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 |
- 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
Median household income in 2022:
Kendall Square: | $130,373 |
Cambridge: | $109,358 |
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
- 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
- 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 |
Males: | 9,325 |
Females: | 10,401 |
Males:
This neighborhood: | 36.1 years |
Whole city: | 29.0 years |
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% |
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:
Percentage of never married females 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:
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: | 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% |
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- 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
- 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
- 168no bedroom
- 2641 bedroom
- 1,0712 bedrooms
- 5293 bedrooms
- 4014 bedrooms
- 945+ bedrooms
- 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:
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
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
- 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
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)
- 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
- 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
- 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):
Median year renter 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% |
- 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
Direction: E-W
Address range: 67 to 632
Binney St
Length: 0.97 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 412
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
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
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 199
Galileo Galilei Way
Length: 0.30 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
3rd St
Length: 0.29 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 281 to 399
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 281 to 399
Portland St
Length: 0.26 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 35 to 169
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 35 to 169
1st St
Length: 0.24 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 182 to 387
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
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 77 to 299
Hampshire St
Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 30
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 30
Cardinal Medeiros Ave
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 170 to 234
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 170 to 234
Mid-Block Con
Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Athenaeum St
Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
Potter St
Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 88
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 88
2nd St
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 204 to 259
Direction: N-S
Address range: 204 to 259
Technology Sq
Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 400 to 599
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 400 to 599
5th St
Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: N-S
Direction: N-S
Memorial Dr
Length: 0.03 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Directions: E-W, SE-NW, SW-NE
Cambridge Pkwy
Length: 0.03 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Railroad features:
Penn Central RR
Length: 0.32 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Other features:
Broad Cnl
Length: 0.57 miles
Direction: E-W
Direction: E-W