Boxborough is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 5,412 people and just one neighborhood, Boxborough is the 242nd largest community in Massachusetts.
Housing costs in Boxborough are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Massachusetts.
Boxborough is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.96% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Boxborough is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Boxborough who work in management occupations (16.75%), computer science and math (9.87%), and architecture and engineering (9.11%).
Also of interest is that Boxborough has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Boxborough has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.
Of important note, Boxborough is also a town of artists. Boxborough has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Boxborough’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.06% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Boxborough is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Boxborough a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Boxborough has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Boxborough’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Boxborough is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Boxborough, the average commute to work is 31.49 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
Even though Boxborough is a smaller town, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the train for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Boxborough, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Boxborough is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 78.54% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Boxborough in 2022 was $73,508, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $294,032 for a family of four.
Boxborough is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Boxborough home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Boxborough residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Boxborough include Irish, English, German, African, and Italian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Boxborough's cultural character, accounting for 25.70% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Boxborough is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Other Asian languages.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Do you like to read, write, and learn? Are you curious about the world? If so, this neighborhood may be a good fit for you. NeighborhoodScout's research revealed that a full 78.5% of the adults living in the neighborhood have earned at least a bachelor's degree. This is a higher rate than NeighborhoodScout found in 97.4% of U.S. neighborhoods. In this way, this neighborhood truly stands out.
In addition, a majority of the adults in the neighborhood are wealthy and educated executives. They own stately homes that tend to maintain high real estate appreciation rates. Their upper-level careers keep them busy, but allow them to live comfortably. If you're an executive and want to keep similar company, consider settling in this neighborhood, rated as an executive lifestyle "best choice" neighborhood for Massachusetts by NeighborhoodScout's analysis, which rated it as better for executive lifestyles than 96.2% of the neighborhoods in Massachusetts. In addition to being an excellent choice for highly educated executives, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for urban sophisticates.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian and Brazilian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 1.9% have Brazilian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Chinese at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.9% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Boxborough are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 93.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 2.6% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 72.8% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 65.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 16.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (8.5%), and 8.4% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 75.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Langs. of India.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Boxborough, MA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Asian (17.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.7%), and residents who report English roots (14.0%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (9.0%), along with some Sub-Saharan African ancestry residents (6.2%), among others. In addition, 25.7% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (77.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.0%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.