Custom Merch for Skate and Surf Shops in Boston, MA
Merch Mob makes house-brand tees, hoodies and crewnecks, and hats and beanies for skate and surf shops in Boston, MA, at its shop in Montclair, CA, and ships them to Boston. Just 15% of the people in Boston are under 18, well below the US figure of 22% (Census ACS, 2020-2024), so build the house line around adult fits and keep youth sizes to a few pieces.
Boston by the numbers
Boston's population has held steady since 2020, at 672,973 residents (Census estimates).
Suffolk County has 16 sporting goods stores with paid employees (Census County Business Patterns, 2023). That is 0.20 for every 10,000 residents, below the national figure of 0.60. 63% of them employ fewer than 10 people. The count is down 27% from 22 in 2018.
That Census category includes skate and surf shops along with every other kind of sporting goods store.
Suffolk County as a whole has 791,891 residents, down 1.1% since 2020. Suffolk County has one sporting goods store for every 49,490 residents.
- Population, 2025
- 672,973
- Since 2020
- −0.8%
- County
- Suffolk County
- Sporting goods stores in Suffolk County, 2023
- 16
- Per 10,000 county residents
- 0.20 (US 0.60)
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Median age
- 33.3 (US 38.9)
- Residents under 18
- 15% (US 22%)
- Warmest month, average high
- July, 85°F
- Coldest month, average low
- January, 19°F
- Days at 90°F or hotter, a year
- 20
- Nights at 32°F or colder, a year
- 121
- Rain and melted snow, a year
- 44 in
- Snow, a year
- 49 in
- USPS zone from the shop
- 8
Weather: Jamaica Plain station, 2 mi from Boston's center (NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals); rain and snow from the Boston station. People: Census ACS 2020-2024. Counts: CBP 2023, by county, paid-employee establishments. Population: Census, July 2025.
What Boston's weather means for skate and surf shops
January averages a high of 37°F, so winter riding is cold, short and occasional, and the house beanie and hoodie do most of the selling until spring. July averages a high of 85°F, so summer is the busy season for tees, caps and five-panels; tee weather runs June to September, and the summer design should be on the rack at its start. Summer still brings about 20 days a year at 90°F or above, so a light tee or tank belongs in the summer drop even in a winter-heavy town. Roughly 49 inches of snow a year shuts down street sessions for parts of winter, so plan a holiday release that people buy as gifts, not as riding gear. Freezing nights are common, about 121 a year, so get beanies out by the first cold snap and keep them through early spring.
| Month in Boston | Average high | Average low | Rain and melted snow (in) | What the shop rack carries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F | 19°F | 3.4 | Heavy hoodies and cuffed beanies |
| February | 40°F | 21°F | 3.2 | Heavy hoodies and cuffed beanies |
| March | 47°F | 28°F | 4.2 | Hoodies, crewnecks and long sleeves |
| April | 59°F | 38°F | 3.6 | Hoodies, crewnecks and long sleeves |
| May | 69°F | 48°F | 3.3 | Tees and an early-session hoodie |
| June | 79°F | 58°F | 3.9 | House tees, caps and five-panels |
| July | 85°F | 64°F | 3.3 | Tanks, light tees and trucker caps |
| August | 83°F | 63°F | 3.2 | House tees, caps and five-panels |
| September | 76°F | 55°F | 3.6 | House tees, caps and five-panels |
| October | 64°F | 43°F | 4 | Hoodies, crewnecks and long sleeves |
| November | 53°F | 34°F | 3.7 | Hoodies, crewnecks and long sleeves |
| December | 42°F | 26°F | 4.3 | Heavy hoodies and cuffed beanies |
Made in So Cal, shipped to Boston.
Orders ship to Boston from the shop; there is no office or pickup point in Massachusetts.
Boston is about 2,562 miles from Merch Mob's shop in Montclair, CA, a straight-line distance. From the shop's ZIP code, Boston is USPS zone 8. Boston is on Eastern time, 3 hours ahead of the shop's Pacific time.
From the production floor
Merch Mob production in Southern California.
Ordering from Boston
What should a skate or surf shop in Boston keep on the rack in winter?
Fleece from October on, and plenty of it: summer is short, so the winter rack is most of the year's rack; stock heavyweight hoodies, crewnecks and cuffed beanies deep, plus a long sleeve for layering.
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