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Data type:
Area: 0.905 square miles
Population: 14,678
Population density:
| Harvard Square: |  16,210 people per square mile | | Cambridge: |  15,766 people per square mile |
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Zip codes: 02138.
| Males: | 7,240 | | Females: | 7,438 |
Median age:
Males:
| This neighborhood: | 26.5 years | | Whole city: | 30.4 years |
Females:
| This neighborhood: | 27.5 years | | Whole city: | 31.6 years |
Average household size:
| Harvard Square: | 1.6 people | | Cambridge: | 2.0 people |
Average family size:
| Harvard Square: | 2.4 members | | Cambridge: | 2.8 members |
Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
| Here: | 21.6% | | city: | 29.1% |
Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
| Harvard Square: | 5.5% | | Cambridge: | 11.3% |
Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
| This neighborhood: | 2.0% | | Cambridge: | 6.1% |
47.3% of population in college dorms
1.1% of population in other group homes
Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
| Here: | 34.4% | | Cambridge: | 26.9% |
Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
| Harvard Square: | 32.5% | | city: | 25.5% |
Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
| This neighborhood: | 0.9% | | Cambridge: | 3.8% |
Percentage of people born in this state:
| Here: | 17.3% | | Cambridge: | 32.6% |
Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
| Harvard Square: | 61.1% | | Cambridge: | 39.7% |
Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
| Here: | 2.6% | | city: | 1.8% |
Percentage of foreign born residents:
| Here: | 19.0% | | Cambridge: | 25.9% |
Rooms in owner-occupied houses/condos in Harvard Square: |
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- 1 room: 0
- 2 rooms: 249
- 3 rooms: 2,562
- 4 rooms: 2,251
- 5 rooms: 1,845
- 6 rooms: 1,203
- 7 rooms: 878
- 8 rooms: 801
- 9+ rooms: 1,668
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Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Harvard Square: |
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- 1 room: 4,215
- 2 rooms: 6,768
- 3 rooms: 8,101
- 4 rooms: 6,108
- 5 rooms: 3,216
- 6 rooms: 995
- 7 rooms: 273
- 8 rooms: 125
- 9+ rooms: 308
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Harvard Square: |
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- no bedroom: 4
- 1 bedroom: 2,574
- 2 bedrooms: 4,947
- 3 bedrooms: 1,899
- 4 bedrooms: 803
- 5+ bedrooms: 1,232
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Harvard Square: |
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- no bedroom: 5,137
- 1 bedroom: 14,922
- 2 bedrooms: 7,891
- 3 bedrooms: 1,801
- 4 bedrooms: 312
- 5+ bedrooms: 48
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Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
| This neighborhood: | 1.1 | | Cambridge: | 1.3 |
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
| Here: | 0.7 | | city: | 0.8 |
Percentage of units with a mortgage:
| Harvard Square: | 69.3% | | Cambridge: | 67.3% |
Housing prices:
Average estimated value of detached houses in 2007 (6.2% of all units):
| Harvard Square: | $607,934 | | Cambridge: | $854,848 |
Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2007 (3.4% of all units):
| This neighborhood: | $279,278 | | city: | $426,066 |
Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2007 (3.7% of all units):
| This neighborhood: | $322,856 | | Cambridge: | $435,212 |
Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (10.9% of all units):
| Harvard Square: | $315,727 | | city: | $624,840 |
Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (75.6% of all units):
| Harvard Square: | $205,896 | | Cambridge: | $483,674 |
Owners and renters by unit type in %
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Occupations of males:
Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
| Here: | 8.6% | | city: | 10.9% |
Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
| Here: | 8.5% | | city: | 6.6% |
Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
| Here: | 10.6% | | city: | 11.0% |
Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
| Here: | 3.5% | | city: | 5.4% |
Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
| Here: | 6.2% | | city: | 8.4% |
Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
| Here: | 1.5% | | city: | 1.6% |
Percentage of males in legal occupations:
| Here: | 2.7% | | city: | 2.2% |
Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
| Here: | 26.3% | | city: | 14.1% |
Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
| Here: | 7.6% | | city: | 5.4% |
Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
| Here: | 2.9% | | city: | 2.8% |
Percentage of males in service occupations:
| Here: | 4.3% | | city: | 8.5% |
Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
| Here: | 13.1% | | city: | 12.9% |
Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
| Here: | 1.6% | | city: | 3.9% |
Percentage of males in production occupations:
| Here: | 1.7% | | city: | 3.1% |
Occupations of females:
Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
| Here: | 10.0% | | city: | 11.5% |
Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
| Here: | 5.8% | | city: | 7.1% |
Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
| Here: | 3.6% | | city: | 4.1% |
Percentage of females in architecture and engineering occupations:
| Here: | 1.0% | | city: | 2.0% |
Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
| Here: | 8.0% | | city: | 6.6% |
Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
| Here: | 3.0% | | city: | 3.1% |
Percentage of females in legal occupations:
| Here: | 1.8% | | city: | 2.2% |
Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
| Here: | 19.9% | | city: | 15.8% |
Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
| Here: | 8.0% | | city: | 7.3% |
Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
| Here: | 3.9% | | city: | 5.4% |
Percentage of females in service occupations:
| Here: | 7.6% | | city: | 9.3% |
Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
| Here: | 24.7% | | city: | 22.8% |
Percentage of females in production occupations:
| Here: | 1.5% | | city: | 1.8% |
Percentage of females in transportation and material moving occupations:
| Here: | 1.2% | | city: | 0.6% |
Percentage of people 18-64 in Armed Forces:
| Harvard Square: | 0.1% | | Cambridge: | 0.1% |
Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
| Harvard Square: | 2.9% | | Cambridge: | 10.1% |
Percentage of people 3 years and older in undgraduate colleges:
| Harvard Square: | 43.2% | | Cambridge: | 15.1% |
Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
| Harvard Square: | 16.3% | | Cambridge: | 11.9% |
Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
| Harvard Square: | 28.1% | | Cambridge: | 15.3% |
Percentage of population below poverty level:
| Harvard Square: | 13.8% | | Cambridge: | 12.9% |
Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2000):
| Harvard Square: | 1344 | | Cambridge: | 1991 |
Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2000):
| Harvard Square: | 1998 | | Cambridge: | 1997 |
Median rent in 2007:
| Harvard Square: | $1,350 | | Cambridge: | $1,236 |
Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
| Harvard Square: | 65.3% | | Cambridge: | 63.0% |
Most commonly used house heating fuel: |
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- Utility gas (48%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
- Electricity (14%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
- Other fuel (3%)
- No fuel used (1%)
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Highways in this neighborhood:
Memorial Dr (US Hwy 3, State Hwy 2)
Length: 0.64 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 985 to 989
Roads and streets:
Massachusetts Ave
Length: 1.38 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1016 to 1547
Mount Auburn St
Length: 1.15 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 2 to 183
Cambridge St
Length: 0.88 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1610 to 1899
Brattle St
Length: 0.64 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 108
Kirkland St
Length: 0.54 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 84
Trowbridge St
Length: 0.52 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Garden St
Length: 0.49 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 4 to 32
Concord Ave
Length: 0.42 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 8 to 41
Broadway
Length: 0.39 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 446 to 501
Jfk St
Length: 0.38 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Quincy St
Length: 0.37 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Berkeley St
Length: 0.30 miles
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 4 to 99
Oxford St
Length: 0.25 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 47
Plympton St
Length: 0.25 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 4 to 199
Bow St
Length: 0.25 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Ash St
Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Follen St
Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Prescott St
Length: 0.24 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Harvard St
Length: 0.23 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 368 to 499
Irving St
Length: 0.21 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 95
Mill St
Length: 0.21 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Winthrop St
Length: 0.20 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Waterhouse St
Length: 0.19 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Church St
Length: 0.19 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Parker St
Length: 0.19 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Dewolfe St
Length: 0.18 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 4 to 99
Divinity Ave
Length: 0.18 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Francis Ave
Length: 0.18 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 32
Dunster St
Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Cowperthwaite St
Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Holyoke St
Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Mason St
Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Museum St
Length: 0.16 miles
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 89
Longfellow Park
Length: 0.16 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Banks St
Length: 0.16 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2 to 101
Ware St
Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Grant St
Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
St Johns Rd
Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Hilliard St
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Everett St
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 52 to 99
Arrow St
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Riverview Ave
Length: 0.14 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 9
Hawthorn St
Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
South St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Berkeley Pl
Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Story St
Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Sumner Rd
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Appian Way
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Bennett St
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Irving Ter
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
University Rd
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Craigie St
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2 to 8
Kirkland Pl
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Phillips Pl
Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Putnam Ave
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 42
Felton St
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Farwell Pl
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Holyoke Pl
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Athens St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Acacia St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Remington St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Linden St
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Surrey St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Green St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 668 to 704
Jarvis St
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Hastings Ave
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Peabody St
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Eliot St
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 16 to 98
Palmer St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Hammond St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 41 to 76
Willard St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 15
Broadway Ct
Length: 0.06 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 3 to 5
Gerry St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Brewer St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Trowbridge Ter
Length: 0.05 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
James St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Mifflin Pl
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Brattle Sq
Length: 0.05 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Ash Street Pl
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 2 to 99
Ashton Pl
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Trowbridge Pl
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Willard Street Ct
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Kirkland Rd
Length: 0.05 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Craigie Cir
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Nutting Rd
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Eliot Sq (Eliot St)
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Gorham St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 26
Revere St
Length: 0.04 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Hilliard Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Chapman Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Ross St
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Warren Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Hasting Ave
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Frisbie Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Athens Ter
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Fuller Pl
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Arsenal Sq
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Ridgely Ct
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
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