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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
  • Races in 2022
    • 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
Age and Sex of Residents in Lower Roxbury in Boston, MA

  • Distribution of median household income

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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
Zip codes: 02119, 02120.

Males:

3,236
Females:

4,311
Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:

29.4 years
Whole city:

32.7 years
Females:
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%
Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
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:
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:
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%

Educational Attainment in 2022
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Lower Roxbury
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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:
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
  • 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
Owners and renters by unit type

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)

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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%

Most commonly used house heating fuel
  • 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

Roads and streets:

Eustis St

Length: 0.74 miles
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

New Dudley St

Length: 0.45 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 118

Magazine St

Length: 0.45 miles
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

Dewitt Dr

Length: 0.39 miles
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

Gerard St

Length: 0.37 miles
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

Ruggles St

Length: 0.36 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 152

Shawmut Ave

Length: 0.35 miles
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

Hampden St

Length: 0.33 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 59 to 214

Norfolk Ave

Length: 0.29 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 128

Allerton St

Length: 0.27 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Farnham St

Length: 0.27 miles
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

Whittier St

Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 85

N447

Length: 0.22 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW

Yeoman St

Length: 0.22 miles
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

George St

Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 81

Island St

Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 34 to 99

Mall St

Length: 0.18 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Albany St

Length: 0.16 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 884 to 999

Linden Park St

Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: SE-NW

Massachusetts Ave

Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 840 to 899

Warren St

Length: 0.14 miles
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

Melnea Cass Blvd

Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: SE-NW

Madison Park Ct

Length: 0.13 miles
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

Degautier Way

Length: 0.13 miles
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

Ambrose St

Length: 0.12 miles
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

Dunmore St

Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Shabazz Way

Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 13

Crosby Sq

Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 6

Kerr Pl

Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Bethune Way

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Prescott St

Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Palmer St

Length: 0.09 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW

Chadwick St

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 21 to 59

Estabrook Rd

Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Cabot St

Length: 0.08 miles
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

Vernon St

Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 33

Alther St

Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Marvin St

Length: 0.07 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW

Kerr Way

Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 115

Taber St

Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: E-W

Renfrew St

Length: 0.07 miles
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

Raynor Cir

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 6 to 16

Renfrew Ct

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: E-W

Woodrow Wilson Ct

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Sojourner Truth Ct

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 40 to 99

Hunneman St

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 80 to 199

Winslow St

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: N-S

Ruggles Ct

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: SW-NE

Orchard Park St

Length: 0.05 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Gary St

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 59 to 99

Roxbury St

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 102 to 125

Hubbard Ter

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

E Campbell Pl

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: SW-NE

Station St

Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: SE-NW
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