Boston

Boston Indicators is a research center at the Boston Foundation that seeks a thriving Greater Boston for all residents across all neighborhoods. We do this by analyzing key indicators of well-being and by researching promising ideas for making our city more prosperous, equitable and just. To ensure that our work informs active efforts to improve our city, we work in deep partnership with community groups, civic leaders and Boston’s civic data community to produce special reports and host public convenings.

In 2022, Boston Indicators received a grant from the Barr Foundation to provide data and analysis on the racial wealth gap in the Boston region. Over the next three years, they will explore dimensions of wealth such as entrepreneurship and home ownership in collaboration with other experts on these issues. Separately on the same topic, the Boston Indicators' parent organization, The Boston Foundation is working with the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to conduct a survey of wealth inequality across Massachusetts, slated to begin sometime in  2023/2024.