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North Reading town, Middlesex County, MA

15,765 Population
13.2 square miles 1,198.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$77,099 ±$9,911 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $69,556 ±$581
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$147,768 ±$24,518 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $130,847 ±$1,164
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

2.7% ±1.4% (419  ±224) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 122,596 (±0.3% / ±4,532)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

33.6 minutes ±2.1 (208,535  ±23,459) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 29.9 20,027,116 (±0.2 / ±201,745)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

5,825 ±252 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 634,215 ±1,681
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.7 ±0.1 (15,623  ±40) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,578,949 (±0 / ±254)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

5.1% ±2% (169  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,523 (±0.3% / ±1,052)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

5,933 ±236 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 664,267 ±238
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$710,500 ±$24,272 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Middlesex County: $727,800 ±$3,891
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

6.8% ±2.2% (1,060  ±349.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 12.8% 207,868 (±0.4% / ±5,782)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

97.5% ±6% (10,928  ±746) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.2% 1,081,524 (±0.7% / ±7,546)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
56.4% ±4.2% (6,322  ±500.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Middlesex County: 59.5% 690,381 (±0.5% / ±5,529.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

6.7% ±1.7% (1,051  ±271) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Middlesex County: 23.1% 378,142
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

5.2% ±1.9% (630  ±237) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 3.3% 43,892 (±0.1% / ±1,337)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
630 Total veterans ±237 598 Male ±233 32 Female ±31

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