Food Stamps in East Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Neighborhood)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Cambridge and East Cambridge
East Cambridge
Cambridge
$0k$20k$40k$60k$80kCountAllOn Food StampsNot On Food Stamps$78,701.666984$83,122.000000$78,701.666984$78.7k4,9164,917$11,508.416763$13,593.000000$11,508.416763$11.5k502$89,876.190624$90,941.000000$89,876.190624$89.9k4,4144,415
Count number of households in category

Characteristics of Households Receiving Food Stamps#2

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Cambridge and East Cambridge
East Cambridge
Cambridge
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty210.455413%21.958538%10.455413%10.5%7.909%7.91%2.532802%13.611566%2.532802%2.5%14.982%15.0%7.914978%6.546645%7.914978%7.9%7.468%7.47%54.701563%44.844517%54.701563%54.7%32.688%32.7%61.671907%51.118385%61.671907%61.7%24.271%24.3%48.285951%53.218767%48.285951%48.3%27.149%27.1%
% households on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

Characteristics of Households Not Receiving Food Stamps#3

Households with given characteristics as a percentage of all households that do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Cambridge and East Cambridge
East Cambridge
Cambridge
0%5%10%15%20%25%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty213.848187%18.314880%13.848187%13.8%92.091%92.1%1.634986%3.479702%1.634986%1.6%85.018%85.0%11.155427%13.584896%11.155427%11.2%92.532%92.5%12.813263%11.036630%12.813263%12.8%67.312%67.3%21.888150%26.617459%21.888150%21.9%75.729%75.7%14.738930%10.080088%14.738930%14.7%72.851%72.9%
% households not on food stamps as a percentage of all households with the given characteristic
1at least one qualifying person 2income in last 12 months below poverty level

On Food Stamps by Race#4

Percentage of given ethno-racial group on food stamps.
Scope: households in Cambridge and East Cambridge
East Cambridge
Cambridge
0%10%20%30%Count%Black1Mixed1Hispanic2All RacesWhite3Asian1Other137.675239%30.923518%37.675239%37.7%107108368.881682%369%32.953926%16.873065%32.953926%33.0%65322.654883%323%18.057136%13.643575%18.057136%18.1%6465176.799056%177%10.213367%8.428167%10.213367%10.2%502100.000000%100%7.220500%4.373388%7.220500%7.2%21621770.696568%71%5.078748%4.801412%5.078748%5.1%4749.726481%50%0.059452%23.661149%0.059452%0.1%00.582098%1%
Count number of households on food stamps in given ethno-racial group
% percentage more or less than the population at large
1including Hispanic 2white Hispanic 3non-Hispanic white

Map of Food Stamps by Tract in East Cambridge

Food Stamps Food Stamps by Tract#5

Percentage of households (%):
3%9%15%21%27%34%
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Food Stamps by Neighborhood in Cambridge

There are 19 neighborhoods in Cambridge. This section compares East Cambridge to all of the neighborhoods in Cambridge and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with East Cambridge.

Most Food Stamps by Neighborhood#6

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of East Cambridge, selected other neighborhoods in Cambridge, and entities that contain East Cambridge
0%5%10%15%Count#The Port - Area 4 NeighborhoodThe Port - Area 4Charlestown NeighborhoodCharlestownWellington-Harrington NeighborhoodWellington-Harring…NortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandMassachusettsTeele Square NeighborhoodTeele SquareNorth Cambridge NeighborhoodN CambridgeUnion Square NeighborhoodUnion SquareBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaCambridgeport NeighborhoodCambridgeportEast Cambridge NeighborhoodE CambridgeCambridgeMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexCambridge Highlands NeighborhoodCambridge HighlandsWest End NeighborhoodWest EndRiverside NeighborhoodRiversidePorter Square NeighborhoodPorter SquarePeabody NeighborhoodPeabodyMid-Cambridge NeighborhoodMid-CambridgeStrawberry Hill NeighborhoodStrawberry HlDavis Square NeighborhoodDavis SquareAggasiz - Harvard North NeighborhoodAggasiz - Harvard NMIT NeighborhoodMITWest Cambridge NeighborhoodW Cambridge19.597381%19.597381%19.6%537118.334847%18.334847%18.3%1,4271,428213.406727%13.406727%13.4%372313.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.497220%12.497220%12.5%319,790320k11.932978%11.932978%11.9%222411.770517%11.770517%11.8%608609511.587515%11.587515%11.6%725610.787089%10.787089%10.8%192,490192k10.306159%10.306159%10.3%491710.213367%10.213367%10.2%50288.428167%8.428167%8.4%3,6667.870043%7.870043%7.9%46,25546.3k7.780188%7.780188%7.8%3797.711680%7.711680%7.7%206107.350294%7.350294%7.4%285116.046814%6.046814%6.0%6061125.886427%5.886427%5.9%302303135.386104%5.386104%5.4%295143.572986%3.572986%3.6%3738152.623616%2.623616%2.6%67162.160715%2.160715%2.2%33170.855360%0.855360%0.9%2180.565905%0.565905%0.6%2019
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of neighborhood out of 19 by percentage on food stamps

Definitions

  • Food Stamps: formally called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a program to provide monetary assistance to low income households for the purpose of purchasing food

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:
Middlesex
Metro Area:
Boston Area
Cities:
Boston, Cambridge, Somerville
ZIP Codes:
02114, 02129, 02139, 02141, 02142, 02143
Unified School Districts:
Boston, Cambridge, Somerville
Congressional Districts:
MA-7, MA-8
Upper State Legislative Districts:
MA-1st Suffolk and Middlesex, MA-Middlesex and Suffolk, MA-2nd Middlesex
Lower State Legislative Districts:
MA-2nd Suffolk, MA-8th Suffolk, MA-26th Middlesex
Neighboring Neighborhoods:
Charlestown, MIT, Union Square, Wellington-Harrington, West End
Nearby Neighborhoods:
Back Bay, Bay Village, Beacon Hill, Chinatown, Downtown Crossing, East Somerville, Government Center, Haymarket, North End, The Port - Area 4