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Table of Contents Neighborhoods Introduction 4 Demographic Characteristics 5 Age 5 Household Type 6 Race & Ethnicity 7 Group Quarters Population 7 Nativity 8 Educational Attainment 9 School Enrollment 10 Geographic Mobility 11 Language 12 Region of Birth 13 Economic Characteristics 14 Means of Commuting 14 Travel Time to Work 15 Place of Work 15 Per Capita Income 16 Occupation 17 Industries 18-19 Labor Force Participation 20-22 Household Income 23 Family Income 24 Housing Characteristics 25 Housing Tenure 25 Vacancy Rates 26 Vehicles Per Household 27 Poverty Characteristics 28 Poverty Rates 28 Poverty Rates By Age 29 Poverty Rates Among Families 30 Boston in Context - Neighborhoods Boston in Context - Neighborhoods compares the United States, Massachusetts, Boston, and Boston’s neighborhoods across several social, economic, and housing characteristics. These data are from the 2011-2015 American Community Survey (ACS). Neighborhood boundaries are based on a combination of census tracts, zip codes and zoning districts. For Decennial Census data analyses, neighborhoods can be de- fined by Census Blocks, the smallest available geography. However, this report uses ACS data that are only available at the Block Group and Census Tract level. When Census Tracts are split by Neighborhood boundaries, the Census Tract is assigned to the Neighborhood where the higher concentration of residents lived at the Block level in the 2010 Decennial Census. Because they cannot be separately identified at the Census Tract level, the neigh- borhoods of Chinatown, Leather District, and Downtown are combined into “Downtown” for all ACS analyses. The same is done with the South End and Bay Vil- lage. The consolidated neighborhood is called “South End” for all ACS analyses. Lastly, Census Tract 9815.02 is partially in East Boston and partially in Revere. The Census Bureau counts the entire population of the Tract as residing in Revere, and we follow that guidance in omitting them from the Neighborhood-level analyses. Age Median 65 years and Total Population 0-9 years % 10-19 years % 20-34 years % 35-54 years % 55-64 years % % Age over United States 316,515,021 37 40,414,000 12.8% 42,034,267 13.3% 65,485,881 20.7% 84,547,768 26.7% 39,417,628 12.5% 44,615,477 14.1% Massachusetts 6,705,586 39 744,142 11.1% 863,418 12.9% 1,398,253 20.9% 1,844,825 27.5% 869,530 13.0% 985,418 14.7% Boston 650,281 32 63,183 9.7% 75,231 11.6% 225,545 34.7% 154,961 23.8% 63,204 9.7% 68,157 10.5% Allston 19,761 27 644 3.3% 3,152 16.0% 12,741 64.5% 1,912 9.7% 691 3.5% 621 3.1% Back Bay 17,577 33 756 4.3% 1,372 7.8% 7,681 43.7% 3,229 18.4% 1,973 11.2% 2,566 14.6% Beacon Hill 9,305 31 686 7.4% 247 2.7% 4,909 52.8% 1,751 18.8% 646 6.9% 1,066 11.5% Brighton 47,768 31 2,852 6.0% 3,016 6.3% 25,485 53.4% 7,238 15.2% 3,577 7.5% 5,600 11.7% Charlestown 18,058 34 2,559 14.2% 1,256 7.0% 5,754 31.9% 4,774 26.4% 2,006 11.1% 1,709 9.5% Dorchester 124,489 33 15,841 12.7% 16,428 13.2% 33,342 26.8% 33,529 26.9% 13,470 10.8% 11,879 9.5% Downtown 16,903 34 888 5.3% 2,440 14.4% 5,647 33.4% 3,303 19.5% 2,067 12.2% 2,558 15.1% East Boston 44,989 34 5,778 12.8% 4,237 9.4% 13,361 29.7% 13,917 30.9% 3,745 8.3% 3,951 8.8% Fenway 32,210 23 452 1.4% 8,582 26.6% 17,575 54.6% 2,883 9.0% 1,271 3.9% 1,447 4.5% Harbor Islands 329 42 0 0.0% 5 1.5% 127 38.6% 94 28.6% 70 21.3% 33 10.0% Hyde Park 35,585 38 4,006 11.3% 4,805 13.5% 7,464 21.0% 10,142 28.5% 4,525 12.7% 4,643 13.0% Jamaica Plain 39,240 33 4,126 10.5% 3,273 8.3% 13,620 34.7% 10,085 25.7% 4,183 10.7% 3,953 10.1% Longwood 5,233 21 12 0.2% 2,358 45.1% 2,663 50.9% 120 2.3% 40 0.8% 40 0.8% Mattapan 24,268 38 2,625 10.8% 3,118 12.8% 5,358 22.1% 6,887 28.4% 3,157 13.0% 3,123 12.9% Mission Hill 16,700 30 1,129 6.8% 2,026 12.1% 7,984 47.8% 2,610 15.6% 1,170 7.0% 1,781 10.7% North End 9,107 31 285 3.1% 128 1.4% 5,365 58.9% 1,734 19.0% 481 5.3% 1,114 12.2% Roslindale 28,644 39 3,601 12.6% 2,742 9.6% 6,099 21.3% 9,069 31.7% 3,697 12.9% 3,436 12.0% Roxbury 51,252 31 6,844 13.4% 7,959 15.5% 14,228 27.8% 12,277 24.0% 4,879 9.5% 5,065 9.9% South Boston 35,660 32 2,680 7.5% 2,671 7.5% 15,716 44.1% 8,216 23.0% 3,217 9.0% 3,160 8.9% South Boston Waterfront 2,862 34 94 3.3% 67 2.3% 1,380 48.2% 800 28.0% 286 10.0% 235 8.2% South End 31,601 35 2,752 8.7% 1,841 5.8% 11,211 35.5% 8,885 28.1% 3,172 10.0% 3,740 11.8% West End 5,945 34 364 6.1% 297 5.0% 2,415 40.6% 1,622 27.3% 522 8.8% 725 12.2% West Roxbury 32,795 42 4,209 12.8% 3,211 9.8% 5,420 16.5% 9,884 30.1% 4,359 13.3% 5,712 17.4% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2011-2015 5-Year American Community Survey Universe: Total Population Household Type Family Non-family Male householder, no wife Female householder, Householder living Householder not Total: Married-couple family % % % % % present no husband present alone living alone United States 116,926,305 56,478,631 48.3% 5,612,732 4.8% 15,169,183 13.0% 32,316,130 27.6% 7,349,629 6.3% Massachusetts 2,549,721 1,195,878 46.9% 104,560 4.1% 320,479 12.6% 732,066 28.7% 196,738 7.7% Boston 256,294 68,440 26.7% 11,009 4.3% 43,365 16.9% 94,999 37.1% 38,481 15.0% Allston 6,347 1,019 16.1% 39 0.6% 333 5.2% 2,546 40.1% 2,410 38.0% Back Bay 9,900 2,769 28.0% 83 0.8% 337 3.4% 5,452 55.1% 1,259 12.7% Beacon Hill 5,423 1,174 21.6% 55 1.0% 186 3.4% 2,998 55.3% 1,010 18.6% Brighton 20,588 4,842 23.5% 317 1.5% 1,522 7.4% 8,401 40.8% 5,506 26.7% Charlestown 8,457 2,712 32.1% 296 3.5% 923 10.9% 3,533 41.8% 993 11.7% Dorchester 43,292 11,338 26.2% 3,056 7.1% 12,411 28.7% 12,073 27.9% 4,414 10.2% Downtown 7,198 2,221 30.9% 138 1.9% 226 3.1% 3,687 51.2% 926 12.9% East Boston 15,820 4,941 31.2% 1,466 9.3% 2,814 17.8% 4,735 29.9% 1,864 11.8% Fenway 11,101 1,319 11.9% 106 1.0% 277 2.5% 6,502 58.6% 2,897 26.1% Harbor Islands 0 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 0.0% Hyde Park 12,344 4,768 38.6% 539 4.4% 3,267 26.5% 3,116 25.2% 654 5.3% Jamaica Plain 15,853 5,298 33.4% 500 3.2% 2,151 13.6% 4,819 30.4% 3,085 19.5% Longwood 286 44 15.4% 11 3.8% 17 5.9% 181 63.3% 33 11.5% Mattapan 8,599 2,194 25.5% 725 8.4% 2,936 34.1% 2,297 26.7% 447 5.2% Mission Hill 6,153 1,099 17.9% 136 2.2% 1,047 17.0% 2,319 37.7% 1,552 25.2% North End 5,344 888 16.6% 111 2.1% 163 3.1% 2,790 52.2% 1,392 26.0% Roslindale 11,107 3,980 35.8% 540 4.9% 2,242 20.2% 3,306 29.8% 1,039 9.4% Roxbury 18,877 2,968 15.7% 1,223 6.5% 6,495 34.4% 6,891 36.5% 1,300 6.9% South Boston 16,028 3,411 21.3% 726 4.5% 2,307 14.4% 5,901 36.8% 3,683 23.0% South Boston Waterfront 1,421 447 31.5% 42 3.0% 60 4.2% 570 40.1% 302 21.3% South End 15,778 4,278 27.1% 302 1.9% 1,599 10.1% 7,044 44.6% 2,555 16.2% West End 3,011 738 24.5% 53 1.8% 103 3.4% 1,625 54.0% 492 16.3% West Roxbury 13,367 5,992 44.8% 545 4.1% 1,949 14.6% 4,213 31.5% 668 5.0% Source: U.S.