Boston vs Winthrop Town

A side-by-side comparison of Boston and Winthrop Town: population, income, housing, and more.

Boston and Winthrop Town are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boston has the higher population (663,972 vs 18,807 in Winthrop Town). Winthrop Town has the higher median household income ($106,357 vs $94,755 in Boston). Boston has the higher median home value ($710,400 vs $606,900 in Winthrop Town).

Population, income & housing

	Boston	Winthrop Town
Population	663,972	18,807
Median age	33.2 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$94,755	$106,357
Median home value	$710,400	$606,900
Median gross rent	$2,093	$1,909
Housing units	307,840	8,467
Homeownership rate	35.4%	55.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.1%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boston	Winthrop Town
Population	684,379 → 663,972 (-3.0%)	18,542 → 18,807 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$71,115 → $94,755 (+33.2%)	$74,069 → $106,357 (+43.6%)
Median home value	$532,700 → $710,400 (+33.4%)	$439,800 → $606,900 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,620 → $2,093 (+29.2%)	$1,415 → $1,909 (+34.9%)

Boston

Population

684,379663,972

Median household income

$71,115$94,755

Median home value

$532,700$710,400

Median gross rent

$1,620$2,093

Winthrop Town

Population

18,54218,807

Median household income

$74,069$106,357

Median home value

$439,800$606,900

Median gross rent

$1,415$1,909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boston	Winthrop Town
Under 5	4.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	10.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	14.5%	5.8%
25 to 34	23.5%	11.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	11.2%
75 and over	5.1%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boston	Winthrop Town
White (non-Hispanic)	44.5%	71.3%
Black or African American	20.3%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	9.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boston	Winthrop Town
No high school diploma	11.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	18.3%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.5%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.6%	15.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boston	Winthrop Town
Drove alone	34.1%	57.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.5%
Public transit	24.0%	14.8%
Walked	13.8%	2.6%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.6%
Worked from home	18.8%	15.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boston	Winthrop Town
1-unit, detached	12.0%	31.5%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	35.8%	37.3%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	11.7%
20 or more units	27.1%	16.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Boston	Winthrop Town
Poverty rate	16.9%	7.1%
Average household size	2.22	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1947	1938