Lower Roxbury neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts (MA), 02119, 02120 detailed profile
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Area: 0.393 square miles
Population: 7,832
Population density:
Lower Roxbury: | 19,935 people per square mile |
Boston: | 13,511 people per square mile |
- 3,47939.7%Hispanic or Latino
- 2,58329.5%Black
- 1,08312.4%American Indian
- 7718.8%White
- 3574.1%Two or more races
- 3433.9%Some other race
- 1521.7%Asian
Median household income in 2021:
Lower Roxbury: | $51,397 |
Boston: | $79,283 |
Distribution of median household income
- 612Less than $10,000
- 584$10,000 to $19,999
- 225$20,000 to $29,999
- 287$30,000 to $39,999
- 469$40,000 to $49,999
- 103$50,000 to $59,999
- 211$60,000 to $74,999
- 160$75,000 to $99,999
- 63$100,000 to $124,999
- 244$125,000 to $149,999
- 111$150,000 to $199,999
- 141$200,000 or more
Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value
- 183Less than $50,000
- 51$50,000 to $99,999
- 24$100,000 to $149,999
- 90$150,000 to $199,999
- 16$200,000 to $249,999
- 138$250,000 to $299,999
- 161$300,000 to $399,999
- 49$400,000 to $499,999
- 98$500,000 to $749,999
- 62$750,000 to $999,999
- 280$1,000,000 or more
Distribution of rent paid by renters
- 112Less than $100
- 388$100 to $199
- 602$200 to $299
- 663$300 to $399
- 381$400 to $499
- 373$500 to $599
- 408$600 to $699
- 121$700 to $799
- 15$800 to $899
- 199$900 to $999
- 544$1,000 to $1,249
- 404$1,250 to $1,499
- 246$1,500 to $1,999
- 790$2,000 or more
Median rent in 2021:
Lower Roxbury: | $991 |
Boston: | $1,696 |
Males: | 3,358 |
Females: | 4,474 |
Males:
This neighborhood: | 29.2 years |
Whole city: | 32.4 years |
This neighborhood: | 36.5 years |
Whole city: | 33.5 years |
Average household size:
Lower Roxbury: | 2.5 people |
Boston: | 2.2 people |
Percentage of family households:
Lower Roxbury: | 42.3% |
Boston: | 33.2% |
Here: | 14.9% |
Boston: | 27.4% |
Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Lower Roxbury: | 15.1% |
Boston: | 22.9% |
Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
Lower Roxbury: | 18.8% |
Boston: | 16.7% |
Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Lower Roxbury: | 27.2% |
Boston: | 27.3% |
Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Lower Roxbury: | 29.4% |
city: | 29.4% |
Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
Lower Roxbury: | 17.0% |
Boston: | 9.5% |
Percentage of people born in this state:
Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here: | 48.3% |
Boston: | 42.1% |
Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Lower Roxbury: | 16.0% |
Boston: | 26.9% |
Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here: | 4.4% |
city: | 3.5% |
Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here: | 31.3% |
Boston: | 27.5% |
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lower Roxbury
- 01 room
- 392 rooms
- 353 rooms
- 1394 rooms
- 1765 rooms
- 1086 rooms
- 627 rooms
- 238 rooms
- 209+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lower Roxbury
- 1391 room
- 582 rooms
- 6493 rooms
- 8184 rooms
- 6475 rooms
- 2196 rooms
- 1017 rooms
- 1228 rooms
- 2349+ rooms
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lower Roxbury
- 0no bedroom
- 201 bedroom
- 932 bedrooms
- 2753 bedrooms
- 444 bedrooms
- 205+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lower Roxbury
- 145no bedroom
- 9111 bedroom
- 6372 bedrooms
- 7483 bedrooms
- 1334 bedrooms
- 1585+ bedrooms
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
This neighborhood: | 1.4 |
Boston: | 1.4 |
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
Here: | 0.6 |
city: | 0.7 |
Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Lower Roxbury: | 69.3% |
Boston: | 71.1% |
Housing prices:
- Average estimated value of detached houses in 2021 (7.0% of all units):
Lower Roxbury: $487,267 Boston: $683,896
- Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2021 (5.8% of all units):
This neighborhood: $773,338 city: $1,097,292
- Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2021 (5.6% of all units):
This neighborhood: $1,110,362 Boston: $639,493
- Average estimated '21 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (29.9% of all units):
Lower Roxbury: $709,481 city: $745,440
- Average estimated '21 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (22.4% of all units):
Lower Roxbury: $268,047 Boston: $986,433
- Year house built in Lower Roxbury
- 1032020 or later
- 1812010 to 2019
- 2952000 to 2009
- 3511990 to 1999
- 2471980 to 1989
- 4061970 to 1979
- 3181960 to 1969
- 1391950 to 1959
- 3911940 to 1949
- 1,1831939 or earlier
City-data.com crime index for city in 2020 (higher means more crime):
City: | 258.2 |
U.S. average: | 219.5 |
Travel time to work (commute)
- 54Less than 5 minutes
- 1945 to 9 minutes
- 22310 to 14 minutes
- 30215 to 19 minutes
- 24720 to 24 minutes
- 14825 to 29 minutes
- 68230 to 34 minutes
- 21235 to 39 minutes
- 9940 to 44 minutes
- 14145 to 59 minutes
- 26460 to 89 minutes
- 5490 or more minutes
Means of transportation to work
- 29.3%767Drove a car alone
- 14.5%379Carpooled
- 30.3%794Bus
- 11.2%292Subway or elevated rail
- 1.8%48Long-distance train or commuter rail
- 1.5%40Light rail, streetcar or trolley
- 5.5%145Taxi
- 1.7%45Bicycle
- 8.1%213Walked
- 3.3%86Other means
- 2.6%67Worked at home
Time leaving home to go to work
- 5812:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.
- 1075:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.
- 255:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.
- 2366:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.
- 1956:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.
- 3857:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.
- 3167:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.
- 3888:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.
- 1678:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.
- 2149:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.
- 10610:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.
- 8111:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
- 27412:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.
- 1134:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
Occupations of males:
- Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here: 9.0% city: 12.4%
- Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here: 5.5% city: 8.8%
- Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here: 5.8% city: 2.9%
- Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
Here: 2.4% city: 1.5%
- Percentage of males in legal occupations:
Here: 6.8% city: 2.4%
- Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here: 8.6% city: 4.1%
- Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here: 26.4% city: 16.8%
- Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here: 9.0% city: 15.7%
- Percentage of males in production occupations:
Here: 1.1% city: 2.4%
- Percentage of males in transportation occupations:
Here: 7.6% city: 4.9%
- Percentage of males in material moving occupations:
Here: 9.9% city: 2.3%
Occupations of females:
- Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here: 5.8% city: 12.0%
- Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here: 8.6% city: 3.1%
- Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here: 2.7% city: 9.2%
- Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here: 4.2% city: 9.8%
- Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here: 53.9% city: 19.4%
- Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here: 17.1% city: 20.4%
- Percentage of females in transportation occupations:
Here: 5.0% city: 1.0%
Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
- Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Lower Roxbury: 31.4% Boston: 11.4%
- Percentage of people 3 years and older in undergraduate colleges:
Lower Roxbury: 6.6% Boston: 10.7%
- Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Lower Roxbury: 2.9% Boston: 5.0%
- Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Lower Roxbury: 33.5% Boston: 14.6%
Percentage of population below poverty level:
Lower Roxbury: | 30.8% |
Boston: | 18.7% |
Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2021):
Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2021):
Lower Roxbury: | 2006 |
Boston: | 2009 |
Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2021):
Lower Roxbury: | 2014 |
Boston: | 2018 |
Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Lower Roxbury: | 142.4% |
Boston: | 78.1% |
- 48.6%Utility gas
- 32.5%Electricity
- 8.4%Wood
- 3.2%No fuel used
- 2.5%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 2.4%Solar energy
Highways in this neighborhood:
Tremont St (State Hwy 28)
Length: 0.81 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Direction: SW-NE
Roads and streets:
Eustis St
Length: 0.74 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 17 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 17 to 399
Dudley St
Length: 0.64 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 111 to 362
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 111 to 362
New Dudley St
Length: 0.45 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 118
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 118
Magazine St
Length: 0.45 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 18 to 150
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 18 to 150
Washington St
Length: 0.43 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 2039 to 2366
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 2039 to 2366
Dewitt Dr
Length: 0.39 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 163
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 163
Ziegler St
Length: 0.38 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 20 to 199
Direction: E-W
Address range: 20 to 199
Gerard St
Length: 0.37 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 148
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 148
Kemble St
Length: 0.36 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Ruggles St
Length: 0.36 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 152
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 152
Shawmut Ave
Length: 0.35 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 689 to 899
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 689 to 899
Harrison Ave
Length: 0.34 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 973 to 1199
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 973 to 1199
Hampden St
Length: 0.33 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 59 to 214
Direction: N-S
Address range: 59 to 214
Norfolk Ave
Length: 0.29 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 128
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 128
Allerton St
Length: 0.27 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Farnham St
Length: 0.27 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Howard St
Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Whittier St
Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 85
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 85
N447
Length: 0.22 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Yeoman St
Length: 0.22 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Adams St
Length: 0.22 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 71
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 71
George St
Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 81
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 81
Island St
Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 34 to 99
Direction: E-W
Address range: 34 to 99
Mall St
Length: 0.18 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Albany St
Length: 0.16 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 884 to 999
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 884 to 999
Linden Park St
Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Direction: SE-NW
Massachusetts Ave
Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 840 to 899
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 840 to 899
Warren St
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 61
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 61
Reading St
Length: 0.14 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 42 to 99
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 42 to 99
Melnea Cass Blvd
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Direction: SE-NW
Madison Park Ct
Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Dade St
Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 98
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 98
Degautier Way
Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Williams St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Ambrose St
Length: 0.12 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 32
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 32
Dearborn St
Length: 0.12 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 258
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 258
Dunmore St
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Shabazz Way
Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 13
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 13
Crosby Sq
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 6
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 6
Kerr Pl
Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Bethune Way
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Prescott St
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Palmer St
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Chadwick St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 21 to 59
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 21 to 59
Estabrook Rd
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Cabot St
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 151 to 200
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 151 to 200
Webber St
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Vernon St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 33
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 33
Alther St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Marvin St
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Kerr Way
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 115
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 115
Taber St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W
Direction: E-W
Renfrew St
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Wheatley Way
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Raynor Cir
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 6 to 16
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 6 to 16
Renfrew Ct
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W
Direction: E-W
Woodrow Wilson Ct
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Sojourner Truth Ct
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 40 to 99
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 40 to 99
Hunneman St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 80 to 199
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 80 to 199
Winslow St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Direction: N-S
Ruggles Ct
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Direction: SW-NE
Orchard Park St
Length: 0.05 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Gary St
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 59 to 99
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 59 to 99
Roxbury St
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 102 to 125
Direction: E-W
Address range: 102 to 125
Hubbard Ter
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
E Campbell Pl
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Direction: SW-NE
Station St
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Direction: SE-NW