Food Stamps in Brookline, Massachusetts (Unincorporated Place)

Income On and Off Food Stamps#1

Median income among households that do and do not receive food stamps.
Scope: households in Massachusetts and Brookline
Brookline
Massachusetts
$0k$50k$100kCountAllOn Food StampsNot On Food Stamps$102,175.000000$70,954.000000$102,175.000000$102.2k24,74124.7k$12,135.000000$18,398.000000$12,135.000000$12.1k1,241$108,294.000000$80,204.000000$108,294.000000$108.3k23,50023.5k
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 Massachusetts and Brookline
Brookline
Massachusetts
0%10%20%30%40%50%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty220.306205%42.602645%20.306205%20.3%4.146%4.15%13.618050%27.028988%13.618050%13.6%18.390%18.4%2.336825%11.479096%2.336825%2.3%0.598%0.60%58.823529%50.924357%58.823529%58.8%21.117%21.1%56.728445%37.493668%56.728445%56.7%8.342%8.34%58.340048%47.359830%58.340048%58.3%22.484%22.5%
% 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 Massachusetts and Brookline
Brookline
Massachusetts
0%10%20%30%%ChildrenSingle MomMarriedDisability1Over 601Poverty224.791489%28.272354%24.791489%24.8%95.854%95.9%3.191489%4.942032%3.191489%3.2%81.610%81.6%20.527660%21.331035%20.527660%20.5%99.402%99.4%11.604255%19.662016%11.604255%11.6%78.883%78.9%32.914894%38.196837%32.914894%32.9%91.658%91.7%10.621277%6.718461%10.621277%10.6%77.516%77.5%
% 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 Massachusetts and Brookline
Brookline
Massachusetts
0%10%20%30%40%Count%Black1Other1Hispanic2Asian1All RacesMixed1White329.634465%29.085104%29.634465%29.6%227590.802814%591%16.875000%40.134139%16.875000%16.9%54336.425766%336%7.847534%35.171106%7.847534%7.8%70156.451112%156%5.442003%12.305381%5.442003%5.4%213108.493632%108%5.015965%12.497220%5.015965%5.0%1,241100.000000%100%4.487179%25.680801%4.487179%4.5%2889.457943%89%3.561043%8.332878%3.561043%3.6%64970.994160%71%
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 Neighborhood in Brookline

Food Stamps Food Stamps by Neighborhood#5

Percentage of households (%):
0%6%11%17%22%28%
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Map of Food Stamps by Tract in Brookline

Food Stamps Food Stamps by Tract#6

Percentage of households (%):
0.6%3.4%6.2%9.0%11.7%14.6%
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Food Stamps by Neighborhood in Brookline

There are 18 neighborhoods that are fully or partially contained within Brookline (8 fully and 10 partially). This section compares all 18 of those to each other, Brookline, and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with Brookline.

Most Food Stamps by Neighborhood#7

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Brookline, selected neighborhoods in Brookline, and entities that contain Brookline
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#Mission Hill NeighborhoodMission HillFenway NeighborhoodFenwayJamaica Plain NeighborhoodJamaica PlainCentral Village NeighborhoodCntrl VlgBrighton NeighborhoodBrightonNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandMassachusettsBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaHigh Street Hill NeighborhoodHigh St HlWest Roxbury NeighborhoodWest RoxburyAllston NeighborhoodAllstonKenmore NeighborhoodKenmoreNorfolk CountyNorfolkLongwood NeighborhoodLongwoodLawrence NeighborhoodLawrenceCorey Hill NeighborhoodCorey HillTown of BrooklineBrooklineBrookline School DistrictBrooklineBrooklineGriggs Park NeighborhoodGriggs ParkAspinwall Hill NeighborhoodAspinwall HlFisher Hill NeighborhoodFisher HillChestnut Hill NeighborhoodChestnut HillChestnut Hill NeighborhoodChestnut HillEmerson Garden NeighborhoodEmerson Gdn27.771539%27.771539%27.8%1,4171,418121.417569%21.417569%21.4%1,111215.869384%15.869384%15.9%2,6402,641314.517766%14.517766%14.5%9293413.831767%13.831767%13.8%2,687513.194686%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%319,790320k10.787089%10.787089%10.8%192,490192k10.688836%10.688836%10.7%5253610.181409%10.181409%10.2%1,2681,26979.692051%9.692051%9.7%1,0081,00989.078922%9.078922%9.1%58597.219460%7.219460%7.2%18,77518.8k6.569647%6.569647%6.6%5455106.222750%6.222750%6.2%67115.158438%5.158438%5.2%8081125.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,2415.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,2415.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,2413.245614%3.245614%3.2%1415132.855345%2.855345%2.9%50142.434078%2.434078%2.4%14152.381514%2.381514%2.4%4546162.119525%2.119525%2.1%68170.625978%0.625978%0.6%118
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of neighborhood out of 18 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the Boston Area

There are 132 places in the Boston Area. This section compares Brookline to all of the places in the Boston Area and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Brookline.

Most Food Stamps by Place#8

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Brookline, selected other places in the Boston Area, and entities that contain Brookline
0%10%20%30%40%Count#LawrenceDevensChelseaLynnWareham CenterWareham CtrBrocktonTownsendMilton MillsLowellOnsetMiltonEverettBostonRandolphFarmingtonSalemWhite Island ShoresWhite Is ShrsShirleyHaverhillMiddleborough CenterMiddleborough CtrRevereRochesterMaldenSalisburyRaymondNortheastNorth PlymouthN PlymouthUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandFoxboroughMassachusettsWest WarehamSomersworthMethuen TownBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaPlymouthBridgewaterCambridgeHudsonNorfolk CountyNorfolkDedhamBellinghamTown of BrooklineBrooklineBrookline School DistrictBrooklineBrooklinePinehurstEssexMedfieldLynnfieldWest ConcordBoxfordDoverThe PinehillsNewfields43.670174%43.670174%43.7%11,24911.2k138.297872%38.297872%38.3%90230.170120%30.170120%30.2%3,742329.691086%29.691086%29.7%9,573428.562341%28.562341%28.6%449528.501766%28.501766%28.5%9,118625.043178%25.043178%25.0%145724.468085%24.468085%24.5%23823.167678%23.167678%23.2%8,974922.018349%22.018349%22.0%1441021.126761%21.126761%21.1%601119.542865%19.542865%19.5%2,9841219.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k1318.581549%18.581549%18.6%2,2821417.315514%17.315514%17.3%2981516.895407%16.895407%16.9%3,0531616.379310%16.379310%16.4%951715.935673%15.935673%15.9%1091815.672175%15.672175%15.7%3,7271915.223665%15.223665%15.2%4222015.169039%15.169039%15.2%3,0692114.768779%14.768779%14.8%1,9132214.674925%14.674925%14.7%3,3882314.413608%14.413608%14.4%3222413.420622%13.420622%13.4%1642513.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.109128%13.109128%13.1%1912613.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.527376%12.527376%12.5%2862712.497220%12.497220%12.5%319,790320k12.415541%12.415541%12.4%1472811.773569%11.773569%11.8%5472911.693687%11.693687%11.7%2,0343010.787089%10.787089%10.8%192,490192k10.631741%10.631741%10.6%345389.845228%9.845228%9.8%229478.428167%8.428167%8.4%3,666567.497534%7.497534%7.5%456667.219460%7.219460%7.2%18,77518.8k6.287737%6.287737%6.3%604755.445076%5.445076%5.4%115845.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,2415.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,2415.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,241904.882085%4.882085%4.9%118933.852890%3.852890%3.9%221033.175966%3.175966%3.2%741121.851434%1.851434%1.9%821210.505051%0.505051%0.5%131270.000000%0.000000%0.0%01280.000000%0.000000%0.0%01290.000000%0.000000%0.0%01300.000000%0.000000%0.0%0131
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 131 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in Massachusetts

There are 246 places in Massachusetts. This section compares Brookline to the 50 most populous places in Massachusetts and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Brookline. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 28,575.

Most Food Stamps by Place#9

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Brookline, selected other places in Massachusetts, and entities that contain Brookline
0%10%20%30%40%Count#LawrenceSpringfieldHolyokeChelseaLynnFall RiverBrocktonNew BedfordLowellWorcesterPittsfieldChicopeeFitchburgEverettBostonWest Springfield TownW Springfield TownRandolphTauntonSalemHaverhillRevereLeominsterMaldenAttleboroNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesNew EnglandWestfieldMassachusettsMethuen TownPeabodyWeymouth TownFraminghamBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaQuincyBeverlyAgawam TownBarnstable TownSomervilleGloucesterMarlboroughWoburnCambridgeBraintree TownNorwoodWalthamMedfordNorfolk CountyNorfolkWatertown TownFranklin TownTown of BrooklineBrooklineBrookline School DistrictBrooklineBrooklineArlingtonNewtonLexingtonNeedhamWellesley43.670174%43.670174%43.7%11,24911.2k137.003988%37.003988%37.0%20,69320.7k233.635455%33.635455%33.6%5,047330.170120%30.170120%30.2%3,742429.691086%29.691086%29.7%9,573528.861492%28.861492%28.9%11,07311.1k628.501766%28.501766%28.5%9,118726.343812%26.343812%26.3%10,34110.3k823.167678%23.167678%23.2%8,974922.095544%22.095544%22.1%15,29115.3k1020.468538%20.468538%20.5%3,9231120.319297%20.319297%20.3%4,6711220.089710%20.089710%20.1%2,9561319.542865%19.542865%19.5%2,9841419.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k1518.856406%18.856406%18.9%2,1931618.581549%18.581549%18.6%2,2821718.290223%18.290223%18.3%4,0801816.895407%16.895407%16.9%3,0531915.672175%15.672175%15.7%3,7272015.169039%15.169039%15.2%3,0692114.812156%14.812156%14.8%2,4762214.674925%14.674925%14.7%3,3882313.415868%13.415868%13.4%2,2542413.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.724987%12.724987%12.7%1,9232512.497220%12.497220%12.5%319,790320k11.693687%11.693687%11.7%2,0342611.346726%11.346726%11.3%2,4402710.995588%10.995588%11.0%2,5172810.838630%10.838630%10.8%3,0012910.787089%10.787089%10.8%192,490192k10.627025%10.627025%10.6%4,2323010.573664%10.573664%10.6%1,7163110.412185%10.412185%10.4%1,2103210.098665%10.098665%10.1%1,914339.677620%9.677620%9.7%3,119349.358903%9.358903%9.4%1,181359.130942%9.130942%9.1%1,410368.433654%8.433654%8.4%1,261378.428167%8.428167%8.4%3,666388.360572%8.360572%8.4%1,151398.092240%8.092240%8.1%951407.485410%7.485410%7.5%1,770417.274119%7.274119%7.3%1,615427.219460%7.219460%7.2%18,77518.8k6.417221%6.417221%6.4%945435.039764%5.039764%5.0%564445.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,2415.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,2415.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,241454.557152%4.557152%4.6%850464.239757%4.239757%4.2%1,310473.559731%3.559731%3.6%413482.913552%2.913552%2.9%304492.148914%2.148914%2.1%18550
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the Northeast

There are 4,274 places in the Northeast. This section compares Brookline to the 50 most populous places in the Northeast and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Brookline. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 71,389.

Most Food Stamps by Place#10

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Brookline, selected other places in the Northeast, and entities that contain Brookline
0%10%20%30%40%Count#ReadingLawrenceCamdenHartfordPatersonSpringfieldRochesterBuffaloProvidenceNew BritainSyracuseWaterburyLynnNewarkAllentownFall RiverBrocktonBridgeportErieTrentonNew HavenNew BedfordPawtucketPhiladelphiaLowellScrantonWorcesterAlbanyNew YorkElizabethBostonBethlehemPittsburghYonkersJersey CityManchesterNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesCheektowagaNew EnglandMassachusettsWarwickDanburyBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaQuincyCranstonCliftonNashuaSomervilleNew RochelleStamfordCambridgeNorwalkNorfolk CountyNorfolkToms RiverTown of BrooklineBrooklineBrookline School DistrictBrooklineBrooklineNewton44.333023%44.333023%44.3%12,86512.9k143.670174%43.670174%43.7%11,24911.2k243.170259%43.170259%43.2%10,69510.7k341.537790%41.537790%41.5%19,04319.0k439.804428%39.804428%39.8%17,42217.4k537.003988%37.003988%37.0%20,69320.7k634.826485%34.826485%34.8%29,88629.9k734.412955%34.412955%34.4%37,74037.7k832.144141%32.144141%32.1%19,67819.7k931.225549%31.225549%31.2%8,7801030.808773%30.808773%30.8%17,08117.1k1130.441676%30.441676%30.4%12,09612.1k1229.691086%29.691086%29.7%9,5731329.258268%29.258268%29.3%27,54927.5k1429.085692%29.085692%29.1%12,06312.1k1528.861492%28.861492%28.9%11,07311.1k1628.501766%28.501766%28.5%9,1181728.212562%28.212562%28.2%14,20714.2k1827.864170%27.864170%27.9%11,41411.4k1927.097172%27.097172%27.1%7,4652026.525268%26.525268%26.5%13,26913.3k2126.343812%26.343812%26.3%10,34110.3k2225.954060%25.954060%26.0%7,1412325.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k2423.167678%23.167678%23.2%8,9742522.888490%22.888490%22.9%6,6342622.095544%22.095544%22.1%15,29115.3k2721.582487%21.582487%21.6%8,8242820.381006%20.381006%20.4%637,568638k2919.514573%19.514573%19.5%7,8073019.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k3118.654445%18.654445%18.7%5,3933217.343865%17.343865%17.3%23,03323.0k3316.679687%16.679687%16.7%12,17012.2k3416.195840%16.195840%16.2%16,13316.1k3514.949843%14.949843%14.9%6,7663613.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.970071%12.970071%13.0%4,3253712.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.497220%12.497220%12.5%319,790320k11.472754%11.472754%11.5%4,0363811.398083%11.398083%11.4%3,3543910.787089%10.787089%10.8%192,490192k10.627025%10.627025%10.6%4,2324010.439867%10.439867%10.4%3,1784110.239060%10.239060%10.2%2,981429.748058%9.748058%9.7%3,401439.677620%9.677620%9.7%3,119449.304714%9.304714%9.3%2,627458.981722%8.981722%9.0%4,285468.428167%8.428167%8.4%3,666477.835101%7.835101%7.8%2,600487.219460%7.219460%7.2%18,77518.8k7.073936%7.073936%7.1%2,346495.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,2415.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,2415.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,2414.239757%4.239757%4.2%1,31050
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

Food Stamps by Place in the United States

There are 29,322 places in the United States. This section compares Brookline to the 50 most populous places in the United States and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Brookline. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 383,899.

Most Food Stamps by Place#11

Food Stamp recipients as a percentage of all households.
Scope: population of Brookline, selected other places in the United States, and entities that contain Brookline
0%10%20%30%40%Count#DetroitClevelandMiamiMilwaukeeBaltimorePhiladelphiaMemphisFresnoEl PasoNew YorkChicagoTucsonPortlandBostonColumbusIndianapolisAtlantaPhoenixJacksonvilleDallasSan AntonioTulsaMinneapolisLouisvilleFort WorthAlbuquerqueHoustonWashingtonKansas CityNashville-DavidsonOklahoma CityLas VegasSacramentoArlingtonNortheastUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesWichitaCharlotteNew EnglandMassachusettsOmahaLong BeachOaklandMesaColorado SpringsColorado SpgsBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaDenverLos AngelesSeattleRaleighAustinNorfolk CountyNorfolkSan JoseVirginia BeachVirginia BchSan DiegoSan FranciscoTown of BrooklineBrooklineBrookline School DistrictBrooklineBrookline42.327373%42.327373%42.3%108,775109k135.848492%35.848492%35.8%59,89159.9k232.200736%32.200736%32.2%52,03852.0k330.439719%30.439719%30.4%70,25070.3k425.907118%25.907118%25.9%62,80362.8k525.315915%25.315915%25.3%147,489147k624.779032%24.779032%24.8%62,34962.3k723.459108%23.459108%23.5%38,49138.5k821.836606%21.836606%21.8%48,37948.4k920.381006%20.381006%20.4%637,568638k1019.820560%19.820560%19.8%206,645207k1119.541946%19.541946%19.5%40,58140.6k1219.219520%19.219520%19.2%49,28549.3k1319.103130%19.103130%19.1%49,53949.5k1417.388647%17.388647%17.4%59,16859.2k1517.376020%17.376020%17.4%57,63457.6k1617.272886%17.272886%17.3%32,70532.7k1716.536703%16.536703%16.5%89,11189.1k1816.488666%16.488666%16.5%53,09453.1k1916.142911%16.142911%16.1%78,75478.8k2016.101953%16.101953%16.1%79,16379.2k2116.080399%16.080399%16.1%26,53726.5k2215.944948%15.944948%15.9%27,07527.1k2315.898351%15.898351%15.9%39,29539.3k2415.408373%15.408373%15.4%43,05543.1k2515.230887%15.230887%15.2%33,70933.7k2615.083509%15.083509%15.1%125,369125k2714.960260%14.960260%15.0%41,37241.4k2814.878116%14.878116%14.9%29,22329.2k2914.826522%14.826522%14.8%38,46438.5k3014.606174%14.606174%14.6%34,39934.4k3114.583438%14.583438%14.6%31,96532.0k3213.904317%13.904317%13.9%25,00925.0k3313.305549%13.305549%13.3%17,94217.9k3413.194686%13.194686%13.2%2,780,9862.78M13.049135%13.049135%13.0%15,360,95115.4M12.955792%12.955792%13.0%19,60619.6k3512.867008%12.867008%12.9%39,89339.9k3612.730340%12.730340%12.7%719,701720k12.497220%12.497220%12.5%319,790320k12.344705%12.344705%12.3%21,58221.6k3711.829013%11.829013%11.8%19,39019.4k3811.614665%11.614665%11.6%18,46018.5k3911.059321%11.059321%11.1%19,10019.1k4011.033109%11.033109%11.0%19,61419.6k4110.787089%10.787089%10.8%192,490192k10.333295%10.333295%10.3%29,04429.0k429.844866%9.844866%9.8%133,527134k439.579263%9.579263%9.6%29,13629.1k449.299252%9.299252%9.3%16,18216.2k459.253601%9.253601%9.3%33,16533.2k467.219460%7.219460%7.2%18,77518.8k7.031769%7.031769%7.0%22,31322.3k476.899331%6.899331%6.9%11,55711.6k486.386941%6.386941%6.4%31,31031.3k495.164561%5.164561%5.2%18,42718.4k505.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,2415.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,2415.015965%5.015965%5.0%1,241
Count number of households on food stamps
# rank of place out of 50 by percentage on food stamps

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Brookline
ZIP Codes:
02115, 02130, 02135, 02215, 02445, 02446, 02467
Unified School District:
Brookline
Neighborhoods:
Allston, Aspinwall Hill, Brighton, Central Village, Chestnut Hill, Chestnut Hill, Corey Hill, Emerson Garden, Fenway, Fisher Hill, Griggs Park, High Street Hill, Jamaica Plain, Kenmore, Lawrence, Longwood, Mission Hill, West Roxbury
Congressional District:
MA-4
Upper State Legislative District:
MA-1st Middlesex and Norfolk
Lower State Legislative Districts:
MA-10th Suffolk, MA-15th Norfolk, MA-15th Suffolk, MA-18th Suffolk
Neighboring Cities:
Boston, Newton
Nearby Cities:
Cambridge, Medford, Somerville, Waltham, Watertown Town
Nearby Unincorporated Places:
Arlington, Belmont, Dedham, Milton, Needham