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Billerica town, Middlesex County, MA

41,700 Population
25.6 square miles 1,630.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$56,392 ±$3,156 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $67,471 ±$640
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$139,706 ±$8,051 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $126,779 ±$1,428
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

4.5% ±1.1% (1,818  ±465) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.5% 118,146 (±0.3% / ±4,951)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

27 minutes ±0.7 (530,440  ±33,667) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 30 20,568,324 (±0.1 / ±197,358)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

15,653 ±487 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 630,939 ±1,636
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.6 ±0.1 (40,622  ±69) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,567,690 (±0 / ±341)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

4.7% ±1.6% (444  ±157) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,139 (±0.2% / ±917)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

15,824 ±479 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 660,814 ±194
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$570,500 ±$14,373 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $687,200 ±$3,534
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

10% ±1.9% (4,144  ±788.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 13.1% 211,324 (±0.3% / ±5,317)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

93.9% ±4.5% (29,357  ±1,559.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 93.4% 1,073,596 (±0.7% / ±7,521.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
41% ±2.8% (12,825  ±914) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 59% 677,768 (±0.5% / ±5,483.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14.9% ±2.3% (6,223  ±977) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 22.6% 366,954
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

4.8% ±0.9% (1,639  ±311) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 3.5% 45,564 (±0.1% / ±1,561)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
1,639 Total veterans ±311 1,465 Male ±302 174 Female ±99

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