Median household income (1999): $30,658
Estimated median household income in 2005: $32,927
| This zip code | $32,927 | | Massachusetts: | $57,184 |
Nearest zip codes: 02115, 02119, 02215, 02199, 02118, 02130.
Housing units in zip code 02120 with a mortgage: 147 (0 second mortgage, 8 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 42
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $1,194
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $294
Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 33.7% | | Whole state: | 9.3% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
| This zip code: | 19.5% | | Whole state: | 4.4% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 5.4 | | State: | 6.4 |
Median number of rooms in apartments:
| Here: | 3.9 | | State: | 4.0 |
Year house built:
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- 1999 to March 2000: 250
- 1995 to 1998: 184
- 1990 to 1994: 145
- 1980 to 1989: 305
- 1970 to 1979: 581
- 1960 to 1969: 456
- 1950 to 1959: 563
- 1940 to 1949: 347
- 1939 or earlier: 1,431
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Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Boston, MA (02120):
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- no bedroom: 17
- 1 bedrooms: 44
- 2 bedrooms: 208
- 3 bedrooms: 107
- 4 bedrooms: 41
- 5 or more bedrooms: 86
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:
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- no bedroom: 325
- 1 bedrooms: 965
- 2 bedrooms: 1,259
- 3 bedrooms: 713
- 4 bedrooms: 254
- 5 or more bedrooms: 41
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Vehicles available in 02120 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos:
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- no vehicle: 94
- 1 vehicle: 264
- 2 vehicles: 132
- 3 vehicles: 6
- 4 vehicles: 7
- 5 or more vehicles: 0
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments:
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- no vehicle: 1,592
- 1 vehicle: 1,544
- 2 vehicles: 312
- 3 vehicles: 49
- 4 vehicles: 29
- 5 or more vehicles: 31
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Estimated household income distribution in 2005:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2005 in zip code 02120:
- $80,000 to $89,999: 8
- $90,000 to $99,999: 4
- $100,000 to $124,999: 23
- $125,000 to $149,999: 52
- $150,000 to $174,999: 30
- $175,000 to $199,999: 21
- $200,000 to $249,999: 10
- $300,000 to $399,999: 32
- $1,000,000 or more: 9
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Rent paid by renters in 2000 in zip code 02120:
- Less than $100: 138
- $100 to $149: 87
- $150 to $199: 281
- $200 to $249: 148
- $250 to $299: 172
- $300 to $349: 105
- $350 to $399: 94
- $400 to $449: 220
- $450 to $499: 67
- $500 to $549: 149
- $550 to $599: 76
- $600 to $649: 154
- $650 to $699: 120
- $700 to $749: 100
- $750 to $799: 147
- $800 to $899: 322
- $900 to $999: 229
- $1,000 to $1,249: 370
- $1,250 to $1,499: 238
- $1,500 to $1,999: 212
- $2,000 or more: 97
- No cash rent: 31
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Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2005 for: - White Non-Hispanic householders: $318,551
- Black or African American householders: $292,138
- Asian householders: $354,368
- Some other race householders: $275,130
- Two or more races householders: $293,939
- Hispanic or Latino householders: $280,933
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 146
- One, attached: 466
- Two: 315
- 3 or 4: 1,456
- 5 to 9: 496
- 10 to 19: 450
- 20 to 49: 339
- 50 or more: 594

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 1,282 (27%)
- Carpooled: 405 (8%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 815 (17%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 258 (5%)
- Subway or elevated: 1,039 (22%)
- Taxi: 34 (1%)
- Motorcycle: 7 (0%)
- Bicycle: 107 (2%)
- Walked: 748 (16%)
- Other means: 30 (1%)
- Worked at home: 92 (2%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 33
- 5 to 9 minutes: 368
- 10 to 14 minutes: 545
- 15 to 19 minutes: 684
- 20 to 24 minutes: 745
- 25 to 29 minutes: 156
- 30 to 34 minutes: 1079
- 35 to 39 minutes: 85
- 40 to 44 minutes: 172
- 45 to 59 minutes: 427
- 60 to 89 minutes: 319
- 90 or more minutes: 112
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 72.2%
Household type by relationship
Households: 10,992
- In family households: 7,052 (753 male householders, 1,245 female householders)
791 spouses, 2,909 children (2,845 natural, 50 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 381 grandchildren, 298 brothers or sisters, 149 parents, 186 other relatives, 340 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 3,940 (1,195 male householders (566 living alone)), 887 female householders (534 living alone)), 1,858 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 226 (180 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 593 2-persons, 564 3-persons, 393 4-persons, 243 5-persons, 110 6-persons, 95 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 1,100 1-person, 423 2-persons, 291 3-persons, 183 4-persons, 53 5-persons, 32 6-persons.
716 married couples with children.
1,312 single-parent households (94 men, 1,218 women).
57.9% of residents of 02120 zip code speak English at home.
23.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% very well, 20% well, 17% not well, 7% not at all).
7.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (64% very well, 23% well, 9% not well, 5% not at all).
6.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (43% very well, 47% well, 6% not well, 5% not at all).
5.0% of residents speak other language at home (59% very well, 31% well, 8% not well, 3% not at all).
Foreign born population: 2,864 (26.4%)
(29.9% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 26.4% | | Whole state: | 12.2% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
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- Dominican Republic (13%)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (9%)
- Vietnam (7%)
- Other Eastern Africa (6%)
- India (5%)
- Nigeria (5%)
- Haiti (5%)
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Year of entry for the foreign-born population
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- 1995 to March 2000: 1,076
- 1990 to 1994: 856
- 1985 to 1989: 281
- 1980 to 1984: 300
- 1975 to 1979: 135
- 1970 to 1974: 71
- 1970 to 1974: 117
- 1965 to 1969: 28
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First ancestries reported:
- Other groups: 5355
- Subsaharan African:: 591
- Irish: 538
- United States or American: 440
- West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 278
- German: 272
- Italian: 258
- African: 256
- English: 188
- Nigerian: 131
- Somalian: 130
- Russian: 125
- Polish: 107
- Arab:: 95
- French (except Basque): 90
- French Canadian: 87
- Brazilian: 87
- Scotch-Irish: 69
- Jamaican: 67
- Greek: 58
- British West Indian: 55
- Lebanese: 51
- Haitian: 45
- Scottish: 45
- West Indian: 44
- Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 39
- Norwegian: 35
- Cape Verdean: 29
- British: 28
- Bulgarian: 28
- Turkish: 28
- Barbadian: 28
- Portuguese: 23
- Moroccan: 19
- Canadian: 17
- Eastern European: 16
- Armenian: 16
- Dutch: 14
- Albanian: 14
- Other Arab: 13
- Swedish: 13
- Arab/Arabic: 12
- Senegalese: 11
- Ethiopian: 10
- Ghanian: 10
- European: 10
- Ukrainian: 10
- Czechoslovakian: 9
- Iranian: 9
- Alsatian: 9
- Czech: 8
- Lithuanian: 8
- Liberian: 7
- Sierra Leonean: 7
- Swiss: 7
- Romanian: 6
- Finnish: 6
- Australian: 5
Public high schools in zip code 02120 not listed on the city page:- MADISON PARK HIGH (Students: 1,669; Location: 75 MALCOLM X BLVD, ROXBURY, MA; Grades: 09 - 12)
- NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 234; Location: 67 ALLEGHANY STREET, ROXBURY, MA; Grades: 09 - 12)

Public primary/middle schools in zip code 02120 not listed on the city page:- ROXBURY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL (Students: 179; Location: 120 FISHER AVENUE, ROXBURY, MA; Grades: 06 - 08)
- ROXBURY CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 62; Location: 716 COLUMBUS AVENUE, ROXBURY, MA; Grades: 09 - 09)
Private primary/middle schools not listed on the city page:- OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP (Students: 191; Location: 94 ST ALPHONSUS ST, ROXBURY, MA; Grades: KG - 8)
- NATIVITY PREP SCHOOL (Students: 63; Location: 30 RAYNOR CIRCLE, ROXBURY, MA; Grades: 5 - 8; Boys only)
Major facitilies with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (125 PARKER HILL AVENUE in BOSTON, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
(Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-1984-0011, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Business SIC classification: GENERAL MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HOSPITALS
Alternative names: NEW ENG BAPTIST HOSP
- ROXBURY PREPARATORY CHARTER SC (120 FISHER AVENUE in ROXBURY, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-484505
Organizations: ROXBURY PREP CHARTER (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- MISSION HILL SCHOOL (67 ALLEGHENY STREET in BOSTON, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-035382
Organizations: BOSTON (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- NEW MISSION HIGH SCHOOL (67 ALLEGHANY STREET in ROXBURY, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-035542
Organizations: BOSTON (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- MADISON PARK HIGH (75 MALCOLM X BLVD in ROXBURY, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-035537
Organizations: BOSTON (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
- ROCHE BOBOIS AVENIR (166 TERRACE ST in BOSTON, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: GORDON L FREEMAN JR (CONTACT/OWNER)
- ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (1234 COLUMBUS AVE in BOSTON, MA)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS (CONTACT/OWNER)
- INNER CITY INC SUB OF POLAROID (716 COLUMBUS AVE in BOSTON, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
- MISSION MAIN REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT (30 TOBIN COURT in BOSTON, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
Business SIC classification: NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS
Alternative names: MISSION MAIN DEVELOP
- MWRA WARD STREET (WARD STREET in BOSTON, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources)
Business SIC classification: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS
- PAPER RECYCLING (43 REAR NEW HEATH ST in BOSTON, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
- AUTO BODY SUPPLY (35A TENEAN ST in BOSTON, MA)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Organizations: MARC GUDEMA (CONTACT/OWNER)
- BACK BAY MANOR ASSOCIATES LLP (75 ST. ALPHONSUS ST. in BOSTON, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS)
Business SIC classification: RESIDENTIAL CARE


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
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- Utility gas (51%)
- Electricity (31%)
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (16%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
- No fuel used (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
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Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 4615
- Northeast: 1381
- Midwest: 300
- South: 906
- West: 195
47% of the 02120 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 53% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Massachusetts.
Population in 1990: 14,212. Population change in the 1990s: -3,370 (-23.7%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
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Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 109
| Here: | 9.8% | | Massachusetts: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 35
| Here: | 5.1% | | Massachusetts: | 12.2% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 1,246
| Here: | 61.5% | | Massachusetts: | 48.2% |
School Enrollment by Level of School
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Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
- BRADY, SEAN (700 COLUMBUS AVE in BOSTON, MA; small business)
$5,076 with Army for Technical Assistance. Signed on 2002-12-16. Completion date: 2003-02-09.
- LUOMA, CHARLES E (16 SEWALL ST, APT 1 in BOSTON, MA; small business)
$3,736 with Army for Technical Assistance. Signed on 2005-09-23. Completion date: 2006-01-31.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Security Guards and Patrol Services (over 1000 employees: 1 establishment, 1-4 employees: 1 establishment)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (over 1000: 1)
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Other Accounting Services (250-499: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) (50-99: 1, 20-49: 3, 10-19: 3, 5-9: 6, 1-4: 19)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Nursing Care Facilities (100-249: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: All Other Outpatient Care Centers (100-249: 1)
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: Office Administrative Services (20-49: 3)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Child Day Care Services (20-49: 2, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 1)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Other Individual and Family Services (20-49: 2, 10-19: 1, 5-9: 1)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
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Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)
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People in group quarters
- 188 people in nursing homes
- 32 people in religious group quarters
- 18 people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 15 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
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