Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 1.0% of all households
Gay men: 0.5% of all households
Housing units in zip code 02140 with a mortgage: 2,337 (350 second mortgage, 493 home equity loan, 43 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 794
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $2,599
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $760
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
14.7%
Whole state:
10.8%
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2010:
Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 02140: Acorn Office Park (A), Cambridge Office Park (B), Porter Square Station (C), Cambridge Fire Department Station 4 (D), Hillside Building (E), Masonic Temple (F), North Cambridge Senior Center (G), Porter Exchange Building (H), Washington Building (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 02140 include: Sacred Heart Parish Church (A), Saint James Episcopal Church (B), North Prospect Church (C), Metropolitan Baptist Church (D), Korean United Church of Christ (E), Kingdom Hall of Jehovahs Witnesses (F). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 02140 include: Jefferson Park (1), Porter Square (2), Rindge Field (3), Sheridan Square (4), Russell Field (5), Corcoran Playground (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attraction (not listed on the city page) : Minuteman Commuter Bikeway (100 Alewife Brook Parkway).
2,166 married couples with children.
1,570 single-parent households (569 men, 1,001 women).
66.8% of residents of 02140 zip code speak English at home.
15.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% very well, 7% well, 24% not well, 17% not at all).
39.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (45% very well, 22% well, 14% not well, 19% not at all).
18.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (49% very well, 24% well, 16% not well, 12% not at all).
29.6% of residents speak other language at home (33% very well, 43% well, 19% not well, 5% not at all).
Foreign born population: 4,716 (26.0%) (48.6% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
26.0%
Whole state:
14.8%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Haiti (22%)
India (9%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (8%)
Canada (5%)
Japan (5%)
Ethiopia (4%)
United Kingdom (4%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 2,365
1990 to 1999: 976
1980 to 1989: 984
Before 1980: 878
Races in zip code 02140:
White population: 11,097 Black population: 3,186 American Indian population: 57 Asian population: 2,274 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 5,031 Some other race population: 223 Two or more races population: 689 Hispanic or Latino population: 1,379
First ancestries reported:
Other groups: 4,662
Irish: 2,696
Subsaharan African: 1,132
English: 1,030
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 988
Ethiopian: 908
Haitian: 908
German: 905
Italian: 861
European: 606
Arab: 595
Russian: 571
Turkish: 535
French (except Basque): 476
American: 462
Polish: 402
African: 379
Scottish: 300
Canadian: 289
Eastern European: 276
Swedish: 247
Slovak: 230
Ugandan: 214
Icelander: 214
Nigerian: 209
Scandinavian: 205
Jamaican: 187
Israeli: 182
British: 182
French Canadian: 177
Hungarian: 172
Pennsylvania German: 164
Armenian: 162
Portuguese: 161
Norwegian: 154
Celtic: 153
Serbian: 151
Slavic: 138
Iranian: 132
Finnish: 127
Australian: 126
Czech: 118
Northern European: 118
Ukrainian: 117
Danish: 113
South African: 111
Guyanese: 108
Swiss: 105
Greek: 104
Dutch: 102
Lebanese: 102
West Indian: 100
Iraqi: 95
Slovene: 94
Barbadian: 92
Romanian: 91
Croatian: 89
Scotch-Irish: 78
Brazilian: 71
Arab: 68
Syrian: 68
Lithuanian: 67
Yugoslavian: 61
Welsh: 60
Albanian: 59
Austrian: 59
Bermudan: 57
Other Arab: 49
New Zealander: 40
Latvian: 38
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 36
Ghanaian: 34
Cajun: 33
Other Subsaharan African: 32
Basque: 23
Belgian: 20
Czechoslovakian: 17
Liberian: 15
Moroccan: 12
Somalian: 8
Private primary/middle school not listed on the city page:
ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST SCHOOL (Students: 186; Location: 122A RINDGE AVE, N CAMBRIDGE, MA; Grades: PK - 8)
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
CAMBRIDGE HOUSING AUTHORITY JACKSON PLAC (1 JACKSON PLACE in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) STATE MASTER (MA-EPICS) - NEI-1191280, AIR PROGRAM CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Business SIC classification: ADMINISTRATION OF HOUSING PROGRAMS Alternative names: CAMBRIDGE HOUS.AUTH., JACKSON PLACE, JEFFERSON PARK APARTMENTS, JEFFERSON PARK APTS
AMTRAK WORK EQUIPMENT (86 CAMBRIDGEPARK DRIVE in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
STATE MASTER (MA-EPICS) - RCRAINFO-MV6172224484, HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Organizations: MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMMUTER RAILROAD CO (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: AMTRAK - WEST CAMBRIDGE FAC., MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMMUTER RAILROAD CO, WEST CAMBRIDGE WORK EQUIPMENT SHOP
WYETH RESEARCH (85 BOLTON STREET in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: GENETICS INSTITUTE LLC (CONTACT/OWNER)
, WYETH PHARMACEUTICALS (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: GENETICS INSTITUTE, GENETICS INSTITUTE LLC
M E FITZGERALD (70 RINDGE AVENUE in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-049010 Organizations: CAMBRIDGE (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
BUCKLEY & SCOTT (671 CONCORD AVE in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: ROBERT CARNEY LEASED BY BUCKLEY & SCOTT (CONTACT/OWNER)
NORTHEAST AUTO BODY (205 CONCORD TPKE in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: PAUL CHARRON (CONTACT/OWNER)
ACORN PARK I PARK TRUST (25 ACORN PARK RD in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) Business SIC classification: COMMERCIAL PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH Alternative names: ARTHUR D LITTLE INCORPORATED, ARTHUR D LITTLE INC, BULLFINCH COMPANIES, BULLFINCH COMPANIES, BULLFINCH COMPANIES INC
BIODEVELOPMENT LAB INC (ACORN PARK BLDG 15 in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business NAICS classification: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION MANUFACTURING.
C F SYSTEMS CORP (ACORN PARK BLDG 46 in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: CF SYSTEMS CORP (CONTACT/OWNER)
MIDAS MUFFLER (2501 MASSACHUSETTS AVE in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: YOFFA CO INC (CONTACT/OWNER)
C&C SPEED & REPAIR (44 RUSSELL ST in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Organizations: STEVEN P CASEY (CONTACT/OWNER)
CAMBRIDGE LUMBER & SUPPLY (135 HARVEY in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) Business SIC classification: NONCLASSIFIABLE ESTABLISHMENTS
CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT (1700 CAMBRIDGE STREET in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) Business SIC classification: ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 6.4%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 11.6%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (62%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (14%)
Electricity (12%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
Coal or coke (3%)
No fuel used (2%)
Other fuel (2%)
Wood (1%)
Population in 1990: 16,313. Population change in the 1990s: +690 (+4.2%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 6,500
Northeast: 3,165
Midwest: 849
South: 949
West: 620
53% of the 02140 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 50% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 50% lived in Massachusetts.
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 860
Here:
40.4%
Massachusetts:
10.3%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 680
Here:
42.8%
Massachusetts:
12.3%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 847
Here:
44.9%
Massachusetts:
49.8%
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Class of Workers (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code (CAMBRIDGE, MA):
HARVARD DESIGN AND MAPPING CO (125 CAMBRIDGE PARK FL 3; small business) 15 employees, $1900000 revenue. Woman Owned Business: $6,768,099 in 41 contractsfrom 2000 to 2006
Contracts for Digitizing Services. Includes cartographic and geographic information., Other ADP and Telecommunications Services (includes data storage on tapes, compact disks, etc.), Research and Development Facilities, Other Special Studies and Analyses, and moreby Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Emergency Management Agency (disused code: now 7022), Department of State, Federal Transit Administration, and others Signed by year:2000: $1,858,000; 2001: $680,000; 2002: $1,422,940; 2003: $1,496,226; 2004: $893,463; 2005: $317,909; 2006: $99,561.
Biggest contracts:
$706,296 with Federal Emergency Management Agency for Digitizing Services. Includes cartographic and geographic information.. Taking place in DC. Signed on 2003-02-15. Completion date: 2003-07-15.
$650,000 with Federal Emergency Management Agency (disused code: now 7022) for Digitizing Services. Includes cartographic and geographic information.. Taking place in DC. Signed on 2000-02-15. Completion date: 2020-01-15.
$556,714 with Federal Emergency Management Agency for Other ADP and Telecommunications Services (includes data storage on tapes, compact disks, etc.). Taking place in DC. Signed on 2003-08-15. Completion date: 2004-01-15.
$549,538, same as above.Signed on 2004-02-24. Completion date: 2004-07-15.
R3LOGIC, INC (80 SHERMAN STREET; small business) : $2,870,824 in 9 contractsfrom 2002 to 2004
Contracts for Other Defense -- Basic Research (R&D), Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D) by Army Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $687,803; 2003: $1,454,920; 2004: $728,101; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$779,920 with Army for Other Defense -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2003-08-13. Completion date: 2003-09-30.
$469,799, same as above.Signed on 2002-09-12. Completion date: 2003-09-30.
$375,000 with Army for Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2003-04-07. Completion date: 2005-07-22.
$367,900, same as above.Signed on 2004-03-11. Completion date: 2005-07-22.
IRAQ MEMORY FOUNDATION, THE (4 FOREST STREET; small business)
$2,100,000 with Army for Film/Video Tape Production Services. Signed on 2004-06-18. Completion date: 2005-06-17.
NUVERA FUEL CELLS INC (20 ACORN PARK; small business) : $415,878 in 2 contractsfrom 2002 to 2005
$266,000 with Army for Other Energy -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2002-11-08. Completion date: 2004-11-30.
$149,878 with Army for Other Energy -- Advanced Development (R&D). Signed on 2005-09-29. Completion date: 2007-09-28.
META SOFTWARE CORP (150 CAMBRIDGEPARK DR; small business) : $298,318 in 16 contractsfrom 2000 to 2006
Contracts for ADP Software, Other ADP and Telecommunications Services (includes data storage on tapes, compact disks, etc.), Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Automatic Data Processing Equipment (Including Firmware), Software, Supplies and Support Equipment, by Federal Technology Service, Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, Army, and others Signed by year:2000: $109,540; 2001: $109,699; 2002: $28,000; 2003: $5,970; 2004: $31,679; 2005: $0; 2006: $13,430.
Biggest contracts:
$83,000 with Federal Technology Service for ADP Software. Signed on 2001-04-15. Completion date: 2001-05-15.
$44,220 with Navy for ADP Software. Signed on 2000-05-04. Completion date: 2000-05-29.
$36,250 with Defense Logistics Agency for ADP Software. Signed on 2000-03-03. Completion date: 2000-03-13.
$29,070 with Army for Other ADP and Telecommunications Services (includes data storage on tapes, compact disks, etc.). Signed on 2000-12-19. Completion date: 2001-10-01.
LITTLE, ARTHUR D INC (25 ACORN PARK) : $267,757 in 11 contractsfrom 1999 to 2004
Contracts for Other Architect and Engineering Services, Physical Sciences -- Basic Research (R&D) by Navy, Food and Drug Administration Signed by year:2000: $104,819; 2001: $29,000; 2002: $17,000; 2003: $0; 2004: $-11,062; 2005: $0; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$128,000 with Navy for Other Architect and Engineering Services. Taking place in VA. Signed on 1999-12-06. Completion date: 2000-11-21.
$83,647 with Navy for Other Architect and Engineering Services. Taking place in DC. Signed on 2000-02-01. Completion date: 2001-01-27.
$29,000 with Food and Drug Administration for Physical Sciences -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2001-09-15. Completion date: 2002-02-15.
$17,000, same as above.Signed on 2002-03-15. Completion date: 2002-11-15.
DODGE COMPANY INC, THE (165 CAMBRIDGEPARK DR; small business) : $52,415 in 2 contractsfrom 2001 to 2005
$45,386 with Army for Hospital Furniture, Equipment, Utensils, and Supplies. Signed on 2001-10-01. Completion date: 2001-10-31.
$7,029 with Air Force for Miscellaneous Chemical Specialties. Signed on 2005-03-29. Completion date: 2005-04-05.
CORESTREET LTD (1 ALEWIFE CTR STE 200; small business) : $44,476 in 3 contractsfrom 2005 to 2006
$29,762 with Defense Information Systems Agency for ADPE System Configuration. Taking place in VA. Signed on 2006-04-21. Completion date: 2006-04-28.
$7,652 with Army for ADP Software. Taking place in GA. Signed on 2006-04-27. Completion date: 2007-05-14.
$7,062 with Army for ADP Software. Taking place in AZ. Signed on 2005-09-16. Completion date: 2005-10-13.
BELMONT RESEARCH INC (84 SHERMAN ST; small business) : $-132,682 in 2 contractsin 1999
$0 with Army for Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 1999-11-08. Completion date: 1999-11-08.
$-132,682, same as above.Signed on 1999-11-08. Completion date: 1999-11-08.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
Management of Companies and Enterprises: Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices (250-499 employees: 2 establishments, 20-49 employees: 2 establishments)
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (250-499: 1, 50-99: 2, 20-49: 1, 10-19: 3, 5-9: 1, 1-4: 5)