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Area: 0.309 square miles

Population: 8,420

Population density:
Avon Hill:

27,264 people per square mile
Cambridge:

18,431 people per square mile
  • Races in 2022
    • 5,18560.4%White
    • 1,26514.7%Asian
    • 1,25314.6%Black
    • 4385.1%Two or more races
    • 3504.1%Hispanic or Latino
    • 710.8%Some other race
    • 270.3%Native Hawaiian and Other
      Pacific Islander
Age and Sex of Residents in Avon Hill in Cambridge, MA
Median household income in 2022:
Avon Hill:

$171,260
Cambridge:

$109,358

  • Distribution of median household income

  • Distribution of median household income
  • 65Less than $10,000
  • 108$10,000 to $19,999
  • 82$20,000 to $29,999
  • 68$30,000 to $39,999
  • 72$40,000 to $49,999
  • 172$50,000 to $59,999
  • 154$60,000 to $74,999
  • 732$75,000 to $99,999
  • 264$100,000 to $124,999
  • 149$125,000 to $149,999
  • 440$150,000 to $199,999
  • 1,680$200,000 or more
  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value

  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value
  • 31Less than $50,000
  • 24$150,000 to $199,999
  • 117$200,000 to $249,999
  • 168$300,000 to $399,999
  • 122$400,000 to $499,999
  • 184$500,000 to $749,999
  • 619$750,000 to $999,999
  • 1,142$1,000,000 or more
  • Distribution of rent paid by renters

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters
  • 18Less than $100
  • 60$100 to $199
  • 178$200 to $299
  • 73$300 to $399
  • 101$400 to $499
  • 83$700 to $799
  • 18$900 to $999
  • 102$1,000 to $1,249
  • 57$1,250 to $1,499
  • 183$1,500 to $1,999
  • 1,166$2,000 or more
Median rent in 2022:
Avon Hill:

$2,822
Cambridge:

$2,001

Zip codes: 02138, 02140.

Males:

4,232
Females:

4,188
Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:

43.1 years
Whole city:

29.0 years
Females:
This neighborhood:

41.6 years
Whole city:

30.2 years

Average household size:
Avon Hill:

2.3 people
Cambridge:

2.0 people

Percentage of family households:
Avon Hill:

36.0%
Cambridge:

27.0%
Percentage of married-couple families (among all households):
Here:

55.0%
Cambridge:

26.5%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Avon Hill:

41.8%
Cambridge:

31.6%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
Avon Hill:

2.5%
Cambridge:

9.2%

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Avon Hill:

15.1%
Cambridge:

31.1%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Avon Hill:

18.3%
city:

31.0%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
Avon Hill:

0.6%
Cambridge:

2.0%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:

28.2%
Cambridge:

31.3%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Avon Hill:

46.5%
Cambridge:

37.0%

Percentage of native residents but born outside the U.S.:
Here:

0.6%
city:

2.9%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:

24.6%
Cambridge:

28.8%

Educational Attainment in 2022
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Avon Hill
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Avon Hill
  • 231 room
  • 382 rooms
  • 3133 rooms
  • 1934 rooms
  • 3045 rooms
  • 4536 rooms
  • 3547 rooms
  • 388 rooms
  • 3889+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Avon Hill
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Avon Hill
  • 731 room
  • 372 rooms
  • 1513 rooms
  • 5504 rooms
  • 3875 rooms
  • 2086 rooms
  • 857 rooms
  • 978 rooms
  • 469+ rooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Avon Hill
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Avon Hill
  • 23no bedroom
  • 1381 bedroom
  • 8352 bedrooms
  • 5363 bedrooms
  • 3484 bedrooms
  • 2025+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Avon Hill
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Avon Hill
  • 110no bedroom
  • 2191 bedroom
  • 6482 bedrooms
  • 3703 bedrooms
  • 2374 bedrooms
  • 565+ bedrooms
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:

1.2
Cambridge:

1.2

Average number of cars or other vehicles available in apartments:
Here:

0.9
city:

0.7

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Avon Hill:

51.6%
Cambridge:

54.3%


Housing prices:

  • Average estimated value of detached houses in 2022 (13.5% of all units):
    Avon Hill:

    $2,252,629
    Cambridge:

    $1,977,975

  • Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2022 (12.8% of all units):
    This neighborhood:

    $943,923
    city:

    $1,595,129

  • Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2022 (25.9% of all units):
    This neighborhood:

    $1,198,337
    Cambridge:

    $1,337,423

  • Average estimated '22 value of housing units in 3-to-4-unit structures (26.2% of all units):
    Avon Hill:

    $1,027,822
    city:

    $881,306

  • Average estimated '22 value of housing units in 5-or-more-unit structures (2.8% of all units):
    Avon Hill:

    $484,285
    Cambridge:

    $860,276

Year house built in Avon Hill
  • Year house built in Avon Hill
  • 02020 or later
  • 1862010 to 2019
  • 1302000 to 2009
  • 3041990 to 1999
  • 2191980 to 1989
  • 491970 to 1979
  • 1851960 to 1969
  • 581950 to 1959
  • 1971940 to 1949
  • 2,3491939 or earlier
Owners and renters by unit type

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)

  • Travel time to work (commute)
  • 85Less than 5 minutes
  • 1635 to 9 minutes
  • 37410 to 14 minutes
  • 54815 to 19 minutes
  • 88820 to 24 minutes
  • 49725 to 29 minutes
  • 1,40530 to 34 minutes
  • 25835 to 39 minutes
  • 22640 to 44 minutes
  • 32445 to 59 minutes
  • 6560 to 89 minutes
  • 6890 or more minutes
  • Means of transportation to work

  • Means of transportation to work
  • 31.7%1,758Drove a car alone
  • 9.5%525Carpooled
  • 2.0%109Bus
  • 21.9%1,214Subway or elevated rail
  • 1.0%57Long-distance train or commuter rail
  • 1.7%93Taxi
  • 2.4%133Motorcycle
  • 3.9%216Bicycle
  • 11.9%659Walked
  • 0.5%30Other means
  • 17.7%981Worked at home
  • Time leaving home to go to work

  • Time leaving home to go to work
  • 2512:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.
  • 635:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.
  • 1415:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.
  • 1946:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.
  • 1136:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.
  • 9847:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.
  • 4597:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.
  • 1,0958:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.
  • 9248:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.
  • 5669:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.
  • 25510:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.
  • 14611:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
  • 11412:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.
  • 1174:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Occupations of males:

  • Percentage of males in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    14.9%
    city:

    12.7%

  • Percentage of males in business and financial operations occupations:
    Here:

    1.5%
    city:

    8.9%

  • Percentage of males in computer and mathematical occupations:
    Here:

    7.3%
    city:

    14.7%

  • Percentage of males in architecture and engineering occupations:
    Here:

    13.9%
    city:

    5.8%

  • Percentage of males in life, physical, and social science occupations:
    Here:

    7.6%
    city:

    11.7%

  • Percentage of males in community and social services occupations:
    Here:

    1.0%
    city:

    1.1%

  • Percentage of males in legal occupations:
    Here:

    4.8%
    city:

    2.5%

  • Percentage of males in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    22.5%
    city:

    15.8%

  • Percentage of males in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
    Here:

    4.5%
    city:

    3.7%

  • Percentage of males in service occupations:
    Here:

    7.8%
    city:

    5.0%

  • Percentage of males in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    8.5%
    city:

    7.2%

  • Percentage of males in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
    Here:

    1.0%
    city:

    1.5%

  • Percentage of males in transportation occupations:
    Here:

    3.5%
    city:

    2.3%


Occupations of females:

  • Percentage of females in management occupations (except farmers):
    Here:

    12.4%
    city:

    12.8%

  • Percentage of females in business and financial operations occupations:
    Here:

    9.7%
    city:

    10.9%

  • Percentage of females in computer and mathematical occupations:
    Here:

    12.3%
    city:

    5.9%

  • Percentage of females in life, physical, and social science occupations:
    Here:

    22.0%
    city:

    10.9%

  • Percentage of females in community and social services occupations:
    Here:

    1.4%
    city:

    2.0%

  • Percentage of females in legal occupations:
    Here:

    7.5%
    city:

    2.9%

  • Percentage of females in education, training, and library occupations:
    Here:

    13.6%
    city:

    17.7%

  • Percentage of females in arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations:
    Here:

    1.5%
    city:

    4.9%

  • Percentage of females in healthcare practitioners and technical occupations:
    Here:

    11.1%
    city:

    7.0%

  • Percentage of females in service occupations:
    Here:

    1.9%
    city:

    8.9%

  • Percentage of females in sales and office occupations:
    Here:

    5.1%
    city:

    11.9%

  • Percentage of females in construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations:
    Here:

    1.0%
    city:

    0.1%


Percentage of people 16-64 in Armed Forces:
Avon Hill:

0.0%
Cambridge:

0.2%


Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
    Avon Hill:

    13.1%
    Cambridge:

    8.3%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in undergraduate colleges:
    Avon Hill:

    3.9%
    Cambridge:

    15.4%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
    Avon Hill:

    1.9%
    Cambridge:

    12.3%

  • Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
    Avon Hill:

    51.4%
    Cambridge:

    13.9%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Avon Hill:

3.2%
Cambridge:

14.6%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2022):
Avon Hill:

2004
Cambridge:

2010

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2022):
Avon Hill:

2016
Cambridge:

2022

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Avon Hill:

101.8%
Cambridge:

76.5%

Most commonly used house heating fuel
  • 71.9%Utility gas
  • 12.7%Electricity
  • 7.1%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 2.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 2.5%Other fuel
  • 2.1%No fuel used
  • 0.8%Solar energy

Roads and streets:

Walden St

Length: 0.73 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 59 to 369

Concord Ave

Length: 0.62 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 267 to 483

Richdale Ave

Length: 0.45 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 34 to 299

Upland Rd

Length: 0.41 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 91 to 244

Sherman St

Length: 0.40 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 26 to 122

Garden St

Length: 0.38 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 144 to 300

Field St

Length: 0.31 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

New St

Length: 0.30 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199

Walden Square Rd

Length: 0.29 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Raymond St

Length: 0.25 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 107 to 298

Bellis Cir

Length: 0.25 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S
Address range: 25 to 99

Fayerweather St

Length: 0.24 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 146 to 299

Hubbard Ave

Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Stearns St

Length: 0.20 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Bolton St

Length: 0.18 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 199

Bay State Rd

Length: 0.17 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Donnell St

Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Cambridge Ter

Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Copley St

Length: 0.14 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 44

Cadbury Rd

Length: 0.13 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Buena Vista Park

Length: 0.11 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Fern St

Length: 0.11 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Newell St

Length: 0.10 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Birch St

Length: 0.10 miles
Directions: N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Corporal Burns Rd

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

Esten St

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SE-NW

Fenno St

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 33 to 99

Chilton St

Length: 0.09 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 131 to 199

Whittier St

Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 2 to 99

Vincent St

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

Alpine St

Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 57 to 199

Mount Pleasant St

Length: 0.08 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 21 to 99

Sheridan St

Length: 0.08 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Wood St

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

Lincoln Way

Length: 0.07 miles
Direction: SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Hazel St

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Ivy St

Length: 0.06 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Chetwynd Rd

Length: 0.05 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Herbert St

Length: 0.04 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Blair Pl

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99

Walden Mews

Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99

Bellis Ct

Length: 0.02 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99
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