Norfolk County * Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro
31.3K
Population
$132K
Median income
per household
$1.2M
Home value
9.6%
Poverty rate
What stands out
5 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Housing stretch: typical home values are about 9.0× the median household income.
Median household income
$132K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$90.8K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$1.2M
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
48.7%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
26.6%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
26.1%
Approaching 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
9.0×
Above typical 3-5x ratio
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
| Income bracket | Share of households |
|---|---|
| < $50k | 21.0% |
| $50–100k | 18.3% |
| $100–200k | 27.4% |
| $200k+ | 33.3% |
Owner-occupied vs renter-occupied housing (ACS).
| Tenure | Percent |
|---|---|
| Owners | 37.8% |
| Renters | 62.2% |
6 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
20.3%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
6.6%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
6.3%
U.S.
13.1%
3 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
100+ Mbps coverage
99.8%
U.S.
89.6%
Gigabit ready
71.8%
U.S.
46.1%
5G available
97.6%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
85.3%
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.
School districts
How this ZIP compares to other ZIP codes nationwide.
11 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 4001
23.3%
Tract 4008
16%
Tract 4003
15.8%
Tract 4004.02
10.5%
Tract 4004.01
9.9%
Others (6)
24.5%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
MA-4
99.8%
MA-7
0.2%
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.
