From 2017 to 2022, under-5 populations dropped across most inner core communities.

Change in count of under-5 year-olds across 5-yr pooled data. Red arrows are declines, blue arrows increases.

Saugus
Belmont
Melrose
Watertown
Brookline
Everett
Revere
Waltham
Malden
Arlington
Medford
Somerville
Inner Core Avg. (excl. Boston)
Chelsea
Newton
Cambridge
Inner Core Avg. (inc. Boston)
Quincy
Lynn