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Data type:  
Opacity:
%

Area: 0.437 square miles

Population: 12,500

Population density:
Riverside:  28,630 people per square mile
Cambridge:  15,766 people per square mile

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

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Age and Sex of Residents in Riverside in Cambridge, MA

Races in Riverside in Cambridge neighborhood in MA

Zip codes: 02138, 02139.

Males:  6,419
Females:  6,081

Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:  24.6 years
Whole city:  30.4 years

Females:
This neighborhood:  25.9 years
Whole city:  31.6 years


Average household size:
Riverside:  1.9 people
Cambridge:  2.0 people

Average family size:
Riverside:  2.7 members
Cambridge:  2.8 members

Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:  23.9%
city:  29.1%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Riverside:  9.3%
Cambridge:  11.3%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
This neighborhood:  5.5%
Cambridge:  6.1%

44.5% of population in college dorms

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Here:  35.5%
Cambridge:  26.9%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Riverside:  34.0%
city:  25.5%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
This neighborhood:  2.1%
Cambridge:  3.8%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:  21.1%
Cambridge:  32.6%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Riverside:  54.2%
Cambridge:  39.7%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:  2.7%
city:  1.8%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:  22.0%
Cambridge:  25.9%



Educational Attainment


Rooms in owner-occupied houses/condos in Riverside:
  • 1 room: 4
  • 2 rooms: 181
  • 3 rooms: 732
  • 4 rooms: 1,079
  • 5 rooms: 1,970
  • 6 rooms: 1,143
  • 7 rooms: 500
  • 8 rooms: 544
  • 9+ rooms: 305


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Riverside:
  • 1 room: 2,230
  • 2 rooms: 5,181
  • 3 rooms: 5,443
  • 4 rooms: 6,349
  • 5 rooms: 3,101
  • 6 rooms: 1,562
  • 7 rooms: 292
  • 8 rooms: 122
  • 9+ rooms: 72


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Riverside:
  • no bedroom: 27
  • 1 bedroom: 711
  • 2 bedrooms: 3,018
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,942
  • 4 bedrooms: 586
  • 5+ bedrooms: 175


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Riverside:
  • no bedroom: 2,523
  • 1 bedroom: 9,741
  • 2 bedrooms: 8,125
  • 3 bedrooms: 3,001
  • 4 bedrooms: 868
  • 5+ bedrooms: 95


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:  0.8
city:  0.8

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Riverside:  71.6%
Cambridge:  67.3%

Housing prices:
Average estimated value of detached houses in 2007 (5.3% of all units):
Riverside:  $351,205
Cambridge:  $854,848

Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2007 (2.7% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $220,172
city:  $426,066

Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2007 (11.7% of all units):
This neighborhood:  $257,574
Cambridge:  $435,212

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (25.2% of all units):
Riverside:  $365,927
city:  $624,840

Average estimated '07 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (54.9% of all units):
Riverside:  $99,144
Cambridge:  $483,674



Owners and renters by unit type in %

Mode of transportation to work in Riverside in Cambridge, MA

Occupations of males:
Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  7.9%
city:  10.9%

Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  6.5%
city:  6.6%

Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  10.8%
city:  11.0%

Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  4.1%
city:  5.4%

Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  7.5%
city:  8.4%

Percentage of males in legal occupations:
Here:  2.6%
city:  2.2%

Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  19.8%
city:  14.1%

Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  7.1%
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:  7.0%
city:  8.5%

Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here:  16.2%
city:  12.9%

Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
Here:  2.7%
city:  3.9%

Percentage of males in production occupations:
Here:  2.3%
city:  3.1%

Percentage of males in transportation and material moving occupations:
Here:  2.0%
city:  3.0%

Occupations of females:
Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here:  7.5%
city:  11.5%

Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
Here:  4.1%
city:  7.1%

Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here:  4.0%
city:  4.1%

Percentage of females in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here:  1.7%
city:  2.0%

Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here:  9.2%
city:  6.6%

Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here:  2.3%
city:  3.1%

Percentage of females in legal occupations:
Here:  1.1%
city:  2.2%

Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here:  18.8%
city:  15.8%

Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here:  6.9%
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:  10.6%
city:  9.3%

Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here:  28.0%
city:  22.8%

Percentage of females in production occupations:
Here:  1.0%
city:  1.8%

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

Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Riverside:  5.8%
Cambridge:  10.1%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in undgraduate colleges:
Riverside:  47.7%
Cambridge:  15.1%

Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Riverside:  12.5%
Cambridge:  11.9%

Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Riverside:  15.7%
Cambridge:  15.3%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Riverside:  20.8%
Cambridge:  12.9%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2000):
Riverside:  1256
Cambridge:  1991

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

Median rent in 2007:
Riverside:  $1,225
Cambridge:  $1,236

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Riverside:  67.2%
Cambridge:  63.0%



Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (64%)
  • Electricity (18%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (13%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
  • Other fuel (2%)


Highways in this neighborhood:
Memorial Dr (State Hwy 2, US Hwy 3)
Length: 0.76 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 901 to 928
Massachusetts Ave (State Hwy 2 Alt)
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1016 to 1070
Roads and streets:
Western Ave
Length: 0.76 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 26 to 470
Franklin St
Length: 0.56 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 299 to 699
Mount Auburn St
Length: 0.55 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 2 to 96
Green St
Length: 0.55 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 449 to 704
Putnam Ave
Length: 0.48 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 257
Kinnaird St
Length: 0.41 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 19 to 199
Banks St
Length: 0.37 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 2 to 299
Jfk St
Length: 0.32 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 42 to 199
Howard St
Length: 0.25 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 5 to 199
Bow St
Length: 0.25 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Plympton St
Length: 0.22 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 4 to 199
Mill St
Length: 0.21 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Flagg St
Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 97
Callender St
Length: 0.19 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Magee St
Length: 0.19 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Dewolfe St
Length: 0.18 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 4 to 99
Cowperthwaite St
Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Grant St
Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Hingham St
Length: 0.15 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
South St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Jay St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 21 to 99
Winthrop St
Length: 0.12 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 79
Montague St
Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Soden St
Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Hancock St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 39
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
Blackstone St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 3 to 99
Bay St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 12 to 99
Surrey St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Peabody Ter
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Dunster St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 38 to 199
Holyoke St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 25 to 99
Elmer St
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Akron St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Hayes St
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 32 to 59
Hews St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Linden St
Length: 0.06 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 5 to 99
Riverside Pl
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Ballord Pl
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Pleasant St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 19 to 22
Dodge St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Belvidere Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Fallon Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Walker Ct
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Warren Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Jay Street Pl
Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Athens Ter
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Cottage Row
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Walbro St
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Pond Pl
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Gilmore St
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99
Soden Pl
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Franklin Pl
Length: 0.02 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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