Food Stamps in Union Square, Somerville, Massachusetts (Neighborhood)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Somerville and Union Square
Union Square
Somerville
$0k$20k$40k$60k$80kCountAllOn Food StampsNot On Food Stamps$72,437.205976$78,673.000000$72,437.205976$72.4k6,2576,258$16,943.591104$18,233.000000$16,943.591104$16.9k725$82,350.674648$85,141.000000$82,350.674648$82.4k5,5325,533
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 Somerville and Union Square
Union Square
Somerville
0%10%20%30%40%50%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty231.854350%37.608208%31.854350%31.9%22.341%22.3%9.495593%18.723950%9.495593%9.5%22.702%22.7%20.921696%16.575826%20.921696%20.9%21.808%21.8%55.616610%46.841937%55.616610%55.6%38.116%38.1%58.936851%47.034306%58.936851%58.9%26.455%26.5%53.415775%47.226675%53.415775%53.4%46.779%46.8%
% 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 Somerville and Union Square
Union Square
Somerville
0%5%10%15%20%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty214.512632%16.612848%14.512632%14.5%77.659%77.7%4.237354%2.933700%4.237354%4.2%77.298%77.3%9.831712%12.511165%9.831712%9.8%78.192%78.2%11.834745%12.861560%11.834745%11.8%61.884%61.9%21.474335%22.906218%21.474335%21.5%73.545%73.5%7.964872%7.877018%7.964872%8.0%53.221%53.2%
% 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 Somerville and Union Square
Union Square
Somerville
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count%Black1Hispanic2Asian1Mixed1Other1All RacesWhite358.400815%36.913452%58.400815%58.4%156503.997767%504%19.410259%12.822350%19.410259%19.4%6768167.510112%168%15.719054%12.994772%15.719054%15.7%8081135.655098%136%14.476356%8.297568%14.476356%14.5%22124.930641%125%12.896664%10.519645%12.896664%12.9%2425111.297930%111%11.587515%9.677620%11.587515%11.6%725100.000000%100%7.803217%7.042709%7.803217%7.8%37367.341594%67%
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 Union Square

Food Stamps Food Stamps by Tract#5

Percentage of households (%):
3.0%6.8%10.5%14.3%18.0%21.8%
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Food Stamps by Neighborhood in Somerville

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

Most Food Stamps by Neighborhood#6

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Union Square, selected other neighborhoods in Somerville, and entities that contain Union Square
0%5%10%15%Count#Charlestown NeighborhoodCharlestownWinter Hill NeighborhoodWinter HillEast Somerville NeighborhoodE SomervilleWellington-Harrington NeighborhoodWellington-Harring…NortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandMassachusettsTeele Square NeighborhoodTeele SquareNorth Cambridge NeighborhoodN CambridgeUnion Square NeighborhoodUnion SquareBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaEast Cambridge NeighborhoodE CambridgeSomervilleSomerville School DistrictSomervilleTen Hills NeighborhoodTen HillsMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexMagoun Square NeighborhoodMagoun SquarePorter Square NeighborhoodPorter SquareSpring Hill NeighborhoodSpring HillBall Square NeighborhoodBall SquareCentral Hill NeighborhoodCentral HillDavis Square NeighborhoodDavis SquareAggasiz - Harvard North NeighborhoodAggasiz - Harvard N18.334847%18.334847%18.3%1,4271,428115.696088%15.696088%15.7%771772215.281595%15.281595%15.3%479313.406727%13.406727%13.4%372413.194686%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%222511.770517%11.770517%11.8%608609611.587515%11.587515%11.6%725710.787089%10.787089%10.8%192,490192k10.213367%10.213367%10.2%50289.677620%9.677620%9.7%3,1199.677620%9.677620%9.7%3,1198.614232%8.614232%8.6%394097.870043%7.870043%7.9%46,25546.3k7.531037%7.531037%7.5%115106.046814%6.046814%6.0%6061114.805008%4.805008%4.8%156123.653904%3.653904%3.7%6566133.044682%3.044682%3.0%46142.623616%2.623616%2.6%67152.160715%2.160715%2.2%3316
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of neighborhood out of 16 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

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State:
Massachusetts
County:
Middlesex
Metro Area:
Boston Area
Cities:
Cambridge, Somerville
ZIP Codes:
02138, 02141, 02143
Unified School Districts:
Cambridge, Somerville
Congressional District:
MA-7
Upper State Legislative Districts:
MA-Middlesex and Suffolk, MA-2nd Middlesex
Lower State Legislative Districts:
MA-26th Middlesex, MA-27th Middlesex
Neighboring Neighborhoods:
Aggasiz - Harvard North, Central Hill, East Cambridge, East Somerville, Mid-Cambridge, Spring Hill, Wellington-Harrington, Winter Hill
Nearby Neighborhoods:
Assembly Square, Ball Square, Cambridgeport, MIT, Magoun Square, Peabody, Porter Square, Riverside, Ten Hills, The Port - Area 4