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Boston CDP, Pennsylvania: commercial real estate data.
Boston CDP is a Census CDP of 162 people across 0.33 square miles of land, in Allegheny County. Median household income is $50,903, 100.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
48 sourced place values · tier FULL · 6 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
This is a small place, and the figures below carry wide margins.
The American Community Survey reaches Boston through a sample, not a count, and in a place this size that sample is thin. The population estimate here is 162 with a margin of error of plus or minus 103, which is 63.6 percent of the estimate itself. Every figure whose margin reaches 20 percent is printed with that margin beside it, so you can see the width of each one rather than having to assume it.
Nothing has been removed or adjusted. These are the published federal estimates, shown with the uncertainty the Census publishes alongside them.
Boston
What Boston is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area0.33 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land492 plus or minus 313
- County holding the largest share of its areaAllegheny County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Boston
How many people live in Boston
- Population162 plus or minus 103
- Median age59.1 plus or minus 29.1
- Population under 180
- Share under 180.0 percent
- Population 65 and over65 plus or minus 55
- Share 65 and over40.1 percent plus or minus 22.3
- Households87 plus or minus 47
- Family households50 plus or minus 38
- Share of households that are families57.5 percent plus or minus 30.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Boston
Income and work in Boston
- Median household income$50,903 plus or minus $28,780
- Per capita income$32,709 plus or minus $9,662
- Civilian labor force58 plus or minus 55
- Employed58 plus or minus 55
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over141 plus or minus 84
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher100.0 percent plus or minus 38.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.5 percent plus or minus 26.2
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Boston
Housing in Boston
- Housing units87 plus or minus 47
- Occupied units87 plus or minus 47
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied87 plus or minus 47
- Renter occupied0
- Ownership rate100.0 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$128,300
- Single family units87 plus or minus 49
- Share single family100.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Boston
How Boston gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute40 plus or minus 35
- Commuting under 15 minutes18 plus or minus 33
- Share commuting under 15 minutes45.0 percent plus or minus 73.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more0
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more0.0 percent
- Drove alone69.0 percent plus or minus 89.0
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home31.0 percent plus or minus 42.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Allegheny County, not Boston
Allegheny County context, not Boston figures
These are Allegheny County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Boston measurements.
- Establishments in Allegheny County33,812
- Employment at those establishments, Allegheny County709,774
- Covered employment, Allegheny County670,637
- Average annual pay, Allegheny County$78,297
- Average weekly wage, Allegheny County$1,506
- Housing units permitted, Allegheny County2,999
- Of those, single family, Allegheny County1,356
- County product, 2024, Allegheny County$132,891,899,000
- County product change over the prior year, Allegheny County4.4 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Allegheny County$88,274
Every figure in this section is published for Allegheny County as a whole and is not a measurement of Boston. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- No SBA approvals are recorded to a borrower address in this place in either FOIA release.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Boston questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Boston, Pennsylvania?
162, in 87 households. Boston CDP covers 0.33 square miles of land, which is 492 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Boston in?
Allegheny County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Boston?
$50,903. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $128,300. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Boston figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Allegheny County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Boston.
Is zoning published for Boston?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.