Dorchester, MA Community Information

Total Population: 46,890
Total Male Population: 21,675
Total Female Population: 25,215
Population change since 1990: -3
Population change since 2000: NA
Median age: 31.91
Percent of households with children: 42.96%
Local sales tax: 5%
Personal crime risk: 199
Recycling likelihood index: 83

Median travel time to work: 31.2
Transportation to work:

Less than 9th Grade: 8.98%
Some high school: 8.43%
High school graduate: 33.01%
Some college: 17.55%
Associate degree: 7.23%
Bachelor's degree: 14.73%
Graduate Degree: 10.07%

Agriculture, forestry, and fishing: 0.07%
Mining: 0.00%
Contstruction: 2.65%
Manufacturing: 0.76%
Transportation and communications: 1.68%
Wholesale trade: 1.62%
Retail trade: 15.07%
Finance, insurance and real estate: 5.12%
Sevices: 68.87%
Public administration: 3.33%
Unclassified: 0.83%

Average household income: $57,217
Income change since 1990: 47
Income change since 2000: 19

Avg. January high/low temp: 34 / 18
Avg. July high/low temp: 81 / 62
Annual precipitation: 51
Air pollution index: 102