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 02141 with a mortgage: 1,105 (130 second mortgage, 135 home equity loan, 17 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 573
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $2,429
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $682
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2010:
This zip code:
16.0%
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 02141: Gold Star Pool (A), Bulfinch Place (B), Cambridge Business Center (C), Community Art Center (D), Dante Alighereri Cultural Center (E), Emerson College Student Union (F), Filarmonica Santo Antonio Centro Cultural (G), Cambridge Fire Department Station 3 (H), Middlesex County Courthouse (I), Polish American Citizens Association (J), Rogers Street Building (K), Shriners Burn Institute Research Center (L), Simoni Rink (M), Valente Branch Cambridge Public Library (N). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 02141 include: Saint Anthonys Catholic Church (A), Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church (B), Sacred Heart Church (C), Immaculate Conception Lithuanian Church (D), Holy Cross Polish Church (E). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 02141 include: John A Ahern Field (1), Lechmere Canal Park (2), Lechmere Square (3), Anthony Costa Playground (4), Donnelly Field (5), Gannett-Warren Pals Park (6), Gore Park (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Tourist attraction (not listed on the city page) : Charles River Boat Co (Tours & Charters; 100 Cambridgeside Place).
741 married couples with children.
630 single-parent households (238 men, 392 women).
65.4% of residents of 02141 zip code speak English at home.
24.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (33% very well, 21% well, 31% not well, 14% not at all).
35.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (50% very well, 24% well, 14% not well, 12% not at all).
7.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (69% very well, 19% well, 12% not well).
17.3% of residents speak other language at home (25% very well, 14% well, 17% not well, 44% not at all).
Foreign born population: 3,142 (29.3%) (41.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
This zip code:
29.3%
Whole state:
14.8%
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
Portugal (23%)
El Salvador (9%)
Brazil (5%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Haiti (4%)
Other Western Africa (4%)
Canada (3%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
2000 or later: 1,480
1990 to 1999: 682
1980 to 1989: 642
Before 1980: 557
Races in zip code 02141:
White population: 6,866 Black population: 1,063 American Indian population: 200 Asian population: 1,571 Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0 Some other race population: 884 Two or more races population: 234 Hispanic or Latino population: 1,256
First ancestries reported:
Other groups: 2,846
Irish: 1,230
Italian: 1,157
Portuguese: 774
German: 469
English: 412
Polish: 397
Barbadian: 358
Subsaharan African: 344
African: 326
Russian: 318
American: 286
Haitian: 279
Arab: 278
West Indian (except Hispanic groups): 262
Arab: 248
Cape Verdean: 238
Swiss: 209
Canadian: 200
Brazilian: 199
Armenian: 179
Iraqi: 173
Lithuanian: 173
Eastern European: 165
Romanian: 149
South African: 148
Albanian: 140
French (except Basque): 116
New Zealander: 114
Scottish: 113
West Indian: 111
French Canadian: 105
Jamaican: 95
Lebanese: 91
Cypriot: 87
Scotch-Irish: 83
Swedish: 80
European: 80
Norwegian: 77
Belgian: 73
Bulgarian: 71
British: 66
Greek: 64
Czech: 62
Dutch: 53
Slavic: 51
Iranian: 50
Ukrainian: 48
Welsh: 42
Hungarian: 40
Moroccan: 30
Northern European: 29
Latvian: 23
Croatian: 20
Czechoslovakian: 18
Israeli: 17
Celtic: 14
Scandinavian: 12
Austrian: 9
Turkish: 7
Australian: 5
Public primary/middle school in zip code 02141 not listed on the city page:
FLETCHER/MAYNARD ACADEMY (Students: 232; Location: 225 WINDSOR STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MA; Grades: KG - 08)
Major facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
MWRA PRISON POINT CSO FACILITY (1 MONSIGNOR OBRIEN HWY in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-1984-0021, 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: SEWERAGE SYSTEMS Organizations: MA WATER RESOURCE AUTHORITY (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, MASS WATER RESOURCES AUTH (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: CHARLES RIVER ESTNARY TRMT, M W R A PRISON POINT C S O FACIL, MA WATER RESOURCE AUTHORITY, MASS WATER RESOURCES, MWRA PRISON POINT PU
NEW ENGLAND CONFECTIONERY COMPANY (134 CAMBRIDGE STREET in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Integrated Compliance Information System) - ICIS-01-2001-0139, FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTION CRITERIA AND HAZARDOUS AIR POLLUTANT INVENTORY (Inventory of air pollution sources) TRI REPORTER (Tracking of toxic chemicals releasing facilities) Business SIC classification: CANDY AND OTHER CONFECTIONERY PRODUCTS; CHOCOLATE AND COCOA PRODUCTS; DURABLE GOODS Alternative names: HAVILAND CANDY INC.
AT&T CORP (250 BENT STREET in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
AIR SYNTHETIC 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 (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS, EXCEPT RADIOTELEPHONE Organizations: A T & T CORP (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, AT&T CORP. (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: A T & T CORP, AT&T CAMBRIDGE
AMIGOS SCHOOL (100 PUTNAM AVENUE in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-049006 Organizations: CAMBRIDGE (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
BIOPURE CORPORATION (11 HURLEY STREET in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification Business SIC classification: PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS
LECHMERE INC (88 FIRST STREET in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
AIR MINOR (AIRS/AFS) (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Business SIC classification: DEPARTMENT STORES Alternative names: LECHMERE SALES
BUCKY'S AUTO PARTS, INC (333 WEBSTER AVE in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Alternative names: CAMBRIDGE AUTO PARTS, CAMBRIDGE AUTO PARTS AKA BUCKYS AUTO PARTS
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: RONALD A CREAMER JR (CONTACT/OWNER)
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (320 CHARLES ST in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) Organizations: JOS H MATZKIN / SIXCAM REALTY TRUST (CONTACT/OWNER)
110 SECOND STREET (110 SECOND STREET in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit Organizations: MR. CHARLES PASSAGE LLC (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: CHARLES PASSAGE LLC
ARATEX SERVICES (25 EAST STREET in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
BIO RESEARCH INSTITUTE INC (9 COMMERICAL AVE in CAMBRIDGE, MA)
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2.1%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2.4%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
Utility gas (59%)
Electricity (25%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
Solar energy (3%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)
No fuel used (2%)
Other fuel (1%)
Wood (1%)
Population in 1990: 10,392. Population change in the 1990s: +1,649 (+15.9%).
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 5,514
Northeast: 1,254
Midwest: 519
South: 519
West: 305
52% of the 02141 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% 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): 213
Here:
21.1%
Massachusetts:
10.3%
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 508
Here:
42.9%
Massachusetts:
12.3%
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 509
Here:
55.0%
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):
BLAZETECH CORPORATION (24 THORNDIKE ST; small business) : $3,602,574 in 18 contractsfrom 1999 to 2006
Contracts for Weapons -- Management and Support (R&D), Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D), Weapons -- Basic Research (R&D), Water Pollution -- Basic Research (R&D), and moreby Air Force, Army, Navy, Department of Defense, and others Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $156,000; 2003: $1,178,878; 2004: $750,000; 2005: $519,491; 2006: $698,205.
Biggest contracts:
$750,000 with Air Force for Weapons -- Management and Support (R&D). Signed on 2004-04-15. Completion date: 2006-07-31.
$619,000 with Air Force for Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2003-03-20. Completion date: 2002-09-19.
$377,205 with Air Force for Weapons -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2006-06-30. Completion date: 2008-06-30.
$348,066 with Army for Water Pollution -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2005-10-25. Completion date: 2006-10-24.
EXETER GROUP INC (ONE CANAL PARK; small business) : $2,790,490 in 13 contractsfrom 2004 to 2006
Contracts for Other ADP and Telecommunications Services (includes data storage on tapes, compact disks, etc.), ADP Systems Development Services, Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) Services, ADP Facility Operation and Maintenance Services, and moreby Food and Drug Administration, Army, EDUCATION, Department of Signed by year:2000: $0; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $44,600; 2005: $2,078,818; 2006: $667,072.
Biggest contracts:
$742,205 with Food and Drug Administration for Other ADP and Telecommunications Services (includes data storage on tapes, compact disks, etc.). Taking place in MD. Signed on 2005-09-02. Effective on 2005-09-12. Completion date: 2006-09-11.
$453,656 with Army for ADP Systems Development Services. Taking place in MD. Signed on 2005-03-28. Completion date: 2005-10-05.
$379,309 with Food and Drug Administration for Computer Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) Services. Taking place in MD. Signed on 2006-03-31. Completion date: 2007-03-31.
$366,478 with Food and Drug Administration for ADP Facility Operation and Maintenance Services. Taking place in MD. Signed on 2005-03-28. Effective on 2005-04-01. Completion date: 2006-03-31.
INTERNATIONAL INTEGRATION INCO (101 MAIN ST; small business) : $1,593,082 in 4 contractsfrom 1999 to 2000
$1,376,970 with Navy for Other ADP and Telecommunications Services (includes data storage on tapes, compact disks, etc.). Taking place in PA. Signed on 1999-12-22. Completion date: 2000-05-31.
$228,136, same as above.Signed on 2000-05-31. Completion date: 2000-06-30.
$38,331, same as above.Signed on 2000-07-19. Completion date: 2000-07-31.
$-50,355, same as above.Signed on 2000-09-08. Completion date: 2000-09-08.
MAC-GRAY CORPORATION (22 WATER ST) : $386,395 in 5 contractsfrom 1999 to 2005
Contracts for Miscellaneous Items, Food Services, Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Office Machines, Text Processing Systems and Visible Record Equipment, Office Furniture by Army, Navy, Air Force Signed by year:2000: $185,524; 2001: $0; 2002: $0; 2003: $0; 2004: $10,188; 2005: $5,159; 2006: $0.
Biggest contracts:
$185,524 with Army for Miscellaneous Items. Taking place in NY. Signed on 2000-03-23. Completion date: 2000-09-30.
$92,762 with Army for Food Services. Taking place in NY. Signed on 1999-12-16. Completion date: 2000-09-30.
$92,762 with Army for Miscellaneous Items. Taking place in NY. Signed on 1999-10-28. Completion date: 1999-12-31.
$10,188 with Navy for Maintenance, Repair and Rebuilding of Equipment -- Office Machines, Text Processing Systems and Visible Record Equipment. Taking place in MD. Signed on 2004-10-01. Completion date: 2004-10-01.
HORIZON DEFENSE & AEROSPACE SO (334 HURLEY ST; small business) : $300,000 in 2 contractsfrom 2001 to 2002
$246,281 with Department of Defense for Other Defense -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2001-06-11. Completion date: 2002-06-10.
$53,719, same as above.Signed on 2002-04-10. Completion date: 2002-06-10.
ATLANTIS COMPONENTS INC (25 1ST ST; small business) : $163,907 in 4 contractsfrom 2004 to 2005
$80,000 with Navy for Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies. Taking place in VA. Signed on 2005-12-06. Completion date: 2006-09-30.
$80,000 with Navy for Dental Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies. Taking place in VA. Signed on 2005-01-06. Completion date: 2005-09-30.
$3,828 with Navy for Medical and Surgical Instruments, Equipment, and Supplies. Taking place in VA. Signed on 2004-11-23. Completion date: 2004-11-15.
$79, same as above.Signed on 2004-12-14. Completion date: 2004-11-15.
XCITEX INC (432 COLUMBIA ST STE B15; small business)
$24,395 with Army for ADP Software. Signed on 2005-03-18. Completion date: 2005-04-01.
NM2 LLC (53 PLYMOUTH ST #1; small business) : $23,333 in 2 contractsfrom 2001 to 2005
$70,000 with Army for Defense Tank - Automotive -- Basic Research (R&D). Signed on 2001-01-03. Completion date: 2001-06-04.
$-46,667, same as above.Signed on 2005-10-11. Completion date: 2001-06-04.
MILLENNIAL NET (1 CANAL PARK; small business)
$4,520 with Army for Miscellaneous Communication Equipment. Signed on 2003-09-22. Completion date: 2003-10-15.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005: