Household Income in Ball Square, Somerville, Massachusetts (Neighborhood)

Household Income Percentiles#1

Scope: households in Somerville and Ball Square
Ball Square
Somerville
$0k$50k$100k$150k$200k%95th Percentile80th Percentile60th PercentileMedian40th Percentile20th Percentile$249,684.601484$228,822.000000$249,684.601484$249.7k238.894%239%$162,660.926068$141,719.000000$162,660.926068$162.7k155.631%156%$112,638.476180$97,578.000000$112,638.476180$112.6k107.771%108%$104,516.922791$78,673.000000$104,516.922791$104.5k100.000%100%$78,524.637980$61,836.000000$78,524.637980$78.5k75.131%75.1%$46,982.978870$31,220.000000$46,982.978870$47.0k44.953%45.0%
% as percentage of median household income

Relative Household Income Percentiles#2

Selected measures of household income in Ball Square, as a percentage more or less than Somerville at large.
Scope: households in Somerville and Ball Square
0%20%40%$ref.95th Percentile80th Percentile60th PercentileMedian40th Percentile20th Percentile9.117393%9.117393%9.1%$249,684.601484$249.7k$228,822.000000$228.8k14.777077%14.777077%14.8%$162,660.926068$162.7k$141,719.000000$141.7k15.434295%15.434295%15.4%$112,638.476180$112.6k$97,578.000000$97.6k32.849800%32.849800%32.8%$104,516.922791$104.5k$78,673.000000$78.7k26.988547%26.988547%27.0%$78,524.637980$78.5k$61,836.000000$61.8k50.490003%50.490003%50.5%$46,982.978870$47.0k$31,220.000000$31.2k
$ given measure of household income in Ball Square
ref. given measure of household income in Somerville

Household Income Interval Means#3

Scope: households in Somerville and Ball Square
Ball Square
Somerville
$0k$100k$200k$300k%Mean of Top 5%Mean of Top 20%Mean of 4th QuintileMean of 3rd QuintileMean of 2nd QuintileMean of Bottom 20%$312,273.973919$330,899.000000$312,273.973919$312.3k298.778%299%$229,228.831424$214,529.000000$229,228.831424$229.2k219.322%219%$138,759.069882$118,024.000000$138,759.069882$138.8k132.762%133%$92,501.133650$79,084.000000$92,501.133650$92.5k88.503%88.5%$64,958.816160$46,919.000000$64,958.816160$65.0k62.151%62.2%$25,290.445833$15,790.000000$25,290.445833$25.3k24.197%24.2%
% as percentage of median household income

Relative Household Income Interval Means#4

Selected measures of household income in Ball Square, as a percentage more or less than Somerville at large.
Scope: households in Somerville and Ball Square
0%20%40%60%$ref.Mean of Top 5%Mean of Top 20%Mean of 4th QuintileMean of 3rd QuintileMean of 2nd QuintileMean of Bottom 20%-5.628614%-5.628614%5.6%$312,273.973919$312.3k$330,899.000000$330.9k6.852142%6.852142%6.9%$229,228.831424$229.2k$214,529.000000$214.5k17.568520%17.568520%17.6%$138,759.069882$138.8k$118,024.000000$118.0k16.965674%16.965674%17.0%$92,501.133650$92.5k$79,084.000000$79.1k38.448850%38.448850%38.4%$64,958.816160$65.0k$46,919.000000$46.9k60.167485%60.167485%60.2%$25,290.445833$25.3k$15,790.000000$15.8k
$ given measure of household income in Ball Square
ref. given measure of household income in Somerville

Shares of Household Income#5

By quintiles and the top 5%.
Scope: households in Somerville and Ball Square
Ball Square
Somerville
0%10%20%30%40%%Top 5%Top 20%4th Quintile3rd Quintile2nd QuintileBottom 20%14.173826%17.440000%14.173826%14.2%283.476510%283%41.620407%45.230000%41.620407%41.6%208.102033%208%25.198338%24.880000%25.198338%25.2%125.991692%126%16.792905%16.670000%16.792905%16.8%83.964525%84%11.793945%9.890000%11.793945%11.8%58.969725%59%4.594405%3.330000%4.594405%4.6%22.972026%23%
% share as percentage of interval size

Relative Shares of Household Income#6

By quintiles and the top 5% in Ball Square, as a percentage more or less than in Somerville at large.
Scope: households in Somerville and Ball Square
10%0%10%20%30%%ref.Top 5%Top 20%4th Quintile3rd Quintile2nd QuintileBottom 20%-18.728065%-18.728065%18.7%14.173826%14%17.440000%17%-7.980529%-7.980529%8.0%41.620407%42%45.230000%45%1.279495%1.279495%1.3%25.198338%25%24.880000%25%0.737282%0.737282%0.7%16.792905%17%16.670000%17%19.251213%19.251213%19.3%11.793945%12%9.890000%10%37.970128%37.970128%38.0%4.594405%5%3.330000%3%
% given interval's share of household income in Ball Square
ref. given interval's share of household income in Somerville

Household Income Distribution#7

Normalized with respect to a standard interval of $5k. Gray areas represent percentile bands from the neighborhoods in Somerville.
Scope: households in Somerville, Ball Square, and other neighborhoods in Somerville
Ball Square
Somerville
Percentile:
0th - 100th
10th - 90th
20th - 80th
30th - 70th
40th - 60th
0%1%2%3%4%Count%> $200k1$150-200k2$125-150k2$100-125k2$75-100k2$60-75k2$50-60k2$45-50k$40-45k$35-40k$30-35k$25-30k$20-25k$15-20k$10-15k< $10k218018110.081%10.1%27527615.395%15.4%19219310.768%10.8%27527615.389%15.4%29930016.728%16.7%25114.036%14.0%985.495%5.50%68693.827%3.83%00.010%0.01%492.736%2.74%00.019%0.02%49502.763%2.76%211.199%1.20%80.470%0.47%90.511%0.51%100.572%0.57%
Count number of households with incomes in the interval
% unnormalized percentage of households with incomes in the interval
1normalized assuming interval of $50k 2normalized

Median Household Income by Race#8

Scope: households in Somerville and Ball Square
Ball Square
Somerville
$0k$20k$40k$60k$80k$100k%All1$104,516.922791$78,673.000000$104,516.922791$104.5k100.000000%100%
% as percentage of median household income of the entire population
1entire population 2including Hispanic whites 3American Indian and Alaska Native 4and other Pacific Islander

Household Income Distribution by Race#9

Independent household income distributions of the given ethno-racial groups, normalized with respect to a standard interval of $5k.
Scope: households in Ball Square
White1
Hispanic2
Mixed3
Black3
Asian3
Other3
> $200k4$150-200k5$125-150k5$100-125k5$75-100k5$60-75k5$50-60k5$45-50k$40-45k$35-40k$30-35k$25-30k$20-25k$15-20k$10-15k< $10k53443455103683545473841791081415747511311454551215738391181190%20%40%60%80%Count
Count number of people in interval
1non-Hispanic white 2white Hispanic 3including Hispanic 4normalized assuming interval of $50k 5normalized

Household Income Distribution by Race#10

Ethno-racial composition of the given household income intervals.
Scope: households in Ball Square
White1
Hispanic2
Mixed3
Black3
Other3
Asian3
> $200k$150-200k$125-150k$100-125k$75-100k$60-75k$50-60k$45-50k$40-45k$35-40k$30-35k$25-30k$20-25k$15-20k$10-15k< $10k74.830417%75%0.081382%0.000000%5.920773%0.019377%19.148051%19%34434599.973052%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.026948%510100.000000%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%36881.093765%81%7.414210%7%0.000000%5.189947%0.000000%6.302078%35484.307484%84%0.000000%0.000000%2.198625%0.000000%13.493890%13%54795.210667%95%0.000000%0.000000%4.789333%0.000000%0.000000%38499.401417%99%0.000000%0.000000%0.598583%0.000000%0.000000%179100.000000%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%1085.861814%0.000000%0.000000%94.138186%94%0.000000%0.000000%141599.235626%99%0.000000%0.000000%0.764374%0.000000%0.000000%747562.302106%62%22.128339%22%0.000000%0.407545%15.162010%15%0.000000%113114100.000000%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%545599.735736%100%0.113256%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.151008%12199.681084%100%0.000000%0.318916%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%57100.000000%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%383999.749327%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.250673%0.000000%0.000000%1181190%20%40%60%80%100%Count
Count number of people in interval
1non-Hispanic white 2white Hispanic 3including Hispanic

Household Income Distribution by Race#11

Independent household income distributions of the given ethno-racial groups, normalized so that the sum of each interval is 100%.
Scope: households in Ball Square
White1
Hispanic2
Mixed3
Black3
Other3
Asian3
> $200k$150-200k$125-150k$100-125k$75-100k$60-75k$50-60k$45-50k$40-45k$35-40k$30-35k$25-30k$20-25k$15-20k$10-15k< $10k12.456851%12%0.777949%0.000000%30.223267%30%0.190998%56.350936%56%34434599.525730%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.474270%510100.000000%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%36810.431367%10%54.765891%55%0.000000%20.471495%20%0.000000%14.331248%14%35421.601846%22%0.000000%0.000000%17.274633%17%0.000000%61.123521%61%54739.331525%39%0.000000%0.000000%60.668475%61%0.000000%0.000000%38484.412647%84%0.000000%0.000000%15.587353%16%0.000000%0.000000%179100.000000%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%1080.202653%0.000000%0.000000%99.797347%100%0.000000%0.000000%141580.893365%81%0.000000%0.000000%19.106635%19%0.000000%0.000000%74752.777276%56.644357%57%0.000000%0.557090%40.021277%40%0.000000%113114100.000000%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%545591.577183%92%5.971590%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%2.451228%1211.762445%0.000000%98.237555%98%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%57100.000000%100%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%383992.845306%93%0.000000%0.000000%7.154694%7%0.000000%0.000000%1181190%20%40%60%80%100%Count
Count number of people in interval
1non-Hispanic white 2white Hispanic 3including Hispanic

Map of Household Income by Tract in Ball Square

Median Household Income by Tract#12

Median household income ($):
$81,900$83,800$85,600$87,400$89,200$91,100

20th Percentile Household Income by Tract#13

20th percentile of household income ($):
$37,100$39,200$41,200$43,100$45,100$47,200

Mean of the Top 5% Household Income by Tract#14

Mean household income of the top 5% of households ($):
$311k$319k$327k$335k$343k$351k

Gini Index Household Income by Tract#15

Gini Index of income inequality (larger Gini Index means more inequality) (%):
37.0%37.9%38.8%39.6%40.5%41.3%
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Household Income by Neighborhood in Somerville

There are 17 neighborhoods in Somerville. This section compares Ball Square to all of the neighborhoods in Somerville and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Ball Square.

Median Household Income by Neighborhood#16

Scope: households in Ball Square, selected other neighborhoods in Somerville, and entities that contain Ball Square
$0k$50k$100k%#Davis Square NeighborhoodDavis SquareBall Square NeighborhoodBall SquareTen Hills NeighborhoodTen HillsEast Cambridge NeighborhoodE CambridgeNorth Cambridge NeighborhoodN CambridgePorter Square NeighborhoodPorter SquareCharlestown NeighborhoodCharlestownTeele Square NeighborhoodTeele SquareSpring Hill NeighborhoodSpring HillMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexAggasiz - Harvard North NeighborhoodAggasiz - Harvard NCentral Hill NeighborhoodCentral HillUnion Square NeighborhoodUnion SquareSomervilleBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaWellington-Harrington NeighborhoodWellington-Harring…Magoun Square NeighborhoodMagoun SquareMassachusettsNew EnglandNortheastEast Somerville NeighborhoodE SomervilleWinter Hill NeighborhoodWinter HillUnited States of AmericaUnited States$115,037.836338$115,037.836338$115.0k+10.066%+10.1%1$104,516.922791$104,516.922791$104.5k+0.000%0%2$100,336.000000$100,336.000000$100.3k-4.000%-4.00%3$99,110.871433$99,110.871433$99.1k-5.172%-5.17%4$95,898.453285$95,898.453285$95.9k-8.246%-8.25%5$95,088.988092$95,088.988092$95.1k-9.020%-9.02%6$94,579.552363$94,579.552363$94.6k-9.508%-9.51%7$93,702.943170$93,702.943170$93.7k-10.347%-10.3%8$90,198.068404$90,198.068404$90.2k-13.700%-13.7%9$89,019.000000$89,019.000000$89.0k-14.828%-14.8%$86,705.186390$86,705.186390$86.7k-17.042%-17.0%10$85,583.109899$85,583.109899$85.6k-18.116%-18.1%11$81,368.686730$81,368.686730$81.4k-22.148%-22.1%12$78,673.000000$78,673.000000$78.7k-24.727%-24.7%$77,809.000000$77,809.000000$77.8k-25.554%-25.6%$75,866.695965$75,866.695965$75.9k-27.412%-27.4%13$74,078.705370$74,078.705370$74.1k-29.123%-29.1%14$70,954.000000$70,954.000000$71.0k-32.112%-32.1%$66,529.000000$66,529.000000$66.5k-36.346%-36.3%$62,314.000000$62,314.000000$62.3k-40.379%-40.4%$60,800.839557$60,800.839557$60.8k-41.827%-41.8%15$60,771.530201$60,771.530201$60.8k-41.855%-41.9%16$55,322.000000$55,322.000000$55.3k-47.069%-47.1%
% percentage above or below median household income of Ball Square
# rank of neighborhood out of 16 by median household income

Six-Figure Incomes by Neighborhood#17

Percentage of households with incomes above $100k.
Scope: households in Ball Square, selected other neighborhoods in Somerville, and entities that contain Ball Square
< $25k
$25-50k
$50-100k
$100-200k
$200k+
50%0%50%Count#Davis Square NeighborhoodDavis SquareTen Hills NeighborhoodTen HillsBall Square NeighborhoodBall SquareCharlestown NeighborhoodCharlestownCentral Hill NeighborhoodCentral HillPorter Square NeighborhoodPorter SquareAggasiz - Harvard North NeighborhoodAggasiz - Harvard NEast Cambridge NeighborhoodE CambridgeMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexSpring Hill NeighborhoodSpring HillNorth Cambridge NeighborhoodN CambridgeBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaSomervilleTeele Square NeighborhoodTeele SquareUnion Square NeighborhoodUnion SquareMagoun Square NeighborhoodMagoun SquareMassachusettsWellington-Harrington NeighborhoodWellington-Harring…New EnglandNortheastEast Somerville NeighborhoodE SomervilleWinter Hill NeighborhoodWinter HillUnited States of AmericaUnited States-25.106782%-11.210226%-11.909522%-48.226530%48%36.315970%15.457499%51.773470%52%1,5101,5111-23.970037%-11.235955%-13.108614%-48.314607%48%42.696629%8.988764%51.685393%52%2392402-36.259560%-9.354282%-2.752735%-48.366576%48%41.552482%10.080942%51.633424%52%9253-19.360005%-9.867249%-23.246118%-52.473372%52%28.876898%18.649730%47.526628%48%3,7404-25.409033%-11.295930%-16.072624%-52.777587%53%37.497163%9.725250%47.222413%47%6476485-28.267496%-20.519349%-4.260291%-53.047136%53%29.840234%17.112630%46.952864%47%4326-28.347640%-15.327020%-9.974552%-53.649212%54%30.222726%16.128062%46.350788%46%7427-17.172971%-11.198047%-25.967205%-54.338223%54%29.988010%15.673767%45.661777%46%2,2518-26.195139%-14.375016%-14.628702%-55.198857%55%30.243562%14.557581%44.801143%45%263,312263k-33.585223%-13.415843%-9.731674%-56.732739%57%34.016489%9.250771%43.267261%43%1,5161,5179-22.193931%-14.374165%-20.368222%-56.936319%57%31.696655%11.367026%43.063681%43%2,22910-27.409765%-16.146674%-17.195290%-60.751728%61%27.611844%11.636428%39.248272%39%700,365700k-29.929567%-15.486053%-15.963883%-61.379503%61%30.680443%7.940054%38.620497%39%12,44712.4k-20.262132%-13.620806%-27.515431%-61.398369%61%30.905437%7.696194%38.601631%39%72711-32.412258%-14.446983%-14.860499%-61.719740%62%32.537607%5.742653%38.280260%38%2,3952,39612-34.388149%-19.383092%-9.123004%-62.894244%63%32.490287%4.615469%37.105756%37%55113-27.951388%-17.631402%-19.164567%-64.747357%65%25.632296%9.620347%35.252643%35%902,076902k-28.205382%-14.584698%-23.780514%-66.570593%67%25.041299%8.388108%33.429407%33%95295314-29.314995%-19.317384%-19.254927%-67.887306%68%23.792154%8.320540%32.112694%32%1,815,4691.82M-29.064348%-20.342631%-20.715747%-70.122725%70%22.084077%7.793197%29.877275%30%6,297,1026.30M-35.654242%-18.026387%-18.118031%-71.798660%72%23.470106%4.731233%28.201340%28%84384415-29.434598%-21.200279%-24.668588%-75.303465%75%19.868691%4.827843%24.696535%25%1,32016-29.966666%-23.121086%-22.339882%-75.427634%75%18.905615%5.666751%24.572366%25%28,925,66528.9M
Count number of households with incomes above $100k
# rank of neighborhood out of 16 by percentage non-white

Mean Household Income of the Top 5% by Neighborhood#18

Scope: households in Ball Square, selected other neighborhoods in Somerville, and entities that contain Ball Square
$0k$200k$400k$600k%#Aggasiz - Harvard North NeighborhoodAggasiz - Harvard NCharlestown NeighborhoodCharlestownMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaEast Cambridge NeighborhoodE CambridgeDavis Square NeighborhoodDavis SquareMassachusettsSpring Hill NeighborhoodSpring HillNew EnglandNortheastNorth Cambridge NeighborhoodN CambridgeTeele Square NeighborhoodTeele SquareUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesMagoun Square NeighborhoodMagoun SquareSomervilleBall Square NeighborhoodBall SquareWellington-Harrington NeighborhoodWellington-Harring…Union Square NeighborhoodUnion SquareCentral Hill NeighborhoodCentral HillPorter Square NeighborhoodPorter SquareEast Somerville NeighborhoodE SomervilleWinter Hill NeighborhoodWinter HillTen Hills NeighborhoodTen Hills$719,864.837565$719,864.837565$719.9k+130.523%+131%1$569,650.312763$569,650.312763$569.7k+82.420%+82.4%2$525,118.000000$525,118.000000$525.1k+68.159%+68.2%$482,536.000000$482,536.000000$482.5k+54.523%+54.5%$464,960.238374$464,960.238374$465.0k+48.895%+48.9%3$443,667.796778$443,667.796778$443.7k+42.076%+42.1%4$438,858.000000$438,858.000000$438.9k+40.536%+40.5%$427,322.284793$427,322.284793$427.3k+36.842%+36.8%5$425,478.000000$425,478.000000$425.5k+36.252%+36.3%$421,430.000000$421,430.000000$421.4k+34.955%+35.0%$413,485.584012$413,485.584012$413.5k+32.411%+32.4%6$412,007.190098$412,007.190098$412.0k+31.938%+31.9%7$358,316.000000$358,316.000000$358.3k+14.744%+14.7%$333,870.275026$333,870.275026$333.9k+6.916%+6.92%8$330,899.000000$330,899.000000$330.9k+5.964%+5.96%$312,273.973919$312,273.973919$312.3k+0.000%0%9$309,578.449976$309,578.449976$309.6k-0.863%-0.86%10$293,324.499070$293,324.499070$293.3k-6.068%-6.07%11$276,217.000000$276,217.000000$276.2k-11.547%-11.5%12$274,952.000000$274,952.000000$275.0k-11.952%-12.0%13$270,767.541632$270,767.541632$270.8k-13.292%-13.3%14$267,110.260682$267,110.260682$267.1k-14.463%-14.5%15$247,045.000000$247,045.000000$247.0k-20.888%-20.9%16
% percentage above or below mean household income of the top 5% of Ball Square
# rank of neighborhood out of 16 by mean household income of the top 5%

Definitions

  • Household Income: total income from all people in the household
  • Median: in terms of income, it is the income for which 50% of households have a lower income, and 50% have a higher income
  • Percentile: for example, the 80th percentile of household income is the income for which 80% of household have a lower income and 20% have a higher income
  • Quintile: a quintile is 20% of a population, grouped by percentile; for example, the 2nd quintile is all members of a population between the 20th and 40th percentiles
  • Gini Index: a statistical measure of how unevenly income is distributed in a population (ranging from 0% to 100%, the higher the number, the greater the inequality)

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State:
Massachusetts
County:
Middlesex
Metro Area:
Boston Area
Cities:
Medford, Somerville
ZIP Codes:
02144, 02155
Unified School Districts:
Medford, Somerville
Congressional Districts:
MA-5, MA-7
Upper State Legislative District:
MA-2nd Middlesex
Lower State Legislative Districts:
MA-27th Middlesex, MA-34th Middlesex
Neighboring Neighborhoods:
Davis Square, Magoun Square, Spring Hill
Nearby Neighborhoods:
Aggasiz - Harvard North, Central Hill, East Somerville, North Cambridge, Peabody, Porter Square, Teele Square, Ten Hills, Union Square, Winter Hill