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Cambridge Highlands neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts (MA), 02138 detailed profile


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Area: 0.535 square miles

Population: 1,373

Population density:
Cambridge Highlands:

2,565 people per square mile
Cambridge:

18,431 people per square mile
  • Races in 2022
    • 67038.0%White
    • 32518.4%Two or more races
    • 28616.2%Black
    • 23413.3%Asian
    • 18010.2%Hispanic or Latino
    • 603.4%Some other race
    • 70.4%American Indian
Age and Sex of Residents in Cambridge Highlands in Cambridge, MA
Median household income in 2022:
Cambridge Highlands:

$140,252
Cambridge:

$109,358

  • Distribution of median household income

  • Distribution of median household income
  • 51Less than $10,000
  • 41$10,000 to $19,999
  • 33$20,000 to $29,999
  • 16$30,000 to $39,999
  • 34$40,000 to $49,999
  • 29$50,000 to $59,999
  • 35$60,000 to $74,999
  • 60$75,000 to $99,999
  • 121$100,000 to $124,999
  • 58$125,000 to $149,999
  • 124$150,000 to $199,999
  • 117$200,000 or more

  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value

  • Distribution of owner-occupied house/condo value
  • 30Less than $50,000
  • 3$100,000 to $149,999
  • 12$300,000 to $399,999
  • 19$400,000 to $499,999
  • 43$500,000 to $749,999
  • 17$750,000 to $999,999
  • 78$1,000,000 or more

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters

  • Distribution of rent paid by renters
  • 12$200 to $299
  • 46$400 to $499
  • 17$700 to $799
  • 3$800 to $899
  • 31$900 to $999
  • 14$1,000 to $1,249
  • 8$1,250 to $1,499
  • 19$1,500 to $1,999
  • 401$2,000 or more
Median rent in 2022:
Cambridge Highlands:

$2,527
Cambridge:

$2,001

Zip codes: 02138.

Males:

629
Females:

744
Median age:
Males:
This neighborhood:

37.2 years
Whole city:

29.0 years
Females:
This neighborhood:

40.1 years
Whole city:

30.2 years

Average household size:
Cambridge Highlands:

2.4 people
Cambridge:

2.0 people

Percentage of family households:
Cambridge Highlands:

55.7%
Cambridge:

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

48.6%
Cambridge:

26.5%

Percentage of married-couple families with children (among all households):
Cambridge Highlands:

37.4%
Cambridge:

31.6%

Percentage of single-mother households (among all households):
Cambridge Highlands:

6.7%
Cambridge:

9.2%

Percentage of never married males 15 years old and over:
Cambridge Highlands:

11.6%
Cambridge:

31.1%

Percentage of never married females 15 years old and over:
Cambridge Highlands:

17.8%
city:

31.0%

Percentage of people that speak English not well or not at all:
Cambridge Highlands:

0.7%
Cambridge:

2.0%

Percentage of people born in this state:
Here:

43.2%
Cambridge:

31.3%

Percentage of people born in another U.S. state:
Cambridge Highlands:

27.8%
Cambridge:

37.0%

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

4.5%
city:

2.9%

Percentage of foreign born residents:
Here:

24.5%
Cambridge:

28.8%

Educational Attainment in 2022
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cambridge Highlands
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cambridge Highlands
  • 21 room
  • 372 rooms
  • 123 rooms
  • 914 rooms
  • 315 rooms
  • 246 rooms
  • 147 rooms
  • 508 rooms
  • 3919+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cambridge Highlands
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cambridge Highlands
  • 261 room
  • 172 rooms
  • 903 rooms
  • 1304 rooms
  • 815 rooms
  • 1006 rooms
  • 1067 rooms
  • 218 rooms
  • 189+ rooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cambridge Highlands
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Cambridge Highlands
  • 2no bedroom
  • 371 bedroom
  • 722 bedrooms
  • 313 bedrooms
  • 354 bedrooms
  • 1355+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cambridge Highlands
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cambridge Highlands
  • 26no bedroom
  • 671 bedroom
  • 2702 bedrooms
  • 443 bedrooms
  • 584 bedrooms
  • 05+ bedrooms
Average number of cars or other vehicles available in houses/condos:
This neighborhood:

1.5
Cambridge:

1.2

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

0.8
city:

0.7

Percentage of units with a mortgage:
Cambridge Highlands:

67.5%
Cambridge:

54.3%


Housing prices:

  • Average estimated value of detached houses in 2022 (14.9% of all units):
    Cambridge Highlands:

    $858,628
    Cambridge:

    $1,977,975

  • Average estimated value of townhouses or other attached units in 2022 (8.7% of all units):
    This neighborhood:

    $650,192
    city:

    $1,595,129

  • Average estimated value of housing units in 2-unit structures in 2022 (16.2% of all units):
    This neighborhood:

    $898,354
    Cambridge:

    $1,337,423

Year house built in Cambridge Highlands
  • Year house built in Cambridge Highlands
  • 02020 or later
  • 182010 to 2019
  • 62000 to 2009
  • 171990 to 1999
  • 631980 to 1989
  • 2071970 to 1979
  • 161960 to 1969
  • 681950 to 1959
  • 191940 to 1949
  • 1951939 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)
  • 19Less than 5 minutes
  • 125 to 9 minutes
  • 3910 to 14 minutes
  • 6915 to 19 minutes
  • 4820 to 24 minutes
  • 5425 to 29 minutes
  • 4930 to 34 minutes
  • 2135 to 39 minutes
  • 4940 to 44 minutes
  • 3145 to 59 minutes
  • 3460 to 89 minutes
  • 1490 or more minutes

  • Means of transportation to work

  • Means of transportation to work
  • 39.9%301Drove a car alone
  • 27.6%208Carpooled
  • 10.7%81Bus
  • 4.6%35Subway or elevated rail
  • 20.8%157Long-distance train or commuter rail
  • 0.9%7Bicycle
  • 2.3%17Walked
  • 11.3%85Other means
  • 12.7%96Worked at home

  • Time leaving home to go to work

  • Time leaving home to go to work
  • 165:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.
  • 125:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.
  • 166:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.
  • 156:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.
  • 507:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.
  • 737:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.
  • 918:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.
  • 458:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.
  • 329:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.
  • 1710:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.
  • 411:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.
  • 2712:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.
  • 164:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.

Occupations of males:

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

    28.8%
    city:

    12.7%

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

    13.2%
    city:

    8.9%

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

    14.3%
    city:

    14.7%

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

    7.0%
    city:

    11.7%

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

    1.4%
    city:

    1.1%

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

    2.9%
    city:

    15.8%

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

    20.2%
    city:

    3.8%

  • Percentage of males in service occupations:
    Here:

    7.0%
    city:

    5.0%

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

    4.1%
    city:

    7.2%


Occupations of females:

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

    17.8%
    city:

    12.8%

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

    11.0%
    city:

    10.9%

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

    12.8%
    city:

    5.9%

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

    3.5%
    city:

    2.2%

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

    5.6%
    city:

    10.9%

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

    13.2%
    city:

    17.7%

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

    4.8%
    city:

    4.9%

  • Percentage of females in service occupations:
    Here:

    18.7%
    city:

    8.9%

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

    10.0%
    city:

    11.9%

  • Percentage of females in production occupations:
    Here:

    1.6%
    city:

    1.2%


Education in this neighborhood (subdivision or community):

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in K-12 schools:
    Cambridge Highlands:

    28.6%
    Cambridge:

    8.3%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in undergraduate colleges:
    Cambridge Highlands:

    2.3%
    Cambridge:

    15.4%

  • Percentage of people 3 years and older in grad. or professional schools:
    Cambridge Highlands:

    12.3%
    Cambridge:

    12.3%

  • Percentage of students K-12 enrolled in private schools:
    Cambridge Highlands:

    35.4%
    Cambridge:

    13.9%

Percentage of population below poverty level:
Cambridge Highlands:

4.7%
Cambridge:

14.6%

Median year owner moved in (as recorded in 2022):
Cambridge Highlands:

2005
Cambridge:

2010

Median year renter moved in (as recorded in 2022):
Cambridge Highlands:

2016
Cambridge:

2022

Percentage of married-couple families with both working:
Cambridge Highlands:

131.9%
Cambridge:

76.5%

Most commonly used house heating fuel
  • 68.0%Utility gas
  • 12.5%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 10.1%Electricity
  • 3.9%No fuel used
  • 2.7%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 2.0%Other fuel
  • 0.9%Solar energy

Highways in this neighborhood:

US Hwy 3 (Alewife Brook Pkwy, State Hwy 2, State Hwy 16)

Length: 1.03 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 186 to 589

Roads and streets:

Concord Ave

Length: 0.94 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 572 to 640

Fawcett St

Length: 0.54 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199

Smith Pl

Length: 0.43 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199

Mooney St

Length: 0.30 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Normandy Ave

Length: 0.25 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 199

Blanchard Rd

Length: 0.23 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 49 to 252

Griswold St

Length: 0.21 miles
Direction: SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 199

Wilson Rd

Length: 0.19 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Moulton St

Length: 0.17 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Terminal Rd

Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: SE-NW, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 299

S Normandy Ave

Length: 0.15 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 107

Spinelli Pl

Length: 0.15 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99

Concord Ln

Length: 0.13 miles
Directions: E-W, SW-NE
Address range: 1 to 99

Loomis St

Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: E-W
Address range: 1 to 99

Wheeler St

Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99

Adley Rd

Length: 0.12 miles
Direction: E-W

Sunset Rd

Length: 0.12 miles
Directions: N-S, SE-NW
Address range: 1 to 99

Normandy Ter

Length: 0.04 miles
Direction: N-S
Address range: 1 to 99

Normandy Ter Exn

Length: 0.03 miles
Direction: N-S

Railroad features:

Mbta Commuter Rail

Length: 1.18 miles
Directions: E-W, SE-NW

Mbta RR

Length: 0.31 miles
Directions: E-W, N-S, SW-NE

Other features:

Alewife Brk

Length: 0.00 miles
Direction: N-S
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