Area data
Boston, MA — ZIP 02163
Population: 1,817 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 467.4 (+2.1% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Above Average)
- 105.8 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 30.5¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $25.10/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Moderate
- Top hazards
- lightning, coastalFlooding, coldWave, heatWave, hurricane
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 52.0°F
- Average high
- 62.0°F
- Average low
- 42.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 50.2 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 36
- Days with Good air quality
- 291
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 15
- Nearest national park
- Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site (1 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) (6 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) (6 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 70
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.3 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 1,449
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (3.8 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,987
- Households with broadband internet
- 52.0%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 633,927
- Average weekly wage
- $2,443
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Professional Services, Finance & Insurance
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 74
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