Race and Ethnicity in West Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Neighborhood)

Race and Ethnicity#1

Percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of Cambridge and West Cambridge
West Cambridge
Cambridge
0%20%40%60%80%CountWhite1Hispanic2BlackAsianMixed1Other182.153843%62.153241%82.153843%82.2%6,5914.058106%7.814669%4.058106%4.1%3253261.645231%10.688048%1.645231%1.6%1311328.680027%15.238559%8.680027%8.7%6963.373077%3.578620%3.373077%3.4%2702710.089717%0.526863%0.089717%0.1%7

Relative Race and Ethnicity#2

Race and Hispanic origin in West Cambridge as a percentage of the total population, expressed as percentage point difference from Cambridge.
Scope: population of Cambridge and West Cambridge
0%+10%+20%%ref.White1Hispanic2BlackAsianMixed1Other120.000602%20.000602%+20.0%82.154%82.2%62.153%62.2%-3.756564%-3.756564%-3.8%4.058%4.06%7.815%7.81%-9.042817%-9.042817%-9.0%1.645%1.65%10.688%10.7%-6.558532%-6.558532%-6.6%8.680%8.68%15.239%15.2%-0.205544%-0.205544%-0.2%3.373%3.37%3.579%3.58%-0.437146%-0.437146%-0.4%0.090%0.09%0.527%0.53%

Relative Ethno-Racial Composition by Age#3

Ethno-racial composition by age cohort as a percentage within each age cohort.
Scope: population of West Cambridge
White1
Hispanic2
Mixed3
Black3
Asian3
Other3
85+75-8465-7455-6445-5435-4430-3425-2920-2418-1915-1710-145-90-493.861422%93.9%2.167728%0.000000%2.525697%1.445152%0.000000%25625793.146350%93.1%0.000000%1.712017%0.000000%5.141633%0.000000%39839997.276156%97.3%0.019422%0.000000%0.628788%1.326779%0.748855%91188.513117%88.5%1.292948%0.488817%4.094535%4.513517%1.097066%1,17586.483498%86.5%2.390674%2.725207%3.410031%4.242987%0.747603%76476585.797897%85.8%2.081596%1.754628%0.811512%8.853932%0.700436%1,07072.863859%72.9%1.396894%3.476518%1.884092%12.601680%12.6%7.776957%75675758.281120%58.3%10.687339%6.329272%5.347399%19.320373%19.3%0.034497%65966071.636623%71.6%3.957549%2.525988%2.936148%15.133987%15.1%3.809704%46870.865347%70.9%0.465369%6.157000%10.203540%10.686595%1.622149%26679.926303%79.9%0.000000%8.930108%0.000000%6.898279%4.245310%17417582.566448%82.6%3.036187%4.064761%1.926202%6.382277%2.024125%27584.626431%84.6%0.000000%5.727799%2.105982%5.213780%2.326007%47647766.240619%66.2%3.906483%18.560969%18.6%3.886591%7.405338%0.000000%3680%20%40%60%80%100%Count

Ethno-Racial Composition by Age Cohort#4

Ethno-racial composition by age cohort as a percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of West Cambridge
White1
Hispanic2
Mixed3
Black3
Asian3
Other3
85+75-8465-7455-6445-5435-4430-3425-2920-2418-1915-1710-145-90-43.004637%3.0%0.069392%0.000000%0.080851%0.046261%0.000000%2562574.627608%4.6%0.000000%0.085055%0.000000%0.255442%0.000000%39839911.048600%11.0%0.002206%0.000000%0.071418%0.150695%0.085055%91112.964692%13.0%0.189381%0.071598%0.599735%0.661104%0.160690%1,1758.246076%8.2%0.227947%0.259845%0.325141%0.404563%0.071283%76476511.444351%11.4%0.277658%0.234045%0.108245%1.181002%0.093429%1,0706.873220%6.9%0.131768%0.327939%0.177726%1.188712%0.733597%7567574.791605%4.8%0.878664%0.520364%0.439639%1.588432%1.6%0.002836%6596604.182515%4.2%0.231062%0.147480%0.171427%0.883600%0.222430%4682.351382%2.4%0.015441%0.204295%0.338563%0.354592%0.053824%2661.741922%1.7%0.000000%0.194624%0.000000%0.150342%0.092523%1741752.830584%2.8%0.104088%0.139350%0.066035%0.218800%0.069392%2755.028600%5.0%0.000000%0.340352%0.125140%0.309809%0.138214%4764773.041180%3.0%0.179351%0.852154%0.178438%0.339987%0.000000%3680%2%4%6%8%10%12%14%Count

Ethno-Racial Composition per Year#5

Ethno-racial composition per year of the age cohort as a percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of West Cambridge
White1
Hispanic2
Mixed3
Black3
Asian3
Other3
85+75-8465-7455-6445-5435-4430-3425-2920-2418-1915-1710-145-90-40.187790%0.004337%0.000000%0.005053%0.002891%0.000000%2562570.462761%0.46%0.000000%0.008505%0.000000%0.025544%0.000000%3983991.104860%1.10%0.000221%0.000000%0.007142%0.015070%0.008505%9111.296469%1.30%0.018938%0.007160%0.059973%0.066110%0.016069%1,1750.824608%0.82%0.022795%0.025984%0.032514%0.040456%0.007128%7647651.144435%1.14%0.027766%0.023405%0.010825%0.118100%0.009343%1,0701.374644%1.37%0.026354%0.065588%0.035545%0.237742%0.24%0.146719%7567570.958321%0.96%0.175733%0.104073%0.087928%0.317686%0.32%0.000567%6596600.836503%0.84%0.046212%0.029496%0.034285%0.176720%0.044486%4681.175691%1.18%0.007721%0.102148%0.169282%0.177296%0.026912%2660.580641%0.58%0.000000%0.064875%0.000000%0.050114%0.030841%1741750.566117%0.57%0.020818%0.027870%0.013207%0.043760%0.013878%2751.005720%1.01%0.000000%0.068070%0.025028%0.061962%0.027643%4764770.608236%0.61%0.035870%0.170431%0.035688%0.067997%0.000000%3680.0%0.5%1.0%1.5%Count

Race among Hispanics#6

Percentage of the Hispanic population.
Scope: population of Cambridge and West Cambridge
West Cambridge
Cambridge
0%10%20%30%40%50%CountWhiteBlackIndianAsianHawaiianOtherMixed47.356761%57.865289%47.356761%47.4%1603.807978%8.134280%3.807978%3.8%12130.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.710136%00.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.419626%01.938595%0.290510%1.938595%1.9%6734.537080%23.165483%34.537080%34.5%11611712.359585%9.414676%12.359585%12.4%4142

Map of Race and Ethnicity by Tract in West Cambridge

White Race and Ethnicity by Tract#7

Whites (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
65.0%70.0%75.0%79.9%84.9%89.9%

Hispanic Race and Ethnicity by Tract#8

Hispanics (excluding black and Asian Hispanics) as a percentage of the population (%):
3.2%4.2%5.1%6.0%6.9%7.8%

Black Race and Ethnicity by Tract#9

Blacks as a percentage of the population (%):
0.4%2.3%4.0%5.8%7.6%9.4%

Asian Race and Ethnicity by Tract#10

Asians as a percentage of the population (%):
5.0%7.8%10.7%13.5%16.3%19.2%

Mixed Race and Ethnicity by Tract#11

Multiracial people (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
1.2%1.9%2.6%3.2%3.9%4.7%

Other Race and Ethnicity by Tract#12

Others (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
0.00%0.07%0.15%0.22%0.29%0.37%
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Map of Race and Ethnicity by Block Group in West Cambridge

White Race and Ethnicity by Block Group#13

Whites (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
55%64%72%80%88%96%

Hispanic Race and Ethnicity by Block Group#14

Hispanics (excluding black and Asian Hispanics) as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%2.2%4.3%6.5%8.6%10.8%

Black Race and Ethnicity by Block Group#15

Blacks as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%1.8%3.7%5.5%7.3%9.2%

Asian Race and Ethnicity by Block Group#16

Asians as a percentage of the population (%):
2.2%6.7%11.1%15.5%19.9%24.3%

Mixed Race and Ethnicity by Block Group#17

Multiracial people (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
0.8%2.2%3.6%5.0%6.4%7.9%

Other Race and Ethnicity by Block Group#18

Others (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
0.00%0.30%0.60%0.91%1.21%1.52%
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Map of Race and Ethnicity by Block in West Cambridge

White Race and Ethnicity by Block#19

Whites (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
45%57%68%78%89%100%

Hispanic Race and Ethnicity by Block#20

Hispanics (excluding black and Asian Hispanics) as a percentage of the population (%):
0%6%13%19%25%32%

Black Race and Ethnicity by Block#21

Blacks as a percentage of the population (%):
0%5%10%16%21%27%

Asian Race and Ethnicity by Block#22

Asians as a percentage of the population (%):
0%10%20%30%40%50%

Mixed Race and Ethnicity by Block#23

Multiracial people (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%4.0%8.0%12.0%16.0%20.0%

Other Race and Ethnicity by Block#24

Others (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
0%6%11%17%23%29%
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Race and Ethnicity by Neighborhood in Cambridge

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

Non-White Population by Neighborhood#25

Percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of West Cambridge, selected other neighborhoods in Cambridge, and entities that contain West Cambridge
White1
Hispanic2
Black
Asian
Other1
0%10%20%30%40%Count#MIT NeighborhoodMITNorth Cambridge NeighborhoodN CambridgeThe Port - Area 4 NeighborhoodThe Port - Area 4Riverside NeighborhoodRiversideEast Cambridge NeighborhoodE CambridgeWellington-Harrington NeighborhoodWellington-Harring…Cambridgeport NeighborhoodCambridgeportWest End NeighborhoodWest EndUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesCambridgeCambridge School DistrictCambridgeCambridge Highlands NeighborhoodCambridge HighlandsStrawberry Hill NeighborhoodStrawberry HlNortheastPeabody NeighborhoodPeabodyUnion Square NeighborhoodUnion SquareMid-Cambridge NeighborhoodMid-CambridgeAggasiz - Harvard North NeighborhoodAggasiz - Harvard NTeele Square NeighborhoodTeele SquareCharlestown NeighborhoodCharlestownBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaMassachusettsMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexNew EnglandPorter Square NeighborhoodPorter SquareWest Cambridge NeighborhoodW CambridgeDavis Square NeighborhoodDavis Square27.093761%9.067095%7.351353%4.252089%47.764298%47.8%2,415120.700189%17.549430%6.556530%2.261538%47.067688%47.1%5,634220.112504%11.648675%10.485051%4.764028%47.010258%47.0%3,194318.721713%10.516774%9.832613%5.095375%44.166475%44.2%5,6065,607421.566748%11.708172%6.569279%3.929499%43.773697%43.8%4,042513.893665%11.919088%10.079562%4.380452%40.272767%40.3%2,6212,622615.722660%11.603766%6.806088%4.345333%38.477847%38.5%4,7014,702716.264156%12.004657%6.679867%3.358547%38.307227%38.3%2,0412,042816.909408%12.632487%5.215570%3.287546%38.045012%38.0%121,195,490121M15.238559%10.688048%7.814669%4.105483%37.846759%37.8%41,16141.2k15.238559%10.688048%7.814669%4.105483%37.846759%37.8%41,16141.2k23.769729%5.584364%4.632169%2.143183%36.129445%36.1%373374913.246523%10.324529%7.336930%3.868811%34.776794%34.8%7881012.898510%11.884376%6.198913%2.384858%33.366657%33.4%18,707,27318.7M13.441943%10.762082%5.164381%2.550121%31.918527%31.9%3,6381112.732425%9.165932%5.037570%4.828014%31.763941%31.8%4,5924,5931214.657164%7.426476%4.837511%3.667875%30.589026%30.6%3,9723,9731310.136785%7.921537%5.415717%5.343558%28.817597%28.8%1,4341414.109087%8.913910%3.618381%1.938429%28.579807%28.6%1,1801,1811510.484031%8.402976%7.516760%1.613120%28.016887%28.0%4,6054,606169.478363%7.963913%7.348773%2.771354%27.562402%27.6%1,303,3831.30M10.139135%7.256343%6.106901%2.782023%26.284402%26.3%1,772,1321.77M10.854677%7.129388%5.020254%2.922538%25.926857%25.9%406,432406k9.556361%6.626307%4.465679%2.605707%23.254054%23.3%3,411,1093.41M8.945105%6.698320%4.921055%1.216516%21.780995%21.8%545178.680027%4.058106%3.462794%1.645231%17.846157%17.8%1,4311,432186.407312%3.839982%3.635726%2.405545%16.288565%16.3%1,04119

Relative Race and Ethnicity by Neighborhood#26

Percentage point difference from West Cambridge.
Scope: population of West Cambridge, selected other neighborhoods in Cambridge, and entities that contain West Cambridge
White1
Hispanic2
Black
Asian
Mixed1
Other1
-20%0%+20%%#North Cambridge NeighborhoodN CambridgeMIT NeighborhoodMITThe Port - Area 4 NeighborhoodThe Port - Area 4Riverside NeighborhoodRiversideEast Cambridge NeighborhoodE CambridgeUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesWellington-Harrington NeighborhoodWellington-Harring…Cambridgeport NeighborhoodCambridgeportWest End NeighborhoodWest EndCambridge Highlands NeighborhoodCambridge HighlandsCambridgeCambridge School DistrictCambridgeNortheastStrawberry Hill NeighborhoodStrawberry HlPeabody NeighborhoodPeabodyUnion Square NeighborhoodUnion SquareCharlestown NeighborhoodCharlestownMid-Cambridge NeighborhoodMid-CambridgeTeele Square NeighborhoodTeele SquareBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaMassachusettsNew EnglandAggasiz - Harvard North NeighborhoodAggasiz - Harvard NMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexPorter Square NeighborhoodPorter SquareDavis Square NeighborhoodDavis SquareWest Cambridge NeighborhoodW Cambridge-29.221530%-1.632182%-30.853712%-30.9%2.498425%19.054958%8.869403%0.430926%30.853712%+30.9%61.707%61.7%1-29.918141%-29.918141%-29.9%5.008990%2.606858%18.413734%3.688584%0.199975%29.918141%+29.9%59.836%59.8%2-29.164101%-29.164101%-29.2%6.426945%18.467273%2.968648%0.323163%0.978071%29.164101%+29.2%58.328%58.3%3-26.320318%-0.062300%-26.382618%-26.4%5.774508%8.871544%10.041686%1.694881%26.382618%+26.4%52.765%52.8%4-25.927540%-25.927540%-25.9%7.650066%4.924049%12.886720%0.317369%0.149336%25.927540%+25.9%51.855%51.9%5-20.198855%-3.464457%-1.111796%-24.775108%-24.8%12.851303%10.987256%0.936549%24.775108%+24.8%49.550%49.6%-22.426610%-22.426610%-22.4%7.860983%12.248434%1.399535%0.515277%0.402381%22.426610%+22.4%44.853%44.9%6-20.631690%-20.631690%-20.6%2.747982%9.958536%7.042633%0.447603%0.434936%20.631690%+20.6%41.263%41.3%7-20.461070%-0.045947%-0.058300%-20.565317%-20.6%7.946551%5.034637%7.584128%20.565317%+20.6%41.131%41.1%8-18.283288%-1.914922%-0.089717%-20.287927%-20.3%2.986938%15.089702%2.211288%20.287927%+20.3%40.576%40.6%9-20.000602%-20.000602%-20.0%3.756564%9.042817%6.558532%0.205544%0.437146%20.000602%+20.0%40.001%40.0%-20.000602%-20.000602%-20.0%3.756564%9.042817%6.558532%0.205544%0.437146%20.000602%+20.0%40.001%40.0%-15.520500%-2.481115%-1.592213%-19.593828%-19.6%8.840405%10.239146%0.514277%19.593828%+19.6%39.188%39.2%-16.930637%-0.089717%-17.020354%-17.0%3.278824%11.601293%1.644502%0.495734%17.020354%+17.0%34.041%34.0%10-14.072370%-1.318692%-15.391062%-15.4%1.106275%11.796713%2.082055%0.406019%15.391062%+15.4%30.782%30.8%11-13.917784%-0.569238%-14.487022%-14.5%5.107826%3.392340%4.052398%1.934458%14.487022%+14.5%28.974%29.0%12-10.170730%-1.163267%-2.106398%-13.440396%-13.4%4.344871%8.838800%0.256725%13.440396%+13.4%26.881%26.9%13-12.742869%-12.742869%-12.7%3.368370%2.022644%5.977137%1.214218%0.160499%12.742869%+12.7%25.486%25.5%14-10.733650%-0.439724%-1.434648%-0.089717%-12.697739%-12.7%12.463857%0.233882%12.697739%+12.7%25.395%25.4%15-9.716245%-1.331255%-1.356812%-12.404312%-12.4%5.420257%6.318682%0.665372%12.404312%+12.4%24.809%24.8%-8.438245%-2.573126%-1.382478%-12.393850%-12.4%6.081030%5.611112%0.701708%12.393850%+12.4%24.788%24.8%-5.407897%-4.214349%-1.425198%-11.047443%-11.0%5.498255%4.981077%0.568111%11.047443%+11.0%22.095%22.1%-10.971440%-10.971440%-11.0%3.863432%3.698327%1.456758%1.740914%0.212009%10.971440%+11.0%21.943%21.9%16-8.080700%-1.087368%-9.168068%-9.2%3.071283%3.375023%2.174650%0.547112%9.168068%+9.2%18.336%18.3%-3.934838%-0.428715%-4.363553%-4.4%0.862949%0.265078%0.017050%3.218476%4.363553%+4.4%8.727%8.73%17-0.422379%-2.272715%-0.019532%-2.714627%-2.7%1.557592%0.760314%0.396720%2.714627%+2.7%5.429%5.43%180.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.000%0%19

White1 Population by Neighborhood#27

Percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of West Cambridge, selected other neighborhoods in Cambridge, and entities that contain West Cambridge
0%20%40%60%80%Count#Davis Square NeighborhoodDavis SquareWest Cambridge NeighborhoodW CambridgePorter Square NeighborhoodPorter SquareNew EnglandMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexMassachusettsBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaCharlestown NeighborhoodCharlestownTeele Square NeighborhoodTeele SquareAggasiz - Harvard North NeighborhoodAggasiz - Harvard NMid-Cambridge NeighborhoodMid-CambridgeUnion Square NeighborhoodUnion SquarePeabody NeighborhoodPeabodyNortheastStrawberry Hill NeighborhoodStrawberry HlCambridge Highlands NeighborhoodCambridge HighlandsCambridgeCambridge School DistrictCambridgeUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesWest End NeighborhoodWest EndCambridgeport NeighborhoodCambridgeportWellington-Harrington NeighborhoodWellington-Harring…East Cambridge NeighborhoodE CambridgeRiverside NeighborhoodRiversideThe Port - Area 4 NeighborhoodThe Port - Area 4North Cambridge NeighborhoodN CambridgeMIT NeighborhoodMIT83.711435%83.711435%83.7%5,3515,352182.153843%82.153843%82.2%6,591278.219005%78.219005%78.2%1,9581,959376.745946%76.745946%76.7%11,257,77011.3M74.073143%74.073143%74.1%1,161,1781.16M73.715598%73.715598%73.7%4,970,0114.97M72.437598%72.437598%72.4%3,425,4613.43M71.983113%71.983113%72.0%11,83311.8k471.420193%71.420193%71.4%2,950571.182403%71.182403%71.2%3,5423,543669.410974%69.410974%69.4%9,015768.236059%68.236059%68.2%9,866868.081473%68.081473%68.1%7,7607,761966.633343%66.633343%66.6%37,358,49637.4M65.223206%65.223206%65.2%1,4771,4781063.870555%63.870555%63.9%6611162.153241%62.153241%62.2%67,59667.6k62.153241%62.153241%62.2%67,59667.6k61.954988%61.954988%62.0%197,362,672197M61.692773%61.692773%61.7%3,2881261.522153%61.522153%61.5%7,5181359.727233%59.727233%59.7%3,8881456.226303%56.226303%56.2%5,1915,1921555.833525%55.833525%55.8%7,0881652.989742%52.989742%53.0%3,6003,6011752.932312%52.932312%52.9%6,3366,3371852.235702%52.235702%52.2%2,6412,64219

Definitions

Throughout these reports we will refer to several racial and ethnic groups, the definitions of which derive from those used by the US Census Bureau. In the interests of brevity and clarity we have combined several of the Census categories yielding the following mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive categories:

  • White: non-Hispanic whites
  • Hispanic: Hispanics, excluding black and Asian Hispanics
  • Black: blacks, including Hispanic blacks
  • Asian: Asians, including Hispanic Asians
  • Mixed: non-Hispanic mixed race people
  • Other: American Indians and other groups not otherwise categorized

In all cases, racial and ethnic classification is based on self-identification. While the term 'Hispanic' is an ethnic, not a racial, designation (and so there exist Hispanic and non-Hispanic people of all races), we conform with the common practice of comparing Hispanics with other racial groups. This is reflected in our categorization (listed above), and in our preference for the term 'ethno-racial group' in place of just 'race'. Finally, while these categories are used wherever possible, the data does not always allow this grouping, so it is important to read the footnotes of each chart to understand the definitions used therein.

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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