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Shirley town, Middlesex County, MA

7,017 Population
15.8 square miles 443.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±2.9 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

$48,541 ±$5,692 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Middlesex County: $67,471 ±$640
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$121,875 ±$19,271 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Middlesex County: $126,779 ±$1,428
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

2.1% ±1.4% (122  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.5% 118,146 (±0.3% / ±4,951)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

38 minutes ±9.9 (90,925  ±16,099) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 30 20,568,324 (±0.1 / ±197,358)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

2,404 ±143 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 630,939 ±1,636
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.4 ±0.2 (5,743  ±100) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,567,690 (±0 / ±341)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

2.9% ±3% (32  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,139 (±0.2% / ±917)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

2,512 ±157 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 660,814 ±194
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$412,700 ±$30,887 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Middlesex County: $687,200 ±$3,534
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

12.3% ±5% (862  ±348) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Middlesex County: 13.1% 211,324 (±0.3% / ±5,317)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

90.4% ±9.2% (5,148  ±545.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.4% 1,073,596 (±0.7% / ±7,521.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
35.6% ±5.8% (2,027  ±333.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 59% 677,768 (±0.5% / ±5,483.6)
  • about three-quarters 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

7.2% ±3.7% (502  ±256) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Middlesex County: 22.6% 366,954
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

8% ±3.8% (476  ±223) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Middlesex County: 3.5% 45,564 (±0.1% / ±1,561)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
476 Total veterans ±223 463 Male ±224 13 Female ±22

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