Compare Chicago to Boston


Chicago has a much larger population count than Boston: 2896016 compared with 589141. About 4.9x larger.

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

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

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


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

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


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