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Demographics

Population/Race

In 2011, East Boston was estimated to have 41,128 residents living in 14,832 housing units. There are 1,258 empty units in the city. East Boston is a diverse city. In the city, the population was spread out into various of races. Hispanic/Latino people form the largest race in the city, making up  54.4% of the population followed by white making up 35.5% of population. The other races such as Asia makes up  4.4% of population, black or African American make up  2.9% of population, two or more races make up 1.9% of population and other make up 0.9% of population. 50.3% of population was native, 77.9% were born in Massachusetts,  15.2% were born  in other state in the United States, and 6.9%were born outside of the US.

Age/Gender

There is a male domination in the city as 53.2% of the population was male and 46.8% of the population was female. The percentage of the male population that worked for the last 12 months was 85.9% and the percentage of female population that worked for the last 12 months was 74.4%. The population in the city is spread out through various ages with 6.9% at age 5 and under, 6.2% from 5 to 9, 4.2% from 10 to 14, 3.5% from 15 to 17, 3.0% from 18 to 19, 8.1% from20 to 24, 10.8% from 25 to 29, 10.7% from 30 to 34, 8.2% from 35 to 39, 7.7% from 40 to 44, 7.2% from 45 to 49, 6.8% from 50 to 54, 4.2% from 55 to 59, 3.1% from 60 to 64, 2.2% from 65 to 69, 2.0% from 70 to 74, 2.0% from 75 to 79, 1.4% from 80 to 84, and 1.8% from 85 and over. There were 14,832 households, of which 33.5% had one or more people under the age of 18 living in them, 4,949 were family households, 2,505 were married-couple family, 842 were male householder, no wife present, 1,602 were female householder, no husband present, and 26 were non-families. 20.1% were households with one or more people 65 years and over.

Income

The median household income in East Boston was $45,849, while the median income for a family was $47,198. Full-time year-round white alone, not Hispanic or Latino workers had a median income of $49,063, black or African American workers had a median of $28,201, Hispanic or Latino workers had a median of $47,384, Asian workers had a median of $32,250, and other race workers had a median of $45,236. In the past 12 months, the per capita income for the city was $22,403. 16.5% of households and 13.8% of families were living in poverty.

Housing

Up until 2011 there were a total of 16,090 housing units in East Boston which 14,832 were occupied and 1,258 were vacant. Out of the 14,832 occupied units, 4,248 were owner-occupied and 10,584 were renter-occupied. The median gross rent was $1,092. 

As there is homeless people in the shelters and the streets of East Boston, there has been a project to help them. To help families transition out of East Boston’s homeless shelter, the City of Boston together with Crossroads Family Shelter and the East Boston Community Development Corporation joined to create subsidized housing on Havre Street.  There will be seven new affordable units as  Mayor Martin Walsh cuts the ribbon to start the project.

Gentrification

Rising rents seem to be an issue for some residents in East Boston. There is being renovations in the city and some of the residents are being pushed out since they cannot afford to pay the new high rents prices. People who have been living in East Boston for 5, 10, 15, 20 or more years are leaving because their landlords keep raising the prices.  As one resident named Keylin Chicas stated that her family and she had to move out because their landlord raised the rent from $1,150 to $1,700. She has a lot of family who have been living in East Boston for years but she had to move to North Revere because she could not find any affordable house in East Boston anymore. The changes in East Boston are happening citywide. A Hispanic man who is a single father and whose landlord has raised his rent by close to 50 percent, believes that the rent issues are changing the makeup of the community and he states: ““At this rate, in four years there won’t be any more Hispanics in East Boston.”

Affordable Housing

There are programs in East Boston that help low-income residents with affordable housing. NOAH (Neighborhood of Affordable Housing) is a program which serves individuals and families. They serve disadvantaged housing clients, provide free counseling, free education of English language to immigrants, complete no-cost safety-related home repairs for senior and disabled residents, and develop affordable units. NOAH holds bilingual youth leadership, summer schoolyard, and soccer programs for over 180+ at-risk/disadvantaged East Boston children each year.They have also help East Boston with redeveloping school yards, built a waterfront "Urban Wild" park, and a community garden for youth-run. They have also helped with salt marsh restoration; oil spill mitigation; Brownfields “clean up” projects; and air, land and water pollution remediation. The majority of NOAH's clients are either low-income or low/moderate-income and every year, 65% of NOAH's clients are from an ethnic minority household where 50% are Spanish speakers which ties up with the current high population of Hispanic/Latino in East Boston.