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Data type:  
Opacity:
%

Area: 0.721 square miles

Population: 743

Population density:
Cambridge Highlands:  1,030 people per square mile
Cambridge:  15,766 people per square mile

House/condo value distribution in Cambridge Highlands in Cambridge, MA neighborhood, block, subdivision, or community

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Age and Sex of Residents in Cambridge Highlands in Cambridge, MA

Races in Cambridge Highlands in Cambridge neighborhood in MA

Zip codes: 02138.

Males:  322
Females:  421

Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:  28.0 years
Whole city:  30.4 years

Females:
This neighborhood:  38.3 years
Whole city:  31.6 years


Average household size:
Cambridge Highlands:  2.0 people
Cambridge:  2.0 people

Average family size:
Cambridge Highlands:  2.8 members
Cambridge:  2.8 members

Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:  35.4%
city:  29.1%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Cambridge Highlands:  14.3%
Cambridge:  11.3%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
This neighborhood:  6.0%
Cambridge:  6.1%

4.7% of population in nursing homes

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Here:  20.1%
Cambridge:  26.9%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Cambridge Highlands:  21.3%
city:  25.5%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
This neighborhood:  0.7%
Cambridge:  3.8%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:  63.2%
Cambridge:  32.6%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Cambridge Highlands:  20.7%
Cambridge:  39.7%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:  0.1%
city:  1.8%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:  16.0%
Cambridge:  25.9%



Educational Attainment


Rooms in owner-occupied houses/condos in Cambridge Highlands:
  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 49
  • 4 rooms: 169
  • 5 rooms: 350
  • 6 rooms: 437
  • 7 rooms: 191
  • 8 rooms: 158
  • 9+ rooms: 148


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cambridge Highlands:
  • 1 room: 124
  • 2 rooms: 70
  • 3 rooms: 177
  • 4 rooms: 310
  • 5 rooms: 140
  • 6 rooms: 168
  • 7 rooms: 11
  • 8 rooms: 11
  • 9+ rooms: 57


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cambridge Highlands:
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 7
  • 2 bedrooms: 574
  • 3 bedrooms: 636
  • 4 bedrooms: 192
  • 5+ bedrooms: 93


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cambridge Highlands:
  • no bedroom: 127
  • 1 bedroom: 375
  • 2 bedrooms: 301
  • 3 bedrooms: 201
  • 4 bedrooms: 64
  • 5+ bedrooms: 0


Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:  1.4
Cambridge:  1.3

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
Here:  1.0
city:  0.8

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Cambridge Highlands:  53.4%
Cambridge:  67.3%

Housing prices:
Average estimated value of detached houses in 2007 (27.0% of all units):
Cambridge Highlands:  $495,035
Cambridge:  $854,848

Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2007 (10.0% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $310,272
city:  $426,066

Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2007 (22.8% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $370,585
Cambridge:  $435,212

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (8.2% of all units):
Cambridge Highlands:  $376,191
city:  $624,840

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (32.0% of all units):
Cambridge Highlands:  $662,502
Cambridge:  $483,674



Owners and renters by unit type in %

Mode of transportation to work in Cambridge Highlands in Cambridge, MA

Occupations of males:
Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  14.2%
city:  10.9%

Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  1.4%
city:  6.6%

Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  9.5%
city:  11.0%

Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  7.7%
city:  5.4%

Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  7.7%
city:  8.4%

Percentage of males in legal occupations:
Here:  1.2%
city:  2.2%

Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  6.3%
city:  14.1%

Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  1.0%
city:  5.4%

Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here:  14.2%
city:  8.5%

Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here:  24.1%
city:  12.9%

Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Here:  9.1%
city:  3.9%

Percentage of males in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  1.5%
city:  3.0%

Occupations of females:
Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  18.0%
city:  11.5%

Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  1.9%
city:  7.1%

Percentage of females in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  6.5%
city:  2.0%

Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  2.0%
city:  6.6%

Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here:  11.8%
city:  3.1%

Percentage of females in legal occupations:
Here:  1.2%
city:  2.2%

Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  7.4%
city:  15.8%

Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  7.5%
city:  7.3%

Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  5.1%
city:  5.4%

Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here:  8.1%
city:  9.3%

Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here:  29.4%
city:  22.8%

Percentage of people 18-64 in Armed Forces:
Cambridge Highlands:  0.0%
Cambridge:  0.1%

Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Cambridge Highlands:  9.9%
Cambridge:  10.1%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in undgraduate colleges:
Cambridge Highlands:  6.4%
Cambridge:  15.1%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Cambridge Highlands:  5.8%
Cambridge:  11.9%

Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Cambridge Highlands:  5.4%
Cambridge:  15.3%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Cambridge Highlands:  3.1%
Cambridge:  12.9%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Cambridge Highlands:  1981
Cambridge:  1991

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Cambridge Highlands:  1998
Cambridge:  1997

Median rent in 2007:
Cambridge Highlands:  $942
Cambridge:  $1,236

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Cambridge Highlands:  48.1%
Cambridge:  63.0%



Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (52%)
  • Electricity (24%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Highways in this neighborhood:
US Hwy 3 (Alewife Brook Pkwy, State Hwy 2, State Hwy 16)
Length: 1.03 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 186 to 589
Roads and streets:
Concord Ave
Length: 0.95 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 572 to 640
Fawcett St
Length: 0.54 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Smith Pl
Length: 0.43 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Blanchard Rd
Length: 0.42 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 49 to 272
Mooney St
Length: 0.30 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Normandy Ave
Length: 0.25 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Griswold St
Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Wilson Rd
Length: 0.19 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Moulton St
Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Terminal Rd
Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 299
S Normandy Ave
Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 107
Spinelli Pl
Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Concord Ln
Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Loomis St
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Wheeler St
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Adley Rd
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: E-W
Sunset Rd
Length: 0.12 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Normandy Ter
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Normandy Ter Exn
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: N-S
Railroad features:
Mbta Commuter Rail
Length: 1.29 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Mbta RR
Length: 0.96 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Other features:
Wellington Brk
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Alewife Brk
Length: 0.00 miles
Direction: N-S

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