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Kendall Square neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts (MA), 02139, 02142 detailed profile


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Area: 0.241 square miles

Population: 19,726

Population density:
Kendall Square:

82,003 people per square mile
Cambridge:

18,431 people per square mile
  • Races in 2022
    • 9,96350.4%White
    • 3,76419.0%Black
    • 3,03115.3%Asian
    • 1,8829.5%Hispanic or Latino
    • 9164.6%Two or more races
    • 1770.9%Some other race
    • 390.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
      Pacific Islander
Age and Sex of Residents in Kendall Square in Cambridge, MA
Median household income in 2022:
Kendall Square:

$130,373
Cambridge:

$109,358

  • Distribution of median household income

  • Distribution of median household income
  • 560Less than $10,000
  • 715$10,000 to $19,999
  • 836$20,000 to $29,999
  • 470$30,000 to $39,999
  • 1,032$40,000 to $49,999
  • 717$50,000 to $59,999
  • 399$60,000 to $74,999
  • 1,320$75,000 to $99,999
  • 507$100,000 to $124,999
  • 758$125,000 to $149,999
  • 825$150,000 to $199,999
  • 1,915$200,000 or more

  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value

  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value
  • 304$50,000 to $99,999
  • 555$150,000 to $199,999
  • 49$200,000 to $249,999
  • 262$250,000 to $299,999
  • 101$300,000 to $399,999
  • 257$400,000 to $499,999
  • 372$500,000 to $749,999
  • 753$750,000 to $999,999
  • 921$1,000,000 or more

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters
  • 311Less than $100
  • 655$100 to $199
  • 1,026$200 to $299
  • 1,112$300 to $399
  • 653$400 to $499
  • 549$500 to $599
  • 726$600 to $699
  • 913$700 to $799
  • 305$800 to $899
  • 468$900 to $999
  • 1,006$1,000 to $1,249
  • 481$1,250 to $1,499
  • 897$1,500 to $1,999
  • 3,194$2,000 or more
Median rent in 2022:
Kendall Square:

$2,529
Cambridge:

$2,001

Zip codes: 02139, 02142.

Males:

9,325
Females:

10,401
Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:

36.1 years
Whole city:

29.0 years
Females:
This neighborhood:

36.1 years
Whole city:

30.2 years

Average household size:
Kendall Square:

2.6 people
Cambridge:

2.0 people

Percentage of family households:
Kendall Square:

35.7%
Cambridge:

27.0%
Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:

25.7%
Cambridge:

26.5%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Kendall Square:

28.6%
Cambridge:

31.6%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
Kendall Square:

14.0%
Cambridge:

9.2%

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Kendall Square:

30.2%
Cambridge:

31.1%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Kendall Square:

30.7%
city:

31.0%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
Kendall Square:

4.5%
Cambridge:

2.0%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:

32.4%
Cambridge:

31.3%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Kendall Square:

33.0%
Cambridge:

37.0%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:

2.3%
city:

2.9%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:

32.3%
Cambridge:

28.8%

Educational Attainment in 2022
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Kendall Square
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Kendall Square
  • 1681 room
  • 1222 rooms
  • 2263 rooms
  • 5654 rooms
  • 4035 rooms
  • 5336 rooms
  • 2537 rooms
  • 2598 rooms
  • 1859+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kendall Square
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kendall Square
  • 3271 room
  • 2382 rooms
  • 1,1563 rooms
  • 1,8034 rooms
  • 1,3355 rooms
  • 1,0206 rooms
  • 4377 rooms
  • 1378 rooms
  • 2309+ rooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Kendall Square
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Kendall Square
  • 168no bedroom
  • 2641 bedroom
  • 1,0712 bedrooms
  • 5293 bedrooms
  • 4014 bedrooms
  • 945+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kendall Square
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Kendall Square
  • 362no bedroom
  • 1,0561 bedroom
  • 2,4942 bedrooms
  • 1,8293 bedrooms
  • 1,3844 bedrooms
  • 4975+ bedrooms
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:

1.1
Cambridge:

1.2

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
Here:

0.7
city:

0.7

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Kendall Square:

69.5%
Cambridge:

54.3%


Housing prices:

  • Average estimated value of detached houses in 2022 (7.8% of all units):
    Kendall Square:

    $720,690
    Cambridge:

    $1,977,975

  • Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2022 (7.4% of all units):
    This neighborhood:

    $1,148,634
    city:

    $1,595,129

  • Average estimated '22 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (30.8% of all units):
    Kendall Square:

    $863,635
    city:

    $881,306

  • Average estimated '22 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (19.8% of all units):
    Kendall Square:

    $367,083
    Cambridge:

    $860,276

Year house built in Kendall Square
  • Year house built in Kendall Square
  • 02020 or later
  • 9592010 to 2019
  • 2452000 to 2009
  • 4051990 to 1999
  • 9541980 to 1989
  • 8041970 to 1979
  • 1,2581960 to 1969
  • 3461950 to 1959
  • 3691940 to 1949
  • 5,0611939 or earlier
Owners and renters by unit type

City-data.com crime index for city in 2020 (higher means more crime):
City:

157.6
U.S. average:

219.5

  • Travel time to work (commute)

  • Travel time to work (commute)
  • 66Less than 5 minutes
  • 7655 to 9 minutes
  • 1,25410 to 14 minutes
  • 1,38715 to 19 minutes
  • 66420 to 24 minutes
  • 56325 to 29 minutes
  • 1,42330 to 34 minutes
  • 23535 to 39 minutes
  • 35540 to 44 minutes
  • 94745 to 59 minutes
  • 22360 to 89 minutes
  • 14690 or more minutes

  • Means of transportation to work

  • Means of transportation to work
  • 20.3%2,413Drove a car alone
  • 2.3%274Carpooled
  • 7.9%946Bus
  • 12.3%1,465Subway or elevated rail
  • 1.1%136Long-distance train or commuter rail
  • 4.0%471Light rail, streetcar or trolley
  • 2.8%337Taxi
  • 9.3%1,111Bicycle
  • 17.5%2,083Walked
  • 6.6%784Other means
  • 25.9%3,086Worked at home

  • Time leaving home to go to work

  • Time leaving home to go to work
  • 19712:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.
  • 665:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.
  • 1245:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.
  • 4246:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.
  • 4306:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.
  • 7627:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.
  • 5867:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.
  • 1,4138:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.
  • 1,2318:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.
  • 1,6679:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.
  • 26510:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.
  • 8611:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
  • 65012:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.
  • 2504:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Occupations of males:

  • Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    9.7%
    city:

    12.7%

  • Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
    Here:

    9.7%
    city:

    8.9%

  • Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
    Here:

    19.9%
    city:

    14.7%

  • Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
    Here:

    4.1%
    city:

    5.8%

  • Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
    Here:

    10.7%
    city:

    11.7%

  • Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
    Here:

    2.2%
    city:

    1.1%

  • Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    8.6%
    city:

    15.8%

  • Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
    Here:

    5.1%
    city:

    3.8%

  • Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
    Here:

    1.6%
    city:

    3.7%

  • Percentage of males in service occupations:
    Here:

    6.6%
    city:

    5.0%

  • Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    8.4%
    city:

    7.2%

  • Percentage of males in production occupations:
    Here:

    2.9%
    city:

    1.2%

  • Percentage of males in transportation occupations:
    Here:

    6.2%
    city:

    2.3%

  • Percentage of males in material moving occupations:
    Here:

    2.3%
    city:

    1.0%


Occupations of females:

  • Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    11.4%
    city:

    12.8%

  • Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
    Here:

    11.0%
    city:

    10.9%

  • Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
    Here:

    6.8%
    city:

    5.9%

  • Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
    Here:

    6.8%
    city:

    10.9%

  • Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
    Here:

    2.9%
    city:

    2.0%

  • Percentage of females in legal occupations:
    Here:

    4.2%
    city:

    2.9%

  • Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    14.8%
    city:

    17.7%

  • Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
    Here:

    4.9%
    city:

    4.9%

  • Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
    Here:

    5.2%
    city:

    7.0%

  • Percentage of females in service occupations:
    Here:

    16.6%
    city:

    8.9%

  • Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    11.7%
    city:

    11.9%

  • Percentage of females in production occupations:
    Here:

    1.0%
    city:

    1.2%

  • Percentage of females in transportation occupations:
    Here:

    1.4%
    city:

    0.4%


Percentage of people 16-64 in Armed Forces:
Kendall Square:

0.2%
Cambridge:

0.2%


Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
    Kendall Square:

    16.2%
    Cambridge:

    8.3%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in undergraduate colleges:
    Kendall Square:

    6.1%
    Cambridge:

    15.4%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
    Kendall Square:

    8.5%
    Cambridge:

    12.3%

  • Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
    Kendall Square:

    32.0%
    Cambridge:

    13.9%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Kendall Square:

13.9%
Cambridge:

14.6%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2022):
Kendall Square:

2367
Cambridge:

2010

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2022):
Kendall Square:

2382
Cambridge:

2022

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Kendall Square:

82.3%
Cambridge:

76.5%

Most commonly used house heating fuel
  • 65.6%Utility gas
  • 20.3%Electricity
  • 5.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 2.7%No fuel used
  • 2.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.5%Coal or coke
  • 1.1%Other fuel
  • 0.8%Solar energy

Highways in this neighborhood:

Roads and streets:

Main St

Length: 1.24 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 67 to 632

Binney St

Length: 0.97 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 412

Broadway

Length: 0.85 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 189

Linskey Way (Munroe St)

Length: 0.43 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 199

Galileo Galilei Way

Length: 0.30 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE

3rd St

Length: 0.29 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 281 to 399

Portland St

Length: 0.26 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 35 to 169

1st St

Length: 0.24 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 182 to 387

Land Blvd (Commercial Ave)

Length: 0.20 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 77 to 299

Hampshire St

Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 30

Cardinal Medeiros Ave

Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 170 to 234

Mid-Block Con

Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE

Athenaeum St

Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Potter St

Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 88

2nd St

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 204 to 259

Technology Sq

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 400 to 599

5th St

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: N-S

Memorial Dr

Length: 0.03 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE

Cambridge Pkwy

Length: 0.03 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW

Railroad features:

Penn Central RR

Length: 0.32 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE

Other features:

Broad Cnl

Length: 0.57 miles
Direction: E-W
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