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Data type:  
Opacity:
%

Area: 0.451 square miles

Population: 9,498

Population density:
Beacon Hill:  21,058 people per square mile
Boston:  12,166 people per square mile

House/condo value distribution in Beacon Hill in Boston, MA neighborhood, block, subdivision, or community

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Age and Sex of Residents in Beacon Hill in Boston, MA

Races in Beacon Hill in Boston neighborhood in MA

Zip codes: 02108, 02114.

Males:  4,669
Females:  4,829

Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:  35.4 years
Whole city:  31.1 years

Females:
This neighborhood:  33.6 years
Whole city:  31.8 years


Average household size:
Beacon Hill:  1.5 people
Boston:  2.3 people

Average family size:
Beacon Hill:  2.4 members
Boston:  3.2 members

Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:  20.9%
city:  27.4%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Beacon Hill:  4.7%
Boston:  11.8%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
This neighborhood:  1.1%
Boston:  11.0%

2.4% of population in other group homes

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Here:  26.8%
Boston:  25.4%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Beacon Hill:  28.0%
city:  25.1%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
This neighborhood:  2.1%
Boston:  8.2%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:  29.0%
Boston:  47.4%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Beacon Hill:  56.2%
Boston:  23.5%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:  1.7%
city:  3.3%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:  13.2%
Boston:  25.8%



Educational Attainment


Rooms in owner-occupied houses/condos in Beacon Hill:
  • 1 room: 399
  • 2 rooms: 1,865
  • 3 rooms: 2,683
  • 4 rooms: 3,689
  • 5 rooms: 1,906
  • 6 rooms: 621
  • 7 rooms: 1,128
  • 8 rooms: 867
  • 9+ rooms: 2,121


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Beacon Hill:
  • 1 room: 6,763
  • 2 rooms: 6,608
  • 3 rooms: 9,410
  • 4 rooms: 6,468
  • 5 rooms: 1,713
  • 6 rooms: 445
  • 7 rooms: 90
  • 8 rooms: 0
  • 9+ rooms: 0


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Beacon Hill:
  • no bedroom: 436
  • 1 bedroom: 5,162
  • 2 bedrooms: 5,119
  • 3 bedrooms: 2,499
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,097
  • 5+ bedrooms: 966


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Beacon Hill:
  • no bedroom: 7,806
  • 1 bedroom: 15,112
  • 2 bedrooms: 7,683
  • 3 bedrooms: 717
  • 4 bedrooms: 146
  • 5+ bedrooms: 35


Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:  0.9
Boston:  1.3

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
Here:  0.4
city:  0.7

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Beacon Hill:  76.8%
Boston:  70.2%

Housing prices:
Average estimated value of detached houses in 2007 (0.5% of all units):
Beacon Hill:  $616,731
Boston:  $444,240

Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2007 (7.1% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $748,606
city:  $352,423

Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2007 (3.4% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $552,713
Boston:  $254,701

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (16.0% of all units):
Beacon Hill:  $1,011,511
city:  $508,101

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (73.0% of all units):
Beacon Hill:  $690,050
Boston:  $552,482



Owners and renters by unit type in %

Mode of transportation to work in Beacon Hill in Boston, MA

Occupations of males:
Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  20.2%
city:  10.2%

Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  14.5%
city:  6.4%

Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  8.3%
city:  5.5%

Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  3.4%
city:  2.9%

Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  5.0%
city:  2.6%

Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
Here:  1.5%
city:  1.7%

Percentage of males in legal occupations:
Here:  8.7%
city:  2.2%

Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  3.2%
city:  3.7%

Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  4.8%
city:  3.3%

Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  7.1%
city:  3.2%

Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here:  5.8%
city:  17.3%

Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here:  15.1%
city:  19.9%

Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Here:  1.0%
city:  9.3%

Occupations of females:
Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  18.1%
city:  9.6%

Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  9.9%
city:  6.7%

Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  4.5%
city:  2.5%

Percentage of females in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  1.2%
city:  0.8%

Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  4.5%
city:  2.2%

Percentage of females in legal occupations:
Here:  9.7%
city:  2.0%

Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  6.6%
city:  7.7%

Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  9.3%
city:  3.5%

Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  7.6%
city:  7.0%

Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here:  5.0%
city:  18.2%

Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here:  20.8%
city:  31.3%

Percentage of females in production occupations:
Here:  1.6%
city:  3.6%

Percentage of people 18-64 in Armed Forces:
Beacon Hill:  0.1%
Boston:  0.1%

Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Beacon Hill:  3.7%
Boston:  16.3%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in undgraduate colleges:
Beacon Hill:  5.6%
Boston:  11.0%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Beacon Hill:  8.7%
Boston:  4.1%

Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Beacon Hill:  79.0%
Boston:  18.4%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Beacon Hill:  9.3%
Boston:  19.5%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Beacon Hill:  1995
Boston:  1990

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Beacon Hill:  1998
Boston:  1997

Median rent in 2007:
Beacon Hill:  $1,529
Boston:  $986

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Beacon Hill:  67.2%
Boston:  59.6%



Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (42%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
  • Electricity (20%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)


Highways in this neighborhood:
Embankment Rd (State Hwy 28, David G Mugar Way)
Length: 0.86 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 198
Charles St (State Hwy 28, State Hwy 2)
Length: 0.65 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Boylston St (State Hwy 2)
Length: 0.42 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 70 to 322
Arlington St (State Hwy 2)
Length: 0.28 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Charlesbank Rd (State Hwy 28)
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
State Hwy 3 (Longfellow Brg)
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W
Roads and streets:
Beacon St
Length: 0.82 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 3 to 103
Mount Vernon St
Length: 0.69 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Pinckney St
Length: 0.49 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 198
Chestnut St
Length: 0.48 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 199
Cambridge St
Length: 0.46 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Tremont St
Length: 0.43 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 100 to 186
Revere St
Length: 0.39 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 199
Myrtle St
Length: 0.38 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
W Cedar St
Length: 0.29 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Storrow Memorial Dr
Length: 0.28 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Joy St
Length: 0.28 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2 to 99
Phillips St
Length: 0.25 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Bowdoin St
Length: 0.23 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 199
Brimmer St
Length: 0.22 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
River St
Length: 0.21 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 5 to 99
Hancock St
Length: 0.19 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Cedar Lane Way
Length: 0.16 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Anderson St
Length: 0.16 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 5 to 99
Branch St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Grove St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 5 to 99
Irving St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Ridgeway Ln
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Garden St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 9 to 99
S Russell St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Temple St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Louisburg Sq
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2 to 98
Park St
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 8
Derne St
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Byron St
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: E-W
Beaver Pl
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 16 to 99
Collidge Ave
Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Walnut St
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Lime St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Acorn St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Spruce St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Silver Pl
Length: 0.06 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Spruce Pl
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Willow St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Charles River Sq
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 27
W Hill Pl
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 16
Wadsworth Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: N-S
Beaver St
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Otis Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Park Street Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Spruce Ct
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 14
Joy Ct
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2 to 98
Joy Pl
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Smith Ct
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Lindall Ct
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: N-S
Pleasure Rd
Length: 0.03 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Mount Vernon Pl
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Rollins Pl
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Goodwin Pl
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Phillips Ct
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: N-S
Lindall Pl
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 5 to 21
Sentry Hill Pl
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Thompson Ct
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
River Street Pl
Length: 0.02 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Primus Ave
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 15
Strong Pl
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Champney Pl
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Bellingham Pl
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Anderson Pl
Length: 0.01 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

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