Census Data Map

American Community Survey 2019–2023

Cambridge–Lowell area census tracts by residents below the poverty level

Residents below the poverty level is highest in Waverley Oaks (60.4%). This table ranks 354 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
1Waverley Oaks60.4%
2Hendersonville (south)40.6%
3City Hall Historic District (east)35.3%
4City Hall Historic District (west)31.6%
5Centralville (west-southwest)29.6%
6Spring Hill (northwest)29.2%
7Middlesex Village (east)28.7%
8Riverside (west-northwest)28.5%
9Coburnville (east)28.1%
10Highlands (north-northwest 1)27.9%
11West Cambridge27.4%
12Marlborough Junction (southwest 1)25.2%
13Cambodia Town (north)24.1%
14East Cambridge (northwest)24.1%
15South Common Historic District (southwest)23.2%
16MIT23.1%
17The Acre (east)23.1%
18The Port22.3%
19The Acre (west)22.1%
20Old Cambridge (north)21.7%
21Wellington-Harrington21.4%
22Hendersonville (north-northeast)20.8%
23Glendale (east)20.1%
24Malden Gaming District20%
25Pawtucketville (northeast)20%
26Cambridge Highlands (southwest)19.8%
27Bowdoin Apartments19.7%
28Glendale (southwest)19.6%
29Linden (south-southeast)19.4%
30Coburnville (south-southeast)19.2%
31Centralville (east-northeast)19%
32South Common Historic District (northeast)19%
33Merrimack-Middle Street Historic District18.7%
34Belvidere (southwest)18.5%
35Inman Square18.2%
36East Somerville (east-southeast)18%
37Rangely Acres18%
38Framingham Center (east)17.8%
39Malden Highlands17.2%
40Brickbottom17%
41North Cambridge (west)17%
42Hillside Avenue Historic District (south-southeast)16.9%
43Winter Hill16.7%
44Coburnville (southwest)16.3%
45Coburnville (north)15.8%
46Medford Hillside15.7%
47Teele Square (east)15.3%
48Central Square15.1%
49Mid-Cambridge (west)15.1%
50Old Ship Street Historic District15%
51Devens CDP14.7%
52Riverside (east-southeast)14.7%
53The Chemistry14.6%
54Baldwin14.5%
55Magoun Square14.4%
56Maplewood (west-southwest)14.4%
57Hovey Corner14.2%
58Edgeworth14.1%
59Wellington (east-southeast)14%
60Belvidere (northeast)13.7%
61Woburn Highlands13.5%
62Walnut Hill13.3%
63Cambodia Town (south)13.2%
64Unincorporated (north 2)13.1%
65Unincorporated (south-southeast 4)12.8%
66East Watertown (south-southwest)12.7%
67Coburnville (northwest)12.3%
68Malden Centre (north-northwest)12.3%
69Princeton Village12.3%
70Cambridgeport12.1%
71Highlands (north-northwest 2)12.1%
72East Cambridge (east-northeast)12%
73Glendale (south-southeast)12%
74South Side12%
75Glendale (south-southwest)11.9%
76West Everett11.8%
77Banks Square11.7%
78Glendale (west-northwest)11.6%
79Bleachery11.3%
80East Somerville (west)11.1%
81Kensington Park Historic District (east-southeast)11%
82Teele Square (west)10.9%
83Linden (north-northwest)10.8%
84South Lowell (northwest)10.8%
85Robin Hill10.7%
86East Watertown (southwest)10.6%
87Newton Upper Falls10.6%
88Maynard CDP (northwest)10.5%
89Ten Hills (east)10.4%
90Malden Centre (south-southeast)10.2%
91Mount Vernon Street Historic District10%
92Neighborhood Nine (west)10%
93Harlow Square9.7%
94Pawtucketville (southwest)9.7%
95Wellington (west-southwest)9.7%
96Framingham Center (west-southwest 1)9.6%
97Glendale (north-northwest)9.6%
98Oak Grove9.6%
99Unincorporated (north-northeast 7)9.6%
100Montage at Danforth Green9.5%
101Bryant Terrace Apartments9.4%
102The Bleachery9.4%
103Doeskin Hills9.2%
104Glendale (north-northeast)9.2%
105North Cambridge (east)9.2%
106Oaklands9.2%
107Farm Hill9.1%
108Montvale8.8%
109Thompsonville (north)8.8%
110Bemis (east-southeast)8.7%
111Browns Corner (west-northwest)8.7%
112Strawberry Hill (east)8.6%
113South Medford8.5%
114Unincorporated (west-northwest 3)8.5%
115West Somerville8.5%
116Cummingsville8.4%
117The Island8.4%
118Winnmere (north-northwest)8.4%
119Marlborough Junction (southwest 2)8.3%
120East Cambridge (east)8.2%
121Auburndale8.1%
122Idylwilde8.1%
123Glenwood (south-southeast)8%
124Spring Hill Historic District (south-southeast)8%
125Woods Corner8%
126Cambridge Highlands (west)7.9%
127Unincorporated (north-northwest 2)7.9%
128Unincorporated (south-southeast 6)7.9%
129Union Square (west-northwest)7.9%
130East Somerville (northeast)7.8%
131Union Square (east-southeast)7.8%
132West Newton (north)7.8%
133Marlborough Junction (east-northeast)7.7%
134Marlborough Junction (north-northwest)7.7%
135Cochituate (south)7.6%
136Medford Square (south-southwest)7.6%
137Orvis Road Historic District (south)7.6%
138Unincorporated (southwest 2)7.6%
139Highlands (south-southeast)7.5%
140Unincorporated (north-northwest 4)7.5%
141Glen Meadow West7.3%
142Kendall Gardens (south-southwest)7.3%
143Prospect Hill7.3%
144Spring Hill Historic District (north)7.3%
145Townsend CDP (north)7.3%
146Unincorporated (north-northeast 2)7.3%
147Unincorporated (northeast 7)7.3%
148Framingham Center (northeast)7.2%
149Townsend CDP (south)7.2%
150Bemis (northwest)6.9%
151East Watertown (east-northeast)6.9%
152Fuller Heights6.9%
153Avon Hill6.8%
154Maplewood (east-northeast)6.7%
155Montrose6.7%
156Ayres City6.6%
157Larchwood6.6%
158Nobscot (southeast)6.6%
159Regency Place Apartments (southwest)6.6%
160Prospectville6.5%
161Winnmere (south-southeast)6.5%
162Symmes Corner6.4%
163Unincorporated (north-northwest 3)6.4%
164Huron Village6.3%
165Unincorporated (north 5)6.3%
166College Farm6.2%
167Nonantum6.2%
168Strawberry Hill (west)6.2%
169Unincorporated (southeast 1)6.2%
170Ball Square6.1%
171Cambridge Highlands (northeast)6.1%
172East Cambridge (west)6.1%
173Havenville (southeast)6.1%
174Mount Auburn6.1%
175Arlington Heights (east-northeast)6%
176Pigeon Hill6%
177West Medford (south-southeast)5.9%
178Coolidge Hill5.8%
179North Woburn5.8%
180Shakerhill5.8%
181Spring Hill (southeast)5.8%
182Old Cambridge (south)5.7%
183Saxonville5.7%
184Inner Belt5.6%
185Newton Centre5.6%
186Newton Corner (north-northwest)5.6%
187Unincorporated (south 6)5.6%
188Unincorporated (south-southeast 3)5.6%
189Arlington Heights (south-southwest)5.5%
190Yale Avenue Historic District5.5%
191Cushing Square (west-southwest)5.4%
192East Cambridge (south)5.4%
193Pierce Farm Historic District5.4%
194Unincorporated (south 2)5.4%
195Angleside5.2%
196Unincorporated (east-northeast)5.2%
197West Village5.2%
198Davis Square (east-northeast)5.1%
199Winchester Highlands5.1%
200Arlington Heights (west)5%
201Havenville (northwest)5%
202Middlesex Village (west)5%
203Unincorporated (north 8)5%
204West Newton (south)5%
205Melrose Highlands (northeast)4.9%
206Newtonville4.9%
207Ten Hills (southwest)4.9%
208The Pines (southeast)4.9%
209Unincorporated (north 3)4.9%
210Unincorporated (south 1)4.9%
211Browns Corner (south)4.8%
212Pinefield4.8%
213Unincorporated (northwest 4)4.8%
214Davis Square (west-southwest)4.7%
215Greenwood (north)4.7%
216Nobility Hill Historic District4.7%
217Spring Hill Historic District (west)4.7%
218Haywardville4.6%
219Mid-Cambridge (east)4.6%
220Unincorporated (north-northwest 1)4.6%
221Unincorporated (west-northwest 2)4.6%
222Unincorporated (northeast 2)4.5%
223Unincorporated (southwest 3)4.5%
224Wakefield Junction4.5%
225Bemis (west-southwest)4.4%
226Groton CDP (northeast)4.4%
227Mishawum (south-southwest)4.4%
228Pleasant Street Historic District4.4%
229Groton CDP (southwest)4.3%
230Melrose Highlands (west)4.3%
231Mishawum (north-northeast)4.2%
232Thompsonville (south)4.2%
233Medford Square (north-northeast)4.1%
234Unincorporated (northwest 1)4.1%
235Unincorporated (south 12)4.1%
236Unincorporated (south-southeast 7)4.1%
237Fells4%
238Littleton Common CDP4%
239Hanscom AFB CDP (south)3.9%
240Newton Corner (south-southeast)3.9%
241Unincorporated (south 7)3.9%
242Wedgemere3.9%
243Bemis (south-southeast)3.8%
244Framingham Center (west-southwest 2)3.8%
245Marlborough Junction (southeast)3.8%
246Unincorporated (north 7)3.8%
247Unincorporated (south-southeast 1)3.8%
248Waverley Square3.8%
249West Medford (north-northwest)3.8%
250Wyoming (east)3.8%
251Brampton Circle (northwest)3.7%
252Browns Corner (northeast)3.7%
253Orvis Road Historic District (north)3.7%
254Unincorporated (south-southwest 1)3.7%
255Daymon Farms3.6%
256Glenwood (north-northwest)3.6%
257Night Caps Corner3.6%
258Shaker Glen3.6%
259Unincorporated (north 6)3.6%
260Unincorporated (northwest 6)3.6%
261Unincorporated (west-southwest 3)3.6%
262Unincorporated (north-northeast 3)3.5%
263Common Historic District (east-southeast)3.4%
264Lasell Village3.4%
265Neighborhood Nine (east)3.4%
266Unincorporated (south 4)3.4%
267Common Historic District (west-northwest)3.3%
268Maynard CDP (southeast)3.3%
269Unincorporated (north 1)3.3%
270Unincorporated (south 5)3.3%
271Unincorporated (south 9)3.3%
272Wedgemere Historic District (northeast)3.3%
273Windsor at Oak Grove3.3%
274Central Square Historic District3.1%
275Hanscom AFB CDP (north)3.1%
276Unincorporated (east-southeast)3.1%
277Unincorporated (north-northwest 6)3.1%
278Unincorporated (northeast 4)3.1%
279Wyoming (west)3.1%
280Unincorporated (northeast 5)3%
281West Concord (west)3%
282Brampton Circle (southeast)2.9%
283Hendersonville (north)2.9%
284Waverley (south)2.9%
285Faulkner2.8%
286Unincorporated (northwest 2)2.8%
287Unincorporated (southeast 2)2.8%
288Unincorporated (west-northwest 4)2.8%
289Kendall Gardens (north-northeast)2.7%
290Unincorporated (northeast 1)2.7%
291Unincorporated (west-northwest 1)2.7%
292Bemis (northeast)2.6%
293Oak Hill Park2.6%
294Unincorporated (north-northeast 4)2.6%
295East Pepperell CDP2.5%
296Kensington Park Historic District (west-northwest)2.5%
297Unincorporated (north-northeast 1)2.5%
298Unincorporated (north-northwest 9)2.5%
299Unincorporated (south-southeast 2)2.5%
300Unincorporated (southwest 1)2.5%
301Warrendale2.5%
302Hillside Avenue Historic District (north-northwest)2.4%
303Nobscot (northwest)2.4%
304Reading Highlands2.4%
305South Lowell (southeast)2.4%
306The Pines (northwest)2.4%
307Unincorporated (north-northwest 8)2.4%
308Unincorporated (south 10)2.4%
309Unincorporated (south-southeast 5)2.4%
310Cushing Square (east-southeast)2.3%
311Lindenwood2.3%
312Melrose Highlands (southeast)2.3%
313Unincorporated (north-northeast 5)2.3%
314Unincorporated (west-southwest 1)2.3%
315Unincorporated (north-northeast 6)2.2%
316Unincorporated (northeast 8)2.2%
317Wayside Woods2.2%
318East Arlington2.1%
319North Wilmington2.1%
320Shirley CDP2.1%
321Unincorporated (north 4)2.1%
322Waverley (north)2.1%
323Ten Hills (northwest)2%
324Unincorporated (south 3)2%
325Unincorporated (west)2%
326Unincorporated (south 11)1.9%
327Avalon Oaks1.8%
328East Watertown (north-northwest)1.8%
329Newton Lower Falls1.8%
330Unincorporated (south-southeast 8)1.8%
331Greenwood (south)1.7%
332Unincorporated (northwest 5)1.7%
333Wellington (north-northeast)1.7%
334Cushing Square (north)1.6%
335Fox Hill1.6%
336Newton Highlands1.6%
337Unincorporated (west-southwest 2)1.6%
338North Lexington1.5%
339West Concord (east)1.5%
340Woburn Street Historic District1.5%
341Cochituate (north)1.4%
342East Lexington1.4%
343Wedgemere Historic District (southwest)1.3%
344Unincorporated (north-northwest 5)1.1%
345Four Corners1%
346Unincorporated (northwest 3)1%
347Oak Hill0.9%
348Hudson CDP0.8%
349Unincorporated (north-northwest 7)0.8%
350Waban0.8%
351Unincorporated (northeast 3)0.7%
352Regency Place Apartments (northeast)0.5%
353Unincorporated (south 8)0.5%
354Unincorporated (northeast 6)0.4%

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.