Boston & Its Neighborhoods

Official information on city government and services; resource guides; news and events.

Official statistics, city reports, research publications, data sets, community surveys, land use, demographics, census data, economic indicators, employment data, diversity, and more.

The City of Boston's open data hub to find facts, figures, and maps related to the city.

Interuniversity research partnership supported by the City of Boston that leverages area universities. Pursues original urban research on the cutting edge of scholarship and public policy, with an emphasis on opportunities created by novel digital data. Includes the Boston Data Portal, which makes publicly available the data products from BARI projects.

A report by former Boston Mayor Walsh on housing Boston's growing population.

Boston Governments report on building energy efficiency and ordinances.

Access demographic, economic and population data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Explore census data with visualizations and view tutorials.

A quick glance into Boston city statistics and demographics.

Historical Boston census records.

"The Harvard Dataverse Repository is a free data repository open to all researchers from any discipline, both inside and outside of the Harvard community, where you can share, archive, cite, access, and explore research data. Each individual Dataverse collection is a customizable collection of datasets (or a virtual repository) for organizing, managing, and showcasing datasets."

Find and explore data visualizations about the region. Check back monthly or sign up for our newsletter to receive maps and data visualizations. We cover a range of vital and interrelated topics: equity, housing, transportation, climate, arts and culture, and more. Always with data first, and always with an interdisciplinary lens.