58fit
Beacon Hill
$2K median rent
Gas lamps, brick, and a hill that actually is a hill. Charles Street is the errand. The Common is the lawn. Quieter than Back Bay, tighter than it looks on a map.
Family streetsWalk 34Safety 42
Boston/Fenway
43fit
Fenway
Official planning neighborhood: Fenway
Data vintage. ACS 2024 5-year · BPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM Sep 2026 · updated Sep 2026
The park, the students, Kenmore, and Longwood as a search that actually sits next door. Game day is a tax. The rest of the week is apartments and hospitals.
kenmorefenway-kenmorelongwoodaudubon circle
Best in Boston for familiesWalkable BostonUnder $2,500 rent
Why this score
Safety
47
50 violent · 442 property · 14.9 per 1k (Oct 2025 – Sep 2026)-3 vs city set
Schools
36
Rating 6.4 / 10 nearby-12 vs city set
Walk
19
OSM: 15 groceries · 28 cafes · 118 transit · 23 parks-8 vs city set
Cost
98
$2,241 ACS median vs your rent budget+5 vs city set
Vibe
34
OSM: 28 cafes · 136 restaurants · 21 bars · 23 parks+1 vs city set
Commute to work
From Fenway, a typical weekday is 14 min to Downtown, 20 min to Seaport, 8 min to Longwood. Not live traffic.
Longwood is the fastest of these three job centers from here.
Downtown
14 min
Downtown Crossing, Financial District · -2 min vs the city-set median
Seaport
20 min
Innovation District, the waterfront · +1 min vs the city-set median
Longwood
8 min
Hospitals, medical offices · -10 min vs the city-set median · fastest of these three
Minutes are baked from neighborhood geography to three job centers — not Google, not this hour’s traffic.
Cost of living
The ACS median rent is $2,241 — every occupied rental mixed together, not the 1-bed in the window.
That is 44% of median household income — over the 30% HUD line. A household at this area’s median income ($62K) could “afford” about $1,539 a month at 30% of pay.
90% of households rent. Median home value is $727,953.
ACS median rent
$2,241
30% income budget
$1,539
Rent / income
44%
Median home
$727,953
Rent since 2014
ACS 5-year median gross rent for Boston city. Up 65% since 2014. Fenway is 4% above the 2024 city median.
Overlapping 5-year ACS windows (B25064), not asking rent. Census does not publish a rent series for each official neighborhood, so the line is the city place. The dashed mark is this area’s ACS 2024 median.
HUD treats 30% of income as the cost-burden line. We do not split ACS rent into 1-bed vs 2-bed. Method.
Within a walk
Within a short walk of this official planning neighborhood: 15 groceries, 28 cafes, 23 parks, and 118 transit stops.
Daily errands and coffee are realistic on foot. Parks are close — 23 mapped parks in that radius. Transit is dense (118 stops or stations).
28 cafes and 136 restaurants make this one of the busier food pockets in the Boston set.
OpenStreetMap, 800 meters. Not a Walk Score license. More groceries than 13 of the other 19 areas in this city.
Population
33,093
Median age
23.7
Median income
$62K
Renters
90%
Bachelor+
77%
Violent / 1k
1.5
Property / 1k
13.4
ACS 2024 5-year (2020-2024) · 9 census tracts · BPD Oct 2025 – Sep 2026 · OSM 2026-09-10
NightlifeNear UT
Crime is BPD Part I reports per 1,000 ACS residents — not a judgment of who lives here. Home and rent figures are ACS medians, not live MLS. Read the method.
On the ground
What it is like to live here, beyond the scores.
The park, the students, Kenmore, and Longwood as a search that actually sits next door. Game day is a tax. The rest of the week is apartments and hospitals. Audubon Circle is the quieter western edge of the same official line.
Weight nightlife and the Longwood commute. Nearby school ratings here are not why you move. Mission Hill is the brick hill above the same hospitals. Back Bay is the brownstone north.
Compiled from Zillow neighborhood guides, 5280 Magazine, Chicago and San Francisco resident guides, Mpls With Love, Eastside LA reporting, Seattle Times coverage, Boston planning-neighborhood writing, and local writing, 2025–2026. Editorial — not part of the fit score.
On Reddit
Public posts from r/boston that mention this neighborhood. Not Nextdoor, not people on this block, and not part of the fit score.
No r/boston posts in this snapshot mentioned Fenway.
Last 90 days, snapshot 2026-09-01. Method.
Common questions
Straight answers from the numbers on this page.
Is Fenway safe?
Fenway is middle of the pack for Part I here (safety 47 vs city 50). BPD logged 1.5 violent and 13.4 property incidents per 1,000 residents — 14.9 combined. Visitors count in those numbers. This is not a judgment of who lives here.
What is rent in Fenway?
ACS median rent is $2,241 — studios through large apartments mixed together. About 90% of households rent. Median home value is $727,953. Survey medians, not a listing you can message tonight.
Is Fenway walkable?
Walk is 19 here vs 27 for the Boston set — you will likely drive or ride for a weekly shop. Inside 800 meters: 15 groceries, 28 cafes, 118 transit stops, 23 parks. Not a Walk Score license.
Is Fenway good for families?
There is more night and visitor traffic in the mix — not the quietest family default. Nearby school rating is 6.4 / 10. Median age is 23.7. That rating is not your assigned campus.
How long is the commute from Fenway?
14 typical weekday minutes to Downtown. Not the app on your phone this hour. Other job centers are further down this page.
How many people live in Fenway?
About 33,093 people. Median income $62K. 77% have a bachelor's or higher.
What neighborhoods are next to Fenway?
Back Bay, Mission Hill, South End sit closest on this map. If you are choosing between two official planning neighborhoods, start with Fenway vs Back Bay.
Next door
Adjacent on the map, ranked with your weights.
Fenway vs Back BayFenway vs Mission HillFenway vs South End
44fit
Back Bay
$3K median rent
Newbury, the brownstones, the Public Garden. Bay Village is a search term that sits inside the same planning neighborhood. You pay for the postcard and for the visitors who shop it.
NightlifeWalk 26Safety 0
43fit
Allston
$2K median rent
Harvard Ave and Brighton Ave are the night. Students, late buses, and a rent that still undercuts Back Bay. Brookline is the next city over, not this official polygon.
NightlifeNear UTWalk 16Safety 74
34fit
Mission Hill
$2K median rent
The hill above the Longwood hospitals. Students, brick, and a walk to the Fens. Quieter than Fenway’s bars, tighter than JP’s porches.
Near UTWalk 0Safety 68
34fit
South End
$2K median rent
SoWa, brownstones, and a grid that walks. Tremont and Washington are the strips. Quieter than Back Bay’s shopping, denser than JP.
NightlifeWalk 6Safety 11