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Data type:  
Opacity:
%

Area: 1.202 square miles

Population: 5,673

Population density: 4,720 people per square mile

House/condo value distribution in Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain, MA neighborhood, block, subdivision, or community

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Age and Sex of Residents in Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain, MA

Races in Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain neighborhood in MA

Zip codes: 02130, 02131.

Males:  2,748
Females:  2,925

Median age:
Males:  34.6 years
Females:  33.7 years


Average household size:
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  2.4 people
Massachusetts:  2.5 people

Average family size: 3.2 members
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  3.2 members
Massachusetts:  2.5 members

Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:  30.9%
Massachusetts:  49.0%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  14.9%
Massachusetts:  22.4%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
This neighborhood:  8.5%
Massachusetts:  7.5%

3.7% of population in college dorms
4.8% of population in other group homes

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Here:  23.9%
Massachusetts:  16.1%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  26.6%
Massachusetts:  0.0%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
This neighborhood:  10.8%
Massachusetts:  3.6%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:  50.6%
Massachusetts:  66.1%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  21.9%
Massachusetts:  19.5%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:  4.8%
Massachusetts:  2.3%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:  22.7%
Massachusetts:  12.2%



Educational Attainment


Rooms in owner-occupied houses/condos in Forest Hills (Woodbourne):
  • 1 room: 0
  • 2 rooms: 0
  • 3 rooms: 399
  • 4 rooms: 1,677
  • 5 rooms: 4,276
  • 6 rooms: 3,908
  • 7 rooms: 2,141
  • 8 rooms: 985
  • 9+ rooms: 912


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Forest Hills (Woodbourne):
  • 1 room: 463
  • 2 rooms: 1,015
  • 3 rooms: 1,973
  • 4 rooms: 3,378
  • 5 rooms: 4,907
  • 6 rooms: 2,005
  • 7 rooms: 596
  • 8 rooms: 489
  • 9+ rooms: 0


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Forest Hills (Woodbourne):
  • no bedroom: 0
  • 1 bedroom: 930
  • 2 bedrooms: 6,425
  • 3 bedrooms: 4,873
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,526
  • 5+ bedrooms: 544


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Forest Hills (Woodbourne):
  • no bedroom: 549
  • 1 bedroom: 3,480
  • 2 bedrooms: 7,166
  • 3 bedrooms: 2,910
  • 4 bedrooms: 514
  • 5+ bedrooms: 209


Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:  1.3
Massachusetts:  1.9

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
Here:  0.9
Massachusetts:  1.1

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  75.4%
Massachusetts:  71.6%

Housing prices:
Average estimated value of detached houses in 2007 (22.9% of all units):
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  $331,028
Massachusetts:  $440,475

Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2007 (2.4% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $155,170
Massachusetts:  $215,447

Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2007 (17.4% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $195,867
Massachusetts:  $214,324

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (30.8% of all units):
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  $545,132
Massachusetts:  $225,772

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (26.6% of all units):
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  $242,518
Massachusetts:  $194,563



Owners and renters by unit type in %

Mode of transportation to work in Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain, MA

Occupations of males:
Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  12.2%
Massachusetts:  12.0%

Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  3.5%
Massachusetts:  5.0%

Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  4.2%
Massachusetts:  5.1%

Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  2.7%
Massachusetts:  4.3%

Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  2.6%
Massachusetts:  1.7%

Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
Here:  2.6%
Massachusetts:  1.2%

Percentage of males in legal occupations:
Here:  2.3%
Massachusetts:  1.4%

Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  2.2%
Massachusetts:  3.5%

Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  3.6%
Massachusetts:  2.1%

Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  1.6%
Massachusetts:  2.6%

Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here:  21.5%
Massachusetts:  12.3%

Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here:  20.3%
Massachusetts:  18.5%

Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Here:  8.6%
Massachusetts:  13.9%

Percentage of males in production occupations:
Here:  5.5%
Massachusetts:  8.7%

Percentage of males in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  6.7%
Massachusetts:  7.3%

Occupations of females:
Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  9.0%
Massachusetts:  8.2%

Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  5.9%
Massachusetts:  5.8%

Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  4.0%
Massachusetts:  2.3%

Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  3.9%
Massachusetts:  1.5%

Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here:  6.7%
Massachusetts:  2.4%

Percentage of females in legal occupations:
Here:  3.3%
Massachusetts:  1.3%

Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  11.0%
Massachusetts:  9.9%

Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  5.3%
Massachusetts:  2.5%

Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  10.8%
Massachusetts:  8.6%

Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here:  12.4%
Massachusetts:  15.9%

Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here:  23.1%
Massachusetts:  33.9%

Percentage of females in production occupations:
Here:  4.1%
Massachusetts:  4.7%

Percentage of people 18-64 in Armed Forces:
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  0.0%
Massachusetts:  0.1%

Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  16.6%
Massachusetts:  18.5%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in undgraduate colleges:
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  9.2%
Massachusetts:  5.8%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  3.4%
Massachusetts:  1.9%

Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  16.1%
Massachusetts:  11.6%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  15.2%
Massachusetts:  9.3%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  1992
Massachusetts:  1988

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  1997
Massachusetts:  1997

Median rent in 2007:
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  $1,086
Massachusetts:  $828

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Forest Hills (Woodbourne):  76.0%
Massachusetts:  63.7%



Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (55%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (36%)
  • Electricity (6%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)


Highways in this neighborhood:
Msgr William Casey Hwy (State Hwy 203, Forest Hills Opas)
Length: 0.47 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Roads and streets:
Washington St (Morton St)
Length: 2.20 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 450
Hyde Park Ave
Length: 1.02 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 2 to 410
South St
Length: 0.92 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 265 to 561
Wachusett St
Length: 0.79 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 315
Walk Hill St
Length: 0.78 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 175
Bourne St
Length: 0.58 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Neponset Ave
Length: 0.56 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Washington St
Length: 0.49 miles
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 3654 to 3873
Canterbury St
Length: 0.41 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 63 to 649
Arborway
Length: 0.38 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Southbourne Rd
Length: 0.33 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Patten St
Length: 0.32 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Florian St
Length: 0.29 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 108
Wenham St
Length: 0.28 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 109
Eastland Rd
Length: 0.27 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Wyvern St
Length: 0.27 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Tower St
Length: 0.27 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Northbourne Rd
Length: 0.26 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Brookway Rd
Length: 0.26 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 43
Woodlawn St
Length: 0.25 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Forest Hills Ave
Length: 0.25 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 399
Eldridge Rd
Length: 0.25 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Weld Hill St
Length: 0.24 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
N Jewish War Vets Dr (Circuit Dr)
Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Yale Ter
Length: 0.23 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Catherine St
Length: 0.23 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Orchardhill Rd
Length: 0.21 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Forest Hills Dr
Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: E-W
Meyer St
Length: 0.20 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 2 to 99
Bournedale Rd
Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Halliday St
Length: 0.20 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Waterman Rd
Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
N Shea Cir
Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
N073
Length: 0.16 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Goodway Rd
Length: 0.16 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Rodman St
Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Lanesville Ter
Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Asticou Rd
Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Cemetery Rd
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Wayburn Rd
Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Woodbourne Rd
Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Cary St
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Martinwood Rd
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Hunter St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Ukraine Way
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Leland St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
N Forest Hills Ave
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
N Tower St
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Forest Hills St
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 108 to 344
Dunning Way
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Barlow St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Florian Way
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Blanvon Rd
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Dellmore Rd
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Varney St
Length: 0.06 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Organ Park
Length: 0.06 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 21
Carlford Rd
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Catenaccia Way
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Quarley Rd
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Wallace Park
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Ashmore Rd
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Larch Pl
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Herbertson Rd
Length: 0.05 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Lennoco Rd
Length: 0.05 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Pitsmoor Rd
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Bremen Ter
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Folsom St
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Craft Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Neponset Ct
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Sunset Ave
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Grover Ave
Length: 0.04 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Hillside Ave
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Arboretum Rd
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 50 to 99
Heyer Ct
Length: 0.03 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Forest Hills Dr Exd
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Oleary Way
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Lochdale Rd
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 69 to 99
Railroad features:
Amtrak RR (Mbta Commuter Rail)
Length: 0.92 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Mbta Commuter Rail
Length: 0.64 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Amtrak RR (Mbta Orange Line RR, Mbta Commuter Rail)
Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Other features:
Arnold Arboretum Stm
Length: 0.20 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE

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