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Middlesex County, MA

1,668,956 Population
817.9 square miles 2,040.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$70,054 ±$1,305 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$133,617 ±$3,961 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.9% ±0.6% (126,373  ±9,853) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.7 minutes ±0.5 (23,752,050  ±494,651) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

642,129 ±3,550 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (1,604,045  ±418) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.2% ±0.6% (17,476  ±2,277) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

670,331 ±179 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$759,800 ±$14,059 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.9% ±0.7% (196,334  ±11,356.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

93% ±1.4% (1,101,856  ±16,512.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
60.3% ±1.1% (714,875  ±12,453) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

30.5% ±0.8% (483,271  ±12,664.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 25.9% 1,754,822 (±0.4% / ±24,346.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

24% (399,745  ±11,234) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.1% ±0.2% (41,243  ±3,296) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
41,243 Total veterans ±3,296 37,498 Male ±3,098 3,745 Female ±1,181

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