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Total population: 609,023 (All urban)

Boston, Massachusetts Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 251,935 (239,528 occupied: 77,209 owner occupied, 162,319 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	68%
State:	38%

Housing density: 5202 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $986 (lower quartile is $503, upper quartile is $1,363)

Housing units in Boston with a mortgage: 21,374 (2,155 second mortgage, 2,408 home equity loan, 74 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 9,093

Boston,MA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $425,700 (it was $210,100 in 2000)

Boston:	$425,700
Massachusetts:	$366,400

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $318,300 - $615,300

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $444,240
Here: $444,240
State: $440,475

Townhouses or other attached units: $510,218
Here: $510,218
State: $384,213

In 2-unit structures: $516,529
Here: $516,529
State: $414,317

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $508,101
Here: $508,101
State: $431,982

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $552,482
Here: $552,482
State: $335,381

Mobile homes: $42,106
Here: $42,106
State: $71,966

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $187,500
Here: $187,500
State: $284,583

Median year house/condo built: 1939

Median year apartment built: 1939

Household type by relationship

Households: 554,018

In family households: 382,668 (63,295 male householders, 53,362 female householders)
68,510 spouses, 143,927 children (136,552 natural, 3,954 adopted, 3,421 stepchildren), 11,186 grandchildren, 11,131 brothers or sisters, 6,311 parents, 11,429 other relatives, 13,517 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 171,350 (58,364 male householders (39,932 living alone)), 64,582 female householders (48,931 living alone)), 48,404 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 35,123 (8,289 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 45,443 2-persons, 28,228 3-persons, 21,410 4-persons, 12,385 5-persons, 5,356 6-persons, 3,835 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 88,863 1-person, 24,940 2-persons, 5,957 3-persons, 2,333 4-persons, 593 5-persons, 209 6-persons, 51 7-or-more-persons.

53,183 married couples with children.
46,994 single-parent households (5,294 men, 41,700 women).

66.6% of residents of Boston speak English at home.
13.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
12.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
6.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 151,836 (25.8%)
(37.3% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.7
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.6
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Boston, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 748 2 rooms: 2,836 3 rooms: 6,975 4 rooms: 10,360 5 rooms: 15,026 6 rooms: 15,603 7 rooms: 9,345 8 rooms: 5,923 9 or more rooms: 10,393

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Boston, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 16,421 2 rooms: 25,138 3 rooms: 36,041 4 rooms: 32,596 5 rooms: 30,659 6 rooms: 14,387 7 rooms: 4,131 8 rooms: 1,500 9 or more rooms: 1,446

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 1,156
1995 to 1998: 3,128
1990 to 1994: 4,255
1980 to 1989: 14,614
1970 to 1979: 20,906
1960 to 1969: 24,818
1950 to 1959: 24,420
1940 to 1949: 23,931
1939 or earlier: 134,707

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Boston:
	no bedroom: 966 1 bedroom: 10,147 2 bedrooms: 23,578 3 bedrooms: 24,923 4 bedrooms: 10,251 5 or more bedrooms: 7,344

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Boston:
	no bedroom: 19,150 1 bedroom: 56,758 2 bedrooms: 52,649 3 bedrooms: 26,186 4 bedrooms: 6,157 5 or more bedrooms: 1,419

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Boston in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 11,210 1 vehicle: 38,812 2 vehicles: 21,892 3 vehicles: 4,065 4 vehicles: 791 5 or more vehicles: 439

Cars and other vehicles available in Boston in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 72,398 1 vehicle: 67,457 2 vehicles: 18,223 3 vehicles: 2,839 4 vehicles: 739 5 or more vehicles: 663

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Boston, MA:

Less than $10,000: 80
$10,000 to $14,999: 40
$15,000 to $19,999: 40
$20,000 to $24,999: 85
$25,000 to $29,999: 87
$30,000 to $34,999: 67
$35,000 to $39,999: 66
$40,000 to $49,999: 157
$50,000 to $59,999: 169
$60,000 to $69,999: 119
$70,000 to $79,999: 134
$80,000 to $89,999: 80
$90,000 to $99,999: 73
$100,000 to $124,999: 252
$125,000 to $149,999: 658
$150,000 to $174,999: 1248
$175,000 to $199,999: 1948
$200,000 to $249,999: 5797
$250,000 to $299,999: 8522
$300,000 to $399,999: 20430
$400,000 to $499,999: 15440
$500,000 to $749,999: 19359
$750,000 to $999,999: 6349
$1,000,000 or more: 7335

Boston rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Boston:

Less than $100: 2,288 people
$100 to $149: 1,808
$150 to $199: 3,614
$200 to $249: 5,995
$250 to $299: 4,763
$300 to $349: 3,398
$350 to $399: 2,993
$400 to $449: 2,593
$450 to $499: 2,262
$500 to $549: 2,061
$550 to $599: 3,259
$600 to $649: 2,683
$650 to $699: 3,136
$700 to $749: 4,453
$750 to $799: 3,450
$800 to $899: 11,173
$900 to $999: 10,841
$1,000 to $1,249: 25,127
$1,250 to $1,499: 14,569
$1,500 to $1,999: 16,098
$2,000 or more: 11,892
No cash rent: 3,014

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 42,696 1990 to 1994: 30,974 1985 to 1989: 25,604 1980 to 1984: 19,562 1975 to 1979: 9,646 1970 to 1974: 8,104 1970 to 1974: 5,744 1965 to 1969: 9,506

Boston, MA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 67.8%
Number of people working at home: 6,593 (2.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 5125
5 to 9 minutes: 16870
10 to 14 minutes: 25955
15 to 19 minutes: 36189
20 to 24 minutes: 41676
25 to 29 minutes: 16415
30 to 34 minutes: 54859
35 to 39 minutes: 9732
40 to 44 minutes: 13270
45 to 59 minutes: 29114
60 to 89 minutes: 16776
90 or more minutes: 5889

Boston mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 115,618 (42%)
Carpooled: 25,662 (9%)
Bus or trolley bus: 33,837 (12%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 6,311 (2%)
Subway or elevated: 45,406 (16%)
Railroad: 2,808 (1%)
Ferryboat: 351 (0%)
Taxi: 1,193 (0%)
Motorcycle: 145 (0%)
Bicycle: 2,705 (1%)
Walked: 36,323 (13%)
Other means: 1,511 (1%)
Worked at home: 6,593 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 37230
$10,000 to $14,999: 15764
$15,000 to $19,999: 13377
$20,000 to $24,999: 13899
$25,000 to $29,999: 14316
$30,000 to $34,999: 13180
$35,000 to $39,999: 12881
$40,000 to $44,999: 12721
$45,000 to $49,999: 10326
$50,000 to $59,999: 18776
$60,000 to $74,999: 22720
$75,000 to $99,999: 23784
$100,000 to $124,999: 12369
$125,000 to $149,999: 6127
$150,000 to $199,999: 5491
$200,000 or more: 6642

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 189953

Irish: 76652

Italian: 40716

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 36293

Subsaharan African:: 20752

United States or American: 19387

Haitian: 18790

English: 15528

German: 13855

Cape Verdean: 10878

Polish: 9176

Russian: 8124

Jamaican: 7804

French (except Basque): 5938

African: 5806

Arab:: 4958

French Canadian: 4811

Scottish: 4777

Greek: 4693

Scotch-Irish: 3965

Brazilian: 3470

Portuguese: 3225

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 3072

West Indian: 2860

European: 2479

Swedish: 2457

Lebanese: 2354

Barbadian: 2053

Canadian: 2045

British: 1945

Lithuanian: 1855

Ukrainian: 1764

Nigerian: 1696

Norwegian: 1501

Dutch: 1471

Eastern European: 1384

Albanian: 1339

British West Indian: 1309

Arab/Arabic: 855

Armenian: 801

Hungarian: 717

Austrian: 704

Welsh: 673

Ethiopian: 658

Iranian: 634

Somalian: 606

Turkish: 586

Danish: 571

Romanian: 519

Finnish: 506

Swiss: 479

Syrian: 459

Czech: 444

Israeli: 406

Northern European: 389

Other Arab: 377

Guyanese: 342

Egyptian: 341

Yugoslavian: 313

Moroccan: 309

Latvian: 303

Scandinavian: 272

Belgian: 248

Other Subsaharan African: 240

Czechoslovakian: 213

U.S. Virgin Islander: 208

Ghanian: 201

Sierra Leonean: 199

Slovak: 194

Australian: 190

Croatian: 187

Liberian: 171

Celtic: 156

Serbian: 147

Bulgarian: 139

South African: 112

Palestinian: 99

Kenyan: 95

Bermudan: 95

Slavic: 93

Jordanian: 87

Iraqi: 77

Slovene: 77

Estonian: 74

New Zealander: 71

Icelander: 46

Ugandan: 38

Soviet Union: 37

Alsatian: 36

Acadian/Cajun: 36

Belizean: 33

Dutch West Indian: 32

Sudanese: 31

Bahamian: 27

Basque: 24

Cypriot: 22

Afghan: 20

Carpatho Rusyn: 17

Macedonian: 14

Pennsylvania German: 14

Maltese: 12

Senegalese: 11

Zairian: 10

Other West Indian: 10

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 8

Luxemburger: 7

German Russian: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Haiti (10%)
Dominican Republic (8%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
Vietnam (6%)
Other Western Africa (5%)
El Salvador (4%)
Jamaica (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 279411
Northeast: 69431
Midwest: 19087
South: 38667
West: 11550

52% of Boston residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 42% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 4,307
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,383
5th and 6th grade: 4,284
7th and 8th grade: 5,301
9th grade: 4,101
10th grade: 4,295
11th grade: 3,847
12th grade, no diploma: 9,049
High school graduate (or equivalency): 41,971
Less than 1 year of college: 7,599
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 18,128
Associate degree: 7,115
Bachelor's degree: 36,786
Master's degree: 17,339
Professional school degree: 7,691
Doctorate degree: 4,389

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 5,915
Nursery to 4th grade: 2,101
5th and 6th grade: 4,646
7th and 8th grade: 6,384
9th grade: 4,687
10th grade: 4,998
11th grade: 4,084
12th grade, no diploma: 10,247
High school graduate (or equivalency): 48,597
Less than 1 year of college: 9,337
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 19,745
Associate degree: 11,201
Bachelor's degree: 39,656
Master's degree: 19,882
Professional school degree: 5,864
Doctorate degree: 2,645

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 12.8%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 9.5%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 9.4%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 7.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 6.9%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 8.1%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 11.6%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 10.6%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 7.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 8.8%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 11.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 11.4%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $65,991
Black householders: $29,826
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $28,778
Asian householders: $43,735
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $40,704
Some other race householders: $29,154
Two or more races householders: $39,534
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $26,344

Boston household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Boston household income for Black householders

Boston household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Boston household income for Asian householders

Boston household income for Some other race householders

Boston household income for Two or more races householders

Boston household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Boston marital status for males

Boston marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $421,039
Black or African American householders: $315,273
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $318,717
Asian householders: $387,202
Some other race householders: $347,084
Two or more races householders: $352,554
Hispanic or Latino householders: $372,006

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 29,530
One, attached: 12,364
Two: 36,822
3 or 4: 65,587
5 to 9: 29,244
10 to 19: 23,893
20 to 49: 23,631
50 or more: 30,548
Mobile homes: 292
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 24

Median worth of mobile homes: $38,270

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Boston:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (53%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%) Electricity (11%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (46%) Electricity (26%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 10,746

Here:	19.4%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 4,321

Here:	14.7%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 44,343

Here:	70.7%
Massachusetts:	48.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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