Boston, MA

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Climate

July average high

82°F

January average low

23°F

Annual rainfall

43.6 in

Annual snowfall

49.2 in

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Boston (3 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

Trends

Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.

How Boston ranks

• #3 Safest Cities from Natural Disasters of 75 cities · score 86.5
• #3 Lowest Student-Teacher Ratios of 96 cities · score 97.9
• #4 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 85.7
• #5 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 72.5
• #5 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 83.3
• #15 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 75.1
• #16 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 81.8
• #54 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 47.1
• #97 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 22.2

Local facts

Median household income

$94,755

Median rent

$2,093 / mo

Median home value

$710,400

Median age

33.2

Unemployment

6.0%

Bachelor's degree or higher

54.1%

Poverty rate

16.9%

Renter-occupied homes

64.6%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools

16

Students enrolled

10,026

Students per teacher

11.7 : 1

Charter schools

31.3%

School districts serving the city

6

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Districts: Boston, Edward M. Kennedy Academy For Health Careers (Horace Mann Ch, Match Charter Public School (District), Helen Y. Davis Leadership Academy Charter Public (District), Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School (District)

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity

25.1%

No leisure-time physical activity

24.8%

Adults with diabetes

10.3%

Adults who smoke

11.8%

Frequent mental distress

16.9%

Sleeping under 7 hours

34.1%

Adults without health insurance

6.3%

Routine checkup in past year

79.9%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park

99.8%

Share of city that is parkland

20.6%

EPA walkability index (1-20)

15.6

Median air quality index (county)

37

Unhealthy air days (county)

2

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband

90.6%

Households with no internet

7.0%

Average commute

30.2 min

Work from home

18.8%

Commute by transit

24.0%

Commute on foot

13.8%

Commute by bike

2.2%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Suffolk County as relatively moderate overall for natural hazard risk, with 5 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

• Lightning: very high
• Heat wave: relatively high
• Earthquake: relatively moderate
• Riverine flooding: relatively high

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