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Boston MEPS

Boston, MA

The building the Boston MEPS occupies.

The Boston MEPS was activated as the Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station (AFEES) on July 1, 1965. AFEES Boston was redesignated MEPS Boston on January 1, 1982, and moved to its present location on the fourth floor of the Barnes Building on February 8, 1982. It was later redesignated as Boston MEPS in June 1983.

Living Here

This station is in Suffolk County, in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan area.

  • People

    city

    666,442

    Live in the area

    Median age
    33.3
    Median household income
    $97,344
    People per household
    2.19

    api.census.gov · Boston

  • Housing

    city

    $731,700

    Median home value

    Median rent, two bedroom
    $2,248 a month

    api.census.gov · Boston

  • Work

    county

    4.7%

    Unemployment rate

    People in the labour force
    470,853
    As of
    July 2026

    data.bls.gov · Suffolk

  • Cost of living

    metro

    108

    Where the national average is 100

    Rents
    148
    Goods
    100
    Utilities
    149

    apps.bea.gov · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

  • Schools

    county

    10.9:1

    Students to each teacher

    Public schools
    157
    School districts
    26
    As of
    2023

    educationdata.urban.org · Suffolk

  • Climate

    nearby

    81°F

    Warmest month, average high

    Coldest month, average low
    22°F
    Rain a year
    43.8 in
    Snow a year
    43.8 in

    ncei.noaa.gov · BOSTON LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MA US

People Here

  • Twelve years in a motor pool. You learn where everything is, or you learn fast.

    Same job here, bigger building, and now when something's missing it's my name on the record instead of somebody else's. I'd say that's the main difference.

    Tomas B.

    Logistics Management Specialist