA; Owner: WSAH LICENSE, INC.)
  • WSBK-TV (Channel 38; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
  • WLVI-TV (Channel 56; CAMBRIDGE, MA; Owner: WLVI, INC.)
  • WFXT (Channel 25; BOSTON, MA; Owner: FOX TELEVISION STATIONS INC.)
  • WBZ-TV (Channel 4; BOSTON, MA; Owner: VIACOM INC.)
  • WGBX-TV (Channel 44; BOSTON, MA; Owner: WGBH EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION)
  • W40BO (Channel 40; BOSTON, MA; Owner: PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS LPTV, INC.)
  • WUTF (Channel 66; MARLBOROUGH, MA; Owner: TELEFUTURA BOSTON LLC)
  • WWDP (Channel 46; NORWELL, MA; Owner: NORWELL TELEVISION, LLC)
  • WFXZ-CA (Channel 24; BOSTON, MA; Owner: BOSTON BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WUNI (Channel 27; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • WLNE-TV (Channel 6; NEW BEDFORD, MA; Owner: FREEDOM BROADCASTING OF SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, INC.)
  • WPRI-TV (Channel 12; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: TVL BROADCASTING OF RHODE ISLAND, LLC)
  • WNAC-TV (Channel 64; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: WNAC, LLC)
  • WJAR (Channel 10; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WSBE-TV (Channel 36; PROVIDENCE, RI; Owner: RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC TELECOM. AUTHORITY)

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