Essex County * Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro
8.3K
Population
$200.7K
Median income
per household
$904.2K
Home value
3.1%
Poverty rate
What stands out
4 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Rental strain: 67.2% of renter households are rent-burdened (≥30% of income).
Median household income
$200.7K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$89.8K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$904.2K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
67.2%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
16.0%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
4.6%
Below 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
4.5×
Upper end of typical range
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
| Income bracket | Share of households |
|---|---|
| < $50k | 8.3% |
| $50–100k | 14.4% |
| $100–200k | 26.0% |
| $200k+ | 51.3% |
Owner-occupied vs renter-occupied housing (ACS).
| Tenure | Percent |
|---|---|
| Owners | 95.0% |
| Renters | 5.0% |
6 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
26.2%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
8.1%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
7.8%
U.S.
13.1%
3 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
100+ Mbps coverage
99.6%
U.S.
89.6%
Gigabit ready
53.0%
U.S.
46.1%
5G available
98.1%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
70.6%
U.S.
35.7%
A high share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher often correlates with higher-paying jobs and knowledge-economy industries.
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
How this ZIP compares to other ZIP codes nationwide.
2 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 2131
99.9%
Tract 2651.01
0.1%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
MA-6
100%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology
Where College Degrees Concentrate - and Where They Don’t
More than a third of U.S. adults 25+ now hold a bachelor’s degree. But the distribution is sharply uneven across states and metros.
More Than Half of U.S. Renters Are Cost-Burdened
A majority of American renters now spend 30% or more of their income on housing. The burden is sharpest in Florida, where 6 of the 10 most-burdened metros cluster.
Millennial Homeownership Is a Split Story
Households in their 30s and early 40s sit in a very different position from both younger adults and older owners - and the gaps get wider by race, education, and family structure.
