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American Community Survey 2019–2023

Boston area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Packard's Corner (east-northeast) (64.5%). This table ranks 217 eligible mapped census tracts.

Residents below the poverty level values are ACS five-year survey estimates. Percentage and median rankings exclude tracts below 500 residents; this reduces but does not eliminate sampling uncertainty.

#Census tract areaResidents below the poverty level
1Packard's Corner (east-northeast)64.5%
2Roxbury Crossing (south-southwest 1)55.9%
3Fenway (east-northeast)51.1%
4Jamaica Plain (northeast)50.2%
5South Boston (south-southeast)47.9%
6Bugg Village (northeast)43.6%
7Frederick Douglass Square Historic District (west)43.3%
8Mission Hill (northeast)42.9%
9Back Bay (southeast)42.4%
10Fenway (east-southeast)42.3%
11Leather District (west)40.4%
12Grove Hall (west-southwest)37.2%
13South Boston (north-northwest)37%
14Packard's Corner (west-southwest)36.5%
15Mission Hill (north-northeast)36.2%
16Mission Hill (north-northwest)36.2%
17Allston Heights (north-northwest)36.1%
18Savin Hill (east-southeast)36%
19Downtown Crossing35.7%
20Frederick Douglass Square Historic District (north)35.5%
21Allston Village34.7%
22Audubon Circle (south-southeast)34.7%
23Mission Hill (southeast)33.6%
24Bay Village (southeast)33.3%
25Back Bay (south-southwest)32.5%
26Frederick Douglass Square Historic District (south-southeast)32.3%
27Uphams Corner (southwest)32.3%
28Roxbury Crossing (south-southwest 2)32.2%
29Uphams Corner (southeast)32.2%
30Mount Bowdoin (southeast)32.1%
31Brighton Center31.9%
32Mount Bowdoin (south)31.7%
33Nubian Square (south-southeast 1)31.6%
34Nubian Square (west-northwest)31.2%
35Fenway (north-northwest)31.1%
36Grove Hall (east-northeast)30.2%
37Chinatown29.8%
38Longwood (northeast)29.4%
39Fenway (west-northwest)28.9%
40Mill Hill28.9%
41Park Square28.6%
42Nubian Square (south-southwest 2)28.5%
43Brighton (east)28.3%
44Mount Ida27.3%
45Mattapan (north-northeast)26.8%
46Mission Hill (south-southeast)26.8%
47Bellingham Hill26.5%
48Kane Square26.5%
49South End (south-southeast)26.5%
50North Brighton26.4%
51Mount Bowdoin (south-southeast)26.2%
52Uphams Corner (west)26.2%
53Nubian Square (east)25.9%
54Mattapan (east-southeast)25.8%
55South Boston (southeast)24.9%
56Dorchester Center (west-southwest)24.2%
57Dorchester (south)24.1%
58Bellingham Square Historic District23.8%
59Grove Hall (west)23.6%
60Church Green23.3%
61Oak Island (east)23.3%
62Bugg Village (east-southeast)23.2%
63Grove Hall (southwest)23.1%
64South Boston (southwest)22.7%
65Chelsea Square22.3%
66Brighton (west)22.2%
67Bay Village (northwest)21.8%
68Ashmont (east)21.6%
69Allston21.2%
70Crescent Beach (west-northwest)21.2%
71Fenway (southwest)21.2%
72Clarendon Hills (north)21.1%
73Ashmont (west)21%
74Charlestown (east)20.7%
75Dorchester Center (southeast)20.6%
76Point of Pines (west-southwest)20.5%
77Frederick Douglass Square Historic District (east)20.4%
78Beachmont Square20.3%
79Germantown (south-southeast)20.3%
80Cleveland Circle (southwest)20.1%
81Union Square19.8%
82Aberdeen (southwest)19.7%
83Grove Hall (east-southeast)19.7%
84Eagle Hill (south)19.6%
85Barry's Corner (west)19.5%
86Allston Heights (south-southeast)19.3%
87The Flats18.9%
88Uphams Corner (northeast)18.9%
89Dorchester (southeast)18.8%
90Meeting House Hill18.1%
91Nubian Square (south-southeast 2)17.6%
92Mount Hope (southeast)17.5%
93South End (southwest)17.5%
94Mattapan (north-northwest)17.4%
95Fields Corner (south-southeast)17.2%
96Eagle Hill (west)17.1%
97East Boston (north-northeast)17%
98Longwood (southwest)17%
99Nubian Square (south-southwest 1)16.9%
100Jamaica Plain (north-northeast)16.8%
101Prattville16.6%
102Cary Square16%
103South End (east 1)16%
104Aberdeen (northeast)15.9%
105Cedar Grove15.9%
106Grove Hall (northeast)15.8%
107Orient Heights (south-southeast)15.7%
108Hyde Park15.5%
109Gove Street (south-southwest)15.4%
110Dorchester Center (north-northwest)15.2%
111East Boston (south-southwest)15.1%
112Bugg Village (west-southwest)14.8%
113Clarendon Hills (south)14.7%
114Oak Square (northeast)14.7%
115Waterfront14.5%
116Gove Street (east-northeast)14.3%
117Beachmont14%
118Clarendon Hills (west-southwest)14%
119Jamaica Plain (south-southeast)14%
120Point of Pines (east-northeast)13.8%
121Admirals Hill13.7%
122South End (north)13.5%
123Downtown12.9%
124Crescent Beach (west-southwest)12.8%
125Clarendon Hills (east-southeast)12.7%
126Neponset (south-southwest)12.7%
127West End (south-southeast)12.6%
128West End (north-northwest)12.5%
129South End (west)12.4%
130Mount Hope (northwest)12.3%
131Oak Island (west)11.9%
132Mission Hill (southwest)11.7%
133Brighton (west-southwest)11.5%
134Nubian Square (north)11.5%
135South End (northwest)11.3%
136Cleveland Circle (northeast)11.2%
137Dorchester Center (northeast)11.1%
138Jamaica Plain (east-northeast)11.1%
139Barry's Corner (east)11%
140Neponset (north-northwest)11%
141Lower Mills (northeast)10.5%
142Jeffries Point (west-southwest)10.3%
143Charlestown (east-northeast)10.2%
144North End (south)10.2%
145Oak Square (south)10.1%
146Court Park9.8%
147Franklin Park (northwest)9.7%
148Mount Bowdoin (north-northwest)9.7%
149Dock Square9.3%
150Lower Allston9.3%
151Oak Square (west-northwest)9.2%
152Orange - Addison9.2%
153Cottage Park9.1%
154Dorchester Heights (east)8.9%
155Eagle Hill (northeast)8.9%
156Jamaica Plain (west-southwest 2)8.8%
157Stonybrook Village8.5%
158Roxbury Crossing (north-northeast)8.2%
159Orient Heights (west-southwest)7.8%
160Neponset (east-southeast)7.7%
161Fields Corner (north-northwest)7.6%
162Savin Hill (south)7.5%
163Savin Hill (north-northwest)7.4%
164Leather District (southwest)7.3%
165Mount Hope (west-southwest)7.2%
166Forest Hills (west-northwest)7.1%
167Back Bay (north)6.9%
168Crescent Beach (east-southeast)6.8%
169North End (north)6.8%
170Forest Hills (southwest)6.6%
171Back Bay (west-northwest)6.5%
172Germantown (west-northwest 1)6.4%
173Gove Street (northwest)6.4%
174Mattapan (south-southwest)6.4%
175Winthrop Highlands6.4%
176Cottage Hill6.3%
177Roxbury6.3%
178City Point (south-southwest)6.2%
179Mission Hill (south-southwest)6%
180Readville (southeast)5.8%
181Roslindale (north-northeast)5.8%
182Bellevue (southwest)5.6%
183Jamaica Plain (south-southwest)5.6%
184Mount Hope (northeast)5.4%
185Ashmont (southwest)5.3%
186Seaport (east)5.3%
187Roslindale (south-southwest)5%
188Charlestown (south-southeast)4.5%
189Dorchester Heights (north)4.5%
190Bellevue (east-southeast)4.3%
191Germantown (west-northwest 2)4.3%
192Crescent Beach (west)4.2%
193Highland (north-northeast)4.2%
194Dorchester (north)4.1%
195Dorchester Heights (southwest)4.1%
196Beacon Hill (northwest)4%
197Bellevue (north-northwest)4%
198Lower Mills (southwest)4%
199Neponset (south-southeast)4%
200Charlestown (south-southwest)3.9%
201Charlestown (west-northwest 2)3.8%
202South Boston (north-northeast)3.8%
203Leather District (east)3.5%
204South Boston (northwest)3.5%
205Crescent Beach (east-northeast)3.4%
206Highland (east-northeast)3.3%
207South End (west-northwest)3.2%
208West Roxbury3.2%
209Charlestown (west-northwest 1)2.7%
210Jamaica Plain (north)2.7%
211Jamaica Plain (west-southwest 1)2.5%
212Fairmount2.4%
213City Point (east-southeast)2.2%
214Crescent Beach (south-southeast)2%
215Readville (northwest)1.4%
216Seaport (north)1.3%
217Winthrop Beach0.7%

Method and source

Values come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019–2023 five-year estimates. Census tracts are small statistical areas, not necessarily neighbourhood boundaries. The result is a descriptive comparison of the mapped area, not a measure of individual households or a prediction. Read about the American Community Survey.