CityOfBoston Official An official website of the City of Boston

This is the website for the City of Boston’s new Planning Department, which launched on July 1. The staff and many responsibilities of the Boston Planning & Development Agency have moved to the Planning Department of the City of Boston including planning & zoning, urban design, development review, and real estate divisions. Please excuse any misalignment you may see on our site as we transition to the City. Learn more

For a snapshot of frequently requested statistics about Boston, please see Boston at a Glance 2024.

For information about Boston’s neighborhoods, please see Boston in Context 2024.

For short profiles of Boston land use and demographic groups, please see Boston by the Numbers 2023.

For more detailed information and additional reports by the BPDA Research Division, please go to our Research Publications page.

If you cannot find the information you are looking for, please complete a Research Inquiry.