Employment Status in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts (Neighborhood)

Employment Status#1

Percentage of population aged 25 to 64 years old.
Scope: population of Boston and Charlestown
Charlestown
Boston
0%20%40%60%CountArmed ForcesEmployed1UnemployedOther20.628096%0.105329%0.628096%0.6%848571.919357%63.153092%71.919357%71.9%9,7289,7292.993762%5.458564%2.993762%3.0%40440524.458786%31.283016%24.458786%24.5%3,3083,309
Count population with given employment status
1excluding armed forces 2not in the labor force

Employment Status By Sex#2

Percentage of male and female population aged 25 to 64 years old.
Scope: population of Boston and Charlestown
Charlestown
Boston
50%0%50%FMArmed ForcesEmployed1UnemployedOther2-0.236451%-0.236451%-0.236451%0.2%0.236451%0.866930%0.236451%0.866930%1.103381%1.1%171867-67.514757%-67.514757%-67.514757%67.5%67.514757%9.749858%67.514757%9.749858%77.264615%77.3%5,0065,0074,7214,722-2.608751%-2.608751%-2.608751%2.6%2.608751%0.852245%2.608751%0.852245%3.460996%3.5%193211212-18.171008%-11.469033%-18.171008%-11.469033%-29.640041%29.6%18.171008%18.171008%18.171008%18.2%2,1981,110
F females with given employment status
M males with given employment status
1excluding armed forces 2not in the labor force

Employment Status by Age#3

Employment status composition of the given age cohorts.
Scope: population of Charlestown
Armed Forces
Employed
Unemployed
Not in Labor Force
75+70-7465-6962-6460-6155-5945-5435-4430-3425-2922-2420-2116-190.000000%8.016308%8%0.000000%91.983692%92%43440.000000%25.826293%26%4.366525%69.807183%70%1061070.000000%43.714075%44%0.000000%56.285925%56%2780.000000%57.991343%58%0.000000%42.008657%42%3720.000000%58.642415%59%2.745764%38.611821%39%2032040.000000%72.370485%72%0.814406%26.815110%27%6606610.000000%71.815841%72%3.474056%24.710103%25%1,3101,3110.000000%81.315691%81%3.211626%15.472683%15%2,0382,0390.306680%90.238798%90%2.222342%7.232180%7%2,3021.721484%90.490940%90%1.057306%6.730271%7%1,8791,8802.451207%73.383246%73%14.356602%14%9.808946%10%4159.504299%10%51.660318%52%22.791476%23%16.043907%16%813.671593%23.753378%24%8.938220%9%63.636809%64%1191200%20%40%60%80%100%Count
Count number of people in age cohort

Employment by Sex and Age#4

Percentage of population employed by sex and age cohort.
Scope: population of Charlestown
Female
Male
0%20%40%60%80%100%FM75+70-7465-6962-6460-6155-5945-5435-4430-3425-2922-2420-2116-192.116%2.12%23.785%23.8%11.836%11.8%39.286%39.3%45.576%45.6%40.909%40.9%45.539%45.5%88.820%88.8%50.787%50.8%66.880%66.9%77.072%77.1%68.171%68.2%67.286%67.3%78.715%78.7%75.265%75.3%87.426%87.4%88.358%88.4%93.002%93.0%87.327%87.3%98.257%98.3%63.463%63.5%89.016%89.0%88.852%88.9%33.898%33.9%46.457%46.5%13.164%13.2%
F employed females as percentage of age cohort
M employed males as percentage of age cohort

Employment Sex Ratio by Age#5

Percentage more males or females employed by age cohort.
Scope: population of Boston and Charlestown
More Females More Males
Boston
Charlestown
100%0%100%200%300%M:FFM75+70-7465-6962-6460-6155-5945-5435-4430-3425-2922-2420-2116-19320.568392%18.610422%320.568392%320.6%4.2064.21835245.028999%61.951220%245.028999%245.0%3.4503.45248283-67.829928%-1.133144%-67.829928%67.8%0.5960.60174103104-26.930166%-26.930166%26.9%4.401030%0.7880.79208163164-12.891884%25.585205%25.585205%25.6%1.2561.2690113-0.983554%-9.793215%-0.983554%1.0%0.9900.99332328329-30.182780%-0.804649%-30.182780%30.2%0.7680.7774156957015.027948%3.373667%15.027948%15.0%1.1501.159481,0901,091-6.699325%-6.699325%6.7%3.569138%0.9370.941,1881,1891,1131,114-9.965808%-9.965808%10.0%0.228298%0.9090.91984985895-6.297229%31.646714%31.646714%31.6%1.3161.32179236-158.130921%-28.110540%-158.130921%158.1%0.3870.39582223-164.434071%-67.356227%-164.434071%164.4%0.3780.3886873233
M:F ratio of males to females in the age cohort
F employed females in the age cohort
M employed males in the age cohort

Male Employment by Age#6

Percentage of male population employed by age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the neighborhoods in Boston.
Scope: population of Boston, Charlestown, and selected other neighborhoods in Bostons
Charlestown
Boston
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%20%40%60%80%100%%75+70-7465-6962-6460-6155-5945-5435-4430-3425-2922-2420-2116-1923.785%23.8%39.286%39.3%40.909%40.9%88.820%88.8%66.880%66.9%68.171%68.2%78.715%78.7%87.426%87.4%93.002%93.0%98.257%98.3%89.016%89.0%33.898%33.9%13.164%13.2%
% employed percentage of male population in Charlestown

Female Employment by Age#7

Percentage of female population employed by age cohort. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the neighborhoods in Boston.
Scope: population of Boston, Charlestown, and selected other neighborhoods in Bostons
Charlestown
Boston
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%20%40%60%80%100%%75+70-7465-6962-6460-6155-5945-5435-4430-3425-2922-2420-2116-192.116%2.12%11.836%11.8%45.576%45.6%45.539%45.5%50.787%50.8%77.072%77.1%67.286%67.3%75.265%75.3%88.358%88.4%87.327%87.3%63.463%63.5%88.852%88.9%46.457%46.5%
% employed percentage of female population in Charlestown

Employment among the Married#8

Selected family employment structures as a percentage of all married couple households.
Scope: households in Boston and Charlestown
Charlestown
Boston
0%10%20%30%40%CountBoth Parents Work1Stay at Home Moms1Stay at Home Dads1Neither Parent WorksNeither Parent Wo…1Both Work, No Kids2Ladies Who Lunch2Gents Who Lunch2Neither Works, No KidsNeither Works, No …226.041366%27.643935%26.041366%26.0%60612.615538%8.109337%12.615538%12.6%2932942.623939%1.905922%2.623939%2.6%610.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.698398%040.268855%33.677152%40.268855%40.3%9379.174972%8.930982%9.174972%9.2%2132144.235943%6.637713%4.235943%4.2%98995.039387%12.396561%5.039387%5.0%117
1children under 18 present in the house 2no children under 18 present in the house

Employment among the Married With Children#9

Selected employment arrangements as a percentage of married couples with children under 18 present in the house.
Scope: households in Boston and Charlestown
Charlestown
Boston
0%20%40%60%CountBoth WorkStay at Home MomsStay at Home DadsNeither Work63.083416%72.069005%63.083416%63.1%60630.560272%21.141415%30.560272%30.6%2932946.356312%4.968825%6.356312%6.4%610.000000%0.000000%0.0%1.820755%0

Employment among the Married Without Children#10

Selected employment arrangements as a percentage of married couples without children under 18 present in the house.
Scope: households in Boston and Charlestown
Charlestown
Boston
0%20%40%60%CountBoth WorkLadies Who LunchGents Who LunchNeither Work68.578735%54.633090%68.578735%68.6%93715.625176%14.488373%15.625176%15.6%2132147.213903%10.768096%7.213903%7.2%98998.582186%20.110442%8.582186%8.6%117

Employment by Educational Attainment#11

Percentage of population that is employed by highest level of educational attainment among the population aged 25 to 64 years old.
Scope: population of Boston and Charlestown
Charlestown
Boston
0%20%40%60%80%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma391.919738%85.714515%91.919738%91.9%6,6776,67875.323279%73.590291%75.323279%75.3%92492554.928916%65.978682%54.928916%54.9%81441.827503%55.012499%41.827503%41.8%352
Count employed people with given educational attainment aged 25 to 64 years old
1or higher 2two or four year institution 3H.S. = High School

The Non-Working by Race#12

Percentage of each ethno-racial group's population 16 to 64 years of age that is either unemployed or not in the labor force.
Scope: population of Boston and Charlestown
Female Male
Boston
Charlestown
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
60%40%20%0%20%40%%MixedHispanic1BlackOtherAsianWhite-28.837859%-39.789508%-25.381245%-8.488495%-68.627366%68.6%28.837859%25.381245%28.837859%28.8%53.135%53.1%-39.979143%-7.868043%-32.464631%-7.464030%-47.847186%47.8%39.979143%32.464631%39.979143%40.0%44.380%44.4%-33.456417%-14.550737%-34.308874%-48.007154%48.0%33.456417%34.308874%1.695837%33.456417%33.5%42.000%42.0%-31.048718%-36.059947%-31.048718%31.0%31.048718%9.814043%36.059947%1.964005%40.862761%40.9%35.798%35.8%-25.126218%-13.882312%-37.208466%-3.809796%-39.008529%39.0%25.126218%37.208466%25.126218%25.1%31.236%31.2%-11.680846%-6.845381%-23.354093%-1.506240%-18.526227%18.5%11.680846%23.354093%11.680846%11.7%15.389%15.4%
% percentage of both sexes combined
1white Hispanic

Unemployment by Race#13

Percentage unemployed of each ethno-racial group's population 16 to 64 years of age.
Scope: population of Boston and Charlestown
Female Male
Boston
Charlestown
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
20%10%0%10%20%%MixedOtherBlackHispanic1WhiteAsian-24.928333%-6.222612%-0.442785%-24.928333%24.9%24.928333%1.328977%6.222612%26.257309%26.3%25.446%25.4%-13.481790%-4.559645%-9.676647%-0.081962%-18.041435%18.0%13.481790%9.676647%13.481790%13.5%15.835%15.8%-0.000000%-10.745585%-8.454326%-10.745585%10.7%0.000000%8.454326%2.017525%0.000000%0.0%6.309%6.31%-0.000000%-7.337673%-7.193997%-0.994211%-7.337673%7.3%0.000000%7.193997%0.000000%0.0%4.104%4.10%-0.612402%-2.931954%-0.612402%0.6%0.612402%3.124323%2.931954%2.074003%3.736726%3.7%2.044%2.04%-0.000000%-4.174340%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%3.983778%4.174340%1.550731%3.983778%4.0%2.231%2.23%
% percentage of both sexes combined
1white Hispanic

Armed Forces by Race#14

Percentage of each ethno-racial group's population 16 to 64 years of age in the armed forces.
Scope: population of Boston and Charlestown
Female Male
Boston
Charlestown
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
0%2%4%6%8%10%12%%MixedHispanic1BlackWhiteAsianOther-0.000000%-0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%13.329616%0.000000%0.227870%13.329616%13.3%5.190%5.19%-0.000000%-0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%3.532275%0.000000%0.080188%3.532275%3.5%1.557%1.56%-0.000000%-0.021160%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%1.504266%0.021160%0.069580%1.504266%1.5%0.621%0.62%-0.362137%-0.031272%-0.362137%0.4%0.362137%0.708098%0.031272%0.341386%1.070235%1.1%0.687%0.69%-0.000000%-0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.058419%0.000000%0.0%0.000%0%-0.000000%-0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.000%0%
% percentage of both sexes combined
1white Hispanic

Employment by Race#15

Percentage employed of each ethno-racial group's population 16 to 64 years of age.
Scope: population of Boston and Charlestown
Female Male
Boston
Charlestown
Shaded bar tips show excess over facing bar.
50%0%50%%WhiteAsianOtherBlackHispanic1Mixed-81.473773%-75.139667%-81.473773%81.5%81.473773%6.845381%75.139667%1.506240%88.319154%88.3%84.611%84.6%-60.991471%-58.981737%-60.991471%61.0%60.991471%13.882312%58.981737%3.809796%74.873782%74.9%68.764%68.8%-59.137239%-9.814043%-61.976048%-1.964005%-68.951282%69.0%59.137239%61.976048%59.137239%59.1%64.202%64.2%-51.992846%-63.995289%-1.695837%-51.992846%52.0%51.992846%14.550737%63.995289%66.543583%66.5%58.000%58.0%-52.152814%-60.071339%-52.152814%52.2%52.152814%7.868043%60.071339%7.464030%60.020857%60.0%55.620%55.6%-31.372634%-66.130261%-31.372634%31.4%31.372634%39.789508%66.130261%8.488495%71.162141%71.2%46.865%46.9%
% percentage of both sexes combined
1white Hispanic

Employment Status by Neighborhood in Boston

There are 41 neighborhoods in Boston. This section compares Charlestown to all of the neighborhoods in Boston and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Charlestown.

Employed Working-Age Men by Neighborhood#20

Percentage of male population aged 35 to 44 years old that are employed.
Scope: population of Charlestown, selected other neighborhoods in Boston, and entities that contain Charlestown
0%20%40%60%80%100%Count#Sprague-Manor NeighborhoodSprague-ManorNewton Corner NeighborhoodNewton CornerBeacon Hill NeighborhoodBeacon HillChestnut Hill NeighborhoodChestnut HillEast Cambridge NeighborhoodE CambridgeWest Roxbury NeighborhoodWest RoxburyBack Bay NeighborhoodBack BayRiverdale NeighborhoodRiverdaleBrighton NeighborhoodBrightonJamaica Plain NeighborhoodJamaica PlainChinatown NeighborhoodChinatownLeather District NeighborhoodLeather DistDowntown Crossing NeighborhoodDntn CrossingEast Dedham NeighborhoodEast DedhamEast Boston NeighborhoodEast BostonCharlestown NeighborhoodCharlestownBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaNorth End NeighborhoodNorth EndBay Village NeighborhoodBay VillageDowntown NeighborhoodDowntownMassachusettsNew EnglandEast Somerville NeighborhoodE SomervilleGovernment Center NeighborhoodGovernment CtrHaymarket NeighborhoodHaymarketNortheastSouth Boston NeighborhoodSouth BostonUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSuffolk CountySuffolkHyde Park NeighborhoodHyde ParkBostonRoslindale NeighborhoodRoslindaleAllston NeighborhoodAllstonMission Hill NeighborhoodMission HillSouth End NeighborhoodSouth EndMattapan NeighborhoodMattapanLongwood NeighborhoodLongwoodSouth Dorchester NeighborhoodS DorchesterNorth Dorchester NeighborhoodN DorchesterChestnut Hill NeighborhoodChestnut HillWest End NeighborhoodWest EndRoxbury NeighborhoodRoxburyFenway NeighborhoodFenwayKenmore NeighborhoodKenmoreLong Island NeighborhoodLong IslandBoston Harbor Islands NeighborhoodBoston Hbr Iss100.000000%100.000000%100.0%220199.423009%99.423009%99.4%278298.284362%98.284362%98.3%540541393.520818%93.520818%93.5%212492.772872%92.772872%92.8%691692591.920761%91.920761%91.9%1,760691.219674%91.219674%91.2%1,1461,147790.497738%90.497738%90.5%208890.342168%90.342168%90.3%1,842989.705371%89.705371%89.7%2,3521089.685570%89.685570%89.7%2791189.560440%89.560440%89.6%33341289.560440%89.560440%89.6%42431389.252549%89.252549%89.3%3321488.594748%88.594748%88.6%3,6723,6731587.425773%87.425773%87.4%1,0901,0911687.422928%87.422928%87.4%258,055258k86.787756%86.787756%86.8%5725731786.199711%86.199711%86.2%1051061885.660996%85.660996%85.7%1121985.552176%85.552176%85.6%350,722351k85.373301%85.373301%85.4%749,651750k84.805904%84.805904%84.8%6852084.776903%84.776903%84.8%172184.776903%84.776903%84.8%12132284.488623%84.488623%84.5%2,903,3022.90M84.049084%84.049084%84.0%1,7771,7782383.826751%83.826751%83.8%16,918,49516.9M83.379230%83.379230%83.4%40,87540.9k83.111257%83.111257%83.1%1,5261,5272482.260151%82.260151%82.3%33,06233.1k81.827299%81.827299%81.8%1,6882580.580546%80.580546%80.6%9879882680.539145%80.539145%80.5%4384392778.165092%78.165092%78.2%1,4232877.996678%77.996678%78.0%1,6931,6942977.142857%77.142857%77.1%933075.747232%75.747232%75.7%2,9363175.443048%75.443048%75.4%1,6423271.815743%71.815743%71.8%3113371.113072%71.113072%71.1%4163469.872647%69.872647%69.9%1,7041,7053566.683757%66.683757%66.7%2912923653.219681%53.219681%53.2%3823833712.121212%12.121212%12.1%63812.121212%12.121212%12.1%039
Count number of employed 35 to 44 year old men
# rank of neighborhood out of 39 by percentage employed 35 to 44 year old men

Definitions

  • Armed Forces: persons on active duty in the Armed Forces
  • Employed: persons who did any work for pay during the survey week, those who did at least 15 hours of unpaid work in a family-owned enterprise operated by someone in their household, and those who were temporarily absent from their regular jobs
  • Unemployed: persons are classified as unemployed if they do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the prior 4 weeks, and are currently available for work
  • Not in Labor Force: not in the labor force are those who are not classified as employed or unemployed during the survey reference week
  • Working-Age Men: males aged 35 to 44 years old, the national peak employment age

Unlike the other geographical entities detailed on this site, neighborhoods are not recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau. To overcome this we have computed reasonable estimates of the same statistics that are presented for other the entity types. Each statistic is computed as the weighted sum or average of the census tracts or block groups that overlap the neighborhood. A weighted sum is used for counts of people or households, and a weighted average is used for statistics that are themselves some form of average, such as median household income. Census block groups are preferred when the statistic in question is available on the block group level. The weight for a given tract (or block group) is computed as the population of the census tabulation blocks that occupy the intersection between the tract and the neighborhood as a fraction of the total population of the neighborhood.

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State:
Massachusetts
County:
Suffolk
Metro Area:
Boston Area
Cities:
Boston, Cambridge, Everett, Somerville
ZIP Codes:
02114, 02129, 02141, 02143, 02145, 02149
Unified School Districts:
Boston, Cambridge, Everett, Somerville
Congressional Districts:
MA-7, MA-8
Upper State Legislative Districts:
MA-Middlesex and Suffolk, MA-2nd Middlesex
Lower State Legislative Districts:
MA-2nd Suffolk, MA-8th Suffolk, MA-26th Middlesex, MA-28th Middlesex
Neighboring Neighborhoods:
Assembly Square, East Boston, East Cambridge, East Somerville, North End, West End
Nearby Neighborhoods:
Beacon Hill, Downtown, Downtown Crossing, Government Center, Haymarket, Ten Hills, The Port - Area 4, Union Square, Wellington-Harrington, Winter Hill