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Malden city, Middlesex County, MA

66,699 Population
5 square miles 13,221.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.5 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 39 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$48,242 ±$4,927 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Middlesex County: $70,054 ±$1,305
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
$113,563 ±$7,668 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $133,617 ±$3,961
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650

8.8% ±3% (5,828  ±2,009) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 7.9% 126,373 (±0.6% / ±9,853)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)

37.7 minutes ±1.1 (1,318,300  ±144,913) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 31.7 23,752,050 (±0.5 / ±494,651)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)

Families

24,339 ±1,901 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 642,129 ±3,550
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
2.7 ±0.2 (66,389  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,604,045 (±0 / ±418)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639

6.3% ±4.1% (1,286  ±838) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 4.2% † 17,476 (±0.6% / ±2,277)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)

Housing

26,417 ±2,287 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 670,331 ±179
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244

$616,200 ±$51,472 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $759,800 ±$14,059
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979

12.4% ±3.6% (8,153  ±2,376.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 11.9% 196,334 (±0.7% / ±11,356.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)

Social

85.2% ±7.1% (42,023  ±4,102) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 93% 1,101,856 (±1.4% / ±16,512.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
43.9% ±5.5% (21,640  ±2,905.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 60.3% 714,875 (±1.1% / ±12,453)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)

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

41.7% ±4.9% (27,825  ±3,273) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 24% 399,745
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811

2.7% ±0.7% (1,473  ±370) Population with veteran status * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 3.3% 43,892 (±0.1% / ±1,337)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
1,473 Total veterans * ACS 2024 5-year data ±370 1,280 Male * ACS 2024 5-year data ±331 193 Female * ACS 2024 5-year data ±107

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