Compare Boston to Chicago


Boston has a much smaller population count than Chicago: 589141 compared with 2896016.

Looking at housing units, the percentage of rentals differs quite a bit: 67.8% for Boston versus 56.2% for Chicago.

Chicago has a higher percentage of households with kids: 28.9% compared with 22.7% for Boston.

The median age for people living in Boston is 31.1 years old, while it is 31.5 years for Chicago.


The average daily temperature (Fahrenheit) on the first of each month (from January 1st at left, to December 1st at right) is:

Boston,29,30,33,44,55,65,71,74,70,58,53,44,
Chicago,27,28,32,44,54,64,72,77,70,60,48,33,


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