Lower Roxbury neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts (MA), 02119, 02120 detailed profile
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Area: 0.393 square miles
Population: 7,548
Population density:
Lower Roxbury: | 19,212 people per square mile |
Boston: | 13,418 people per square mile |
- 3,14036.9%Hispanic or Latino
- 2,61330.7%Black
- 1,11113.0%American Indian
- 7498.8%White
- 3363.9%Some other race
- 3133.7%Two or more races
- 2593.0%Asian
Distribution of median household income
- 633Less than $10,000
- 669$10,000 to $19,999
- 397$20,000 to $29,999
- 877$30,000 to $39,999
- 176$40,000 to $49,999
- 404$50,000 to $59,999
- 74$60,000 to $74,999
- 199$75,000 to $99,999
- 165$100,000 to $124,999
- 71$125,000 to $149,999
- 183$150,000 to $199,999
- 146$200,000 or more
Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value
- 223Less than $50,000
- 43$100,000 to $149,999
- 67$150,000 to $199,999
- 9$200,000 to $249,999
- 57$250,000 to $299,999
- 120$300,000 to $399,999
- 37$400,000 to $499,999
- 138$500,000 to $749,999
- 35$750,000 to $999,999
- 281$1,000,000 or more
Distribution of rent paid by renters
- 186Less than $100
- 225$100 to $199
- 483$200 to $299
- 1,043$300 to $399
- 437$400 to $499
- 319$500 to $599
- 241$600 to $699
- 653$700 to $799
- 13$800 to $899
- 192$900 to $999
- 267$1,000 to $1,249
- 702$1,250 to $1,499
- 281$1,500 to $1,999
- 716$2,000 or more
Males: | 3,236 |
Females: | 4,311 |
Males:
This neighborhood: | 29.4 years |
Whole city: | 32.7 years |
This neighborhood: | 37.7 years |
Whole city: | 34.1 years |
Average household size:
Lower Roxbury: | 2.3 people |
Boston: | 2.1 people |
Percentage of family households:
Lower Roxbury: | 39.3% |
Boston: | 34.5% |
Here: | 13.5% |
Boston: | 26.9% |
Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Lower Roxbury: | 14.6% |
Boston: | 24.9% |
Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
Lower Roxbury: | 18.4% |
Boston: | 15.7% |
Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Lower Roxbury: | 28.3% |
Boston: | 26.8% |
Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Lower Roxbury: | 29.9% |
city: | 28.3% |
Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
Lower Roxbury: | 14.8% |
Boston: | 8.0% |
Percentage of people born in this state:
Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here: | 48.2% |
Boston: | 42.4% |
Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Lower Roxbury: | 18.7% |
Boston: | 26.6% |
Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here: | 3.7% |
city: | 3.3% |
Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here: | 29.4% |
Boston: | 27.6% |
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lower Roxbury
- 01 room
- 552 rooms
- 333 rooms
- 524 rooms
- 1835 rooms
- 1066 rooms
- 837 rooms
- 148 rooms
- 129+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lower Roxbury
- 1491 room
- 302 rooms
- 7453 rooms
- 8044 rooms
- 5065 rooms
- 3976 rooms
- 1487 rooms
- 1118 rooms
- 1879+ rooms
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lower Roxbury
- 0no bedroom
- 191 bedroom
- 1242 bedrooms
- 2663 bedrooms
- 124 bedrooms
- 195+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lower Roxbury
- 159no bedroom
- 1,0971 bedroom
- 6782 bedrooms
- 7123 bedrooms
- 1664 bedrooms
- 495+ bedrooms
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
This neighborhood: | -2697701.9 |
Boston: | 1.4 |
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
Here: | 0.5 |
city: | 0.7 |
Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Lower Roxbury: | 73.6% |
Boston: | 69.7% |
- Year house built in Lower Roxbury
- 1032020 or later
- 1812010 to 2019
- 5972000 to 2009
- 3171990 to 1999
- 3451980 to 1989
- 4321970 to 1979
- 2641960 to 1969
- 1911950 to 1959
- 2751940 to 1949
- 1,1381939 or earlier
City-data.com crime index for city in 2020 (higher means more crime):
City: | 258.2 |
U.S. average: | 219.5 |
Travel time to work (commute)
- 51Less than 5 minutes
- 1405 to 9 minutes
- 23610 to 14 minutes
- 22115 to 19 minutes
- 23620 to 24 minutes
- 14725 to 29 minutes
- 61830 to 34 minutes
- 17535 to 39 minutes
- 10140 to 44 minutes
- 16045 to 59 minutes
- 26860 to 89 minutes
- 9390 or more minutes
Means of transportation to work
- 29.1%746Drove a car alone
- 11.4%292Carpooled
- 29.6%757Bus
- 11.2%286Subway or elevated rail
- 2.1%55Long-distance train or commuter rail
- 1.8%45Light rail, streetcar or trolley
- 1.9%48Taxi
- 2.3%60Bicycle
- 7.5%192Walked
- 4.7%120Other means
- 5.3%136Worked at home
Time leaving home to go to work
- 8512:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.
- 735:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.
- 935:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.
- 2436:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.
- 2666:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.
- 3057:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.
- 2387:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.
- 3368:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.
- 1608:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.
- 1219:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.
- 13910:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.
- 3311:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
- 22512:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.
- 1274:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
Occupations of males:
- Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
Here: 3.2% city: 12.7%
- Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
Here: 11.4% city: 9.1%
- Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
Here: 3.0% city: 7.4%
- Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
Here: 4.9% city: 3.1%
- Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
Here: 3.3% city: 3.9%
- Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
Here: 1.8% city: 1.4%
- Percentage of males in legal occupations:
Here: 5.8% city: 2.5%
- Percentage of males in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
Here: 1.1% city: 2.7%
- Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here: 6.4% city: 4.4%
- Percentage of males in service occupations:
Here: 24.5% city: 16.0%
- Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
Here: 8.6% city: 15.2%
- Percentage of males in production occupations:
Here: 1.0% city: 2.4%
- Percentage of males in transportation occupations:
Here: 14.5% city: 4.7%
- Percentage of males in material moving occupations:
Here: 5.1% city: 2.3%
Occupations of females:
- Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
Here: 6.1% city: 12.2%
- Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
Here: 10.6% city: 3.1%
- Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
Here: 2.3% city: 9.4%
- Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
Here: 3.3% city: 10.2%
- Percentage of females in service occupations:
Here: 57.8% city: 18.6%
- Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
Here: 12.7% city: 20.2%
- Percentage of females in transportation occupations:
Here: 4.7% city: 0.8%
Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):
- Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
Lower Roxbury: 43.1% Boston: 11.0%
- Percentage of people 3 years and older in undergraduate colleges:
Lower Roxbury: 6.5% Boston: 11.0%
- Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
Lower Roxbury: 3.3% Boston: 4.3%
- Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
Lower Roxbury: 25.2% Boston: 13.8%
Percentage of population below poverty level:
Lower Roxbury: | 34.8% |
Boston: | 17.1% |
Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2022):
Lower Roxbury: | 2015 |
Boston: | 2020 |
Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Lower Roxbury: | 132.4% |
Boston: | 78.2% |
- 51.5%Utility gas
- 32.1%Electricity
- 6.2%Wood
- 3.3%No fuel used
- 2.6%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 2.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 1.9%Solar energy
Highways in this neighborhood:
Tremont St (State Hwy 28)
Length: 0.81 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Direction: SW-NE
Roads and streets:
Eustis St
Length: 0.74 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 17 to 399
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 17 to 399
Dudley St
Length: 0.64 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 111 to 362
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 111 to 362
New Dudley St
Length: 0.45 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 118
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 118
Magazine St
Length: 0.45 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 18 to 150
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 18 to 150
Washington St
Length: 0.43 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 2039 to 2366
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 2039 to 2366
Dewitt Dr
Length: 0.39 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 163
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 163
Ziegler St
Length: 0.38 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 20 to 199
Direction: E-W
Address range: 20 to 199
Gerard St
Length: 0.37 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 148
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 148
Kemble St
Length: 0.36 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Ruggles St
Length: 0.36 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 152
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 152
Shawmut Ave
Length: 0.35 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 689 to 899
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 689 to 899
Harrison Ave
Length: 0.34 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 973 to 1199
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 973 to 1199
Hampden St
Length: 0.33 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 59 to 214
Direction: N-S
Address range: 59 to 214
Norfolk Ave
Length: 0.29 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 128
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 128
Allerton St
Length: 0.27 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Farnham St
Length: 0.27 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199
Howard St
Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Whittier St
Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 85
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 85
N447
Length: 0.22 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Yeoman St
Length: 0.22 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Adams St
Length: 0.22 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 71
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 71
George St
Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 81
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 81
Island St
Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 34 to 99
Direction: E-W
Address range: 34 to 99
Mall St
Length: 0.18 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Albany St
Length: 0.16 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 884 to 999
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 884 to 999
Linden Park St
Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Direction: SE-NW
Massachusetts Ave
Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 840 to 899
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 840 to 899
Warren St
Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 61
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 61
Reading St
Length: 0.14 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 42 to 99
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 42 to 99
Melnea Cass Blvd
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Direction: SE-NW
Madison Park Ct
Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199
Dade St
Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 98
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 98
Degautier Way
Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Williams St
Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Ambrose St
Length: 0.12 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 32
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 32
Dearborn St
Length: 0.12 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 258
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 258
Dunmore St
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Shabazz Way
Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 13
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 13
Crosby Sq
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 6
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 6
Kerr Pl
Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Bethune Way
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Prescott St
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Palmer St
Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Chadwick St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 21 to 59
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 21 to 59
Estabrook Rd
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Cabot St
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 151 to 200
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 151 to 200
Webber St
Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99
Vernon St
Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 33
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 33
Alther St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Marvin St
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Kerr Way
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 115
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 115
Taber St
Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W
Direction: E-W
Renfrew St
Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Wheatley Way
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Raynor Cir
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 6 to 16
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 6 to 16
Renfrew Ct
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W
Direction: E-W
Woodrow Wilson Ct
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Sojourner Truth Ct
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 40 to 99
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 40 to 99
Hunneman St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 80 to 199
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 80 to 199
Winslow St
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S
Direction: N-S
Ruggles Ct
Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Direction: SW-NE
Orchard Park St
Length: 0.05 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Gary St
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 59 to 99
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 59 to 99
Roxbury St
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 102 to 125
Direction: E-W
Address range: 102 to 125
Hubbard Ter
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99
E Campbell Pl
Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Direction: SW-NE
Station St
Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Direction: SE-NW