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Data type:  
Opacity:
%

Area: 1.241 square miles

Population: 13,078

Population density:
Kendall Square:  10,538 people per square mile
Cambridge:  15,766 people per square mile

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

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Age and Sex of Residents in Kendall Square in Cambridge, MA

Races in Kendall Square in Cambridge neighborhood in MA

Zip codes: 02139, 02141, 02142.

Males:  6,785
Females:  6,293

Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:  27.0 years
Whole city:  30.4 years

Females:
This neighborhood:  30.0 years
Whole city:  31.6 years


Average household size:
Kendall Square:  2.3 people
Cambridge:  2.0 people

Average family size:
Kendall Square:  2.9 members
Cambridge:  2.8 members

Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:  32.0%
city:  29.1%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Kendall Square:  12.2%
Cambridge:  11.3%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
This neighborhood:  9.4%
Cambridge:  6.1%

1.7% of population in correctional institutions
8.4% of population in college dorms

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Here:  29.9%
Cambridge:  26.9%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Kendall Square:  22.1%
city:  25.5%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
This neighborhood:  7.0%
Cambridge:  3.8%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:  39.8%
Cambridge:  32.6%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Kendall Square:  26.0%
Cambridge:  39.7%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:  2.1%
city:  1.8%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:  32.1%
Cambridge:  25.9%



Educational Attainment


Rooms in owner-occupied houses/condos in Kendall Square:
  • 1 room: 58
  • 2 rooms: 1,071
  • 3 rooms: 3,955
  • 4 rooms: 6,597
  • 5 rooms: 6,974
  • 6 rooms: 3,994
  • 7 rooms: 2,063
  • 8 rooms: 1,740
  • 9+ rooms: 2,314


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kendall Square:
  • 1 room: 5,730
  • 2 rooms: 10,515
  • 3 rooms: 20,004
  • 4 rooms: 24,534
  • 5 rooms: 13,422
  • 6 rooms: 5,148
  • 7 rooms: 1,222
  • 8 rooms: 254
  • 9+ rooms: 774


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Kendall Square:
  • no bedroom: 58
  • 1 bedroom: 4,506
  • 2 bedrooms: 13,450
  • 3 bedrooms: 6,945
  • 4 bedrooms: 2,959
  • 5+ bedrooms: 850


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Kendall Square:
  • no bedroom: 6,501
  • 1 bedroom: 29,304
  • 2 bedrooms: 31,005
  • 3 bedrooms: 12,424
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,869
  • 5+ bedrooms: 502


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

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

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Kendall Square:  77.8%
Cambridge:  67.3%

Housing prices:
Average estimated value of detached houses in 2007 (5.5% of all units):
Kendall Square:  $278,278
Cambridge:  $854,848

Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2007 (6.5% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $180,756
city:  $426,066

Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2007 (11.7% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $208,533
Cambridge:  $435,212

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (25.8% of all units):
Kendall Square:  $443,005
city:  $624,840

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (50.5% of all units):
Kendall Square:  $287,300
Cambridge:  $483,674



Owners and renters by unit type in %

Mode of transportation to work in Kendall Square in Cambridge, MA

Occupations of males:
Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  7.2%
city:  10.9%

Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  5.3%
city:  6.6%

Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  13.9%
city:  11.0%

Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  6.2%
city:  5.4%

Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  9.5%
city:  8.4%

Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
Here:  1.4%
city:  1.6%

Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  11.8%
city:  14.1%

Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  3.9%
city:  5.4%

Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  2.1%
city:  2.8%

Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here:  11.8%
city:  8.5%

Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here:  12.4%
city:  12.9%

Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Here:  5.3%
city:  3.9%

Percentage of males in production occupations:
Here:  4.5%
city:  3.1%

Percentage of males in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  3.9%
city:  3.0%

Occupations of females:
Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  7.6%
city:  11.5%

Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  5.7%
city:  7.1%

Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  4.6%
city:  4.1%

Percentage of females in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  2.8%
city:  2.0%

Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  5.6%
city:  6.6%

Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here:  1.7%
city:  3.1%

Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  14.0%
city:  15.8%

Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  3.4%
city:  7.3%

Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here:  4.8%
city:  5.4%

Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here:  13.1%
city:  9.3%

Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here:  31.1%
city:  22.8%

Percentage of females in farming, fishing, and forestry occupations:
Here:  1.4%
city:  0.1%

Percentage of females in production occupations:
Here:  2.7%
city:  1.8%

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

Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Kendall Square:  11.5%
Cambridge:  10.1%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in undgraduate colleges:
Kendall Square:  13.5%
Cambridge:  15.1%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Kendall Square:  10.4%
Cambridge:  11.9%

Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Kendall Square:  7.5%
Cambridge:  15.3%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Kendall Square:  18.9%
Cambridge:  12.9%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Kendall Square:  1763
Cambridge:  1991

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Kendall Square:  1997
Cambridge:  1997

Median rent in 2007:
Kendall Square:  $1,155
Cambridge:  $1,236

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Kendall Square:  58.5%
Cambridge:  63.0%



Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (67%)
  • Electricity (24%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (6%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)


Highways in this neighborhood:
Memorial Dr (US Hwy 3)
Length: 1.34 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 17
State Hwy 2 Alt (Massachusetts Ave)
Length: 0.64 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 35 to 402
US Hwy 3
Length: 0.34 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 388 to 399
Roads and streets:
Main St
Length: 1.71 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 67 to 999
Land Blvd (Commercial Ave)
Length: 1.22 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 299
Broadway
Length: 1.10 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 244
Binney St
Length: 0.97 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 412
Windsor St
Length: 0.82 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 493
Rogers St
Length: 0.79 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 200
Otis St
Length: 0.75 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 299
Thorndike St
Length: 0.70 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 195
Spring St
Length: 0.70 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 199
Charles St
Length: 0.69 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 330
3rd St
Length: 0.65 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 81 to 399
Cambridge St
Length: 0.63 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 459 to 979
Hurley St
Length: 0.62 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 399
1st St
Length: 0.57 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 23 to 387
Bent St
Length: 0.55 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 332
Cardinal Medeiros Ave
Length: 0.46 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 170 to 499
Linskey Way (Munroe St)
Length: 0.43 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 199
2nd St
Length: 0.43 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 36 to 259
5th St
Length: 0.40 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 74 to 299
Webster Ave
Length: 0.40 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 262
Hampshire St
Length: 0.39 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 91
6th St
Length: 0.39 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 21 to 198
Vassar St
Length: 0.38 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 89
Fulkerson St
Length: 0.38 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Portland St
Length: 0.36 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 169
Berkshire St
Length: 0.33 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Albany St
Length: 0.32 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 103
Galileo Galilei Way
Length: 0.30 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Plymouth St
Length: 0.30 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Bristol St
Length: 0.28 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Ames St
Length: 0.28 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
State St
Length: 0.25 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Amherst St
Length: 0.24 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Harvard St
Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 100 to 169
Washington St
Length: 0.23 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 172 to 176
Willow St
Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 118
Clark St
Length: 0.21 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 100 to 299
Sciarappa St
Length: 0.19 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 67 to 134
Market St
Length: 0.19 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 27
School St
Length: 0.18 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 119
Cambridgeside Pl
Length: 0.16 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Wadsworth St
Length: 0.16 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Osborne St
Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
8th St
Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 229
7th St
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 35 to 199
York St
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Dickinson St
Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Princeton Ave
Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Mid-Block Con
Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Hayward St
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Athenaeum St
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Potter St
Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 88
Carleton St
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Portsmouth St
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Lincoln St
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 60
Lopez Ave
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Smart St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Cornelius Way
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 26
Technology Sq
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 400 to 599
Vandine St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Palermo St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Hardwick St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Wellington Harrington Memorial Way
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: N-S
York Pl
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Marney St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Cherry St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 68
Berkshire Pl
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Marcella St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Seckle St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Bishop Richard Allen Dr
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 4 to 22
Michael Way
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 22
Lilac Ct
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Davis St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Moore St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 68 to 112
Deacon St
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Spring Pl
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Wellesley St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
James Way
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 18
Union St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 36 to 99
Front St
Length: 0.06 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Thorndike Pl (Thorndike St)
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 196 to 225
Emmet Pl
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Max Ave (Parnell St)
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2 to 47
Crossland St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Hamlin St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Village St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Harold Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Harwell Dr
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Dock St
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2 to 8
Cambridge Pkwy
Length: 0.03 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Cherry Ct
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
4th Street Pl
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Railroad features:
Penn Central RR
Length: 1.03 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Other features:
Broad Cnl
Length: 0.57 miles
Direction: E-W

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