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Somerville city, Middlesex County, MA

82,144 Population
4.1 square miles 19,921.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 39 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$79,750 ±$6,806 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $70,054 ±$1,305
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
$142,553 ±$11,734 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $133,617 ±$3,961
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650

8.6% ±2% (6,813  ±1,603) 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)

32.7 minutes ±1.3 (1,548,015  ±115,681) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 31.7 23,752,050 (±0.5 / ±494,651)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)

Families

35,099 ±1,988 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 642,129 ±3,550
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
2.3 ±0.1 (79,329  ±165) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,604,045 (±0 / ±418)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639

1.9% ±1% (567  ±297) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 4.2% † 17,476 (±0.6% / ±2,277)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)

Housing

36,498 ±1,973 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 670,331 ±179
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244

$894,300 ±$39,912 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $759,800 ±$14,059
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979

21.7% ±3% (17,717  ±2,438) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Middlesex County: 11.9% 196,334 (±0.7% / ±11,356.4)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)

Social

94.7% ±5.7% (59,009  ±4,178.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 93% 1,101,856 (±1.4% / ±16,512.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
73.8% ±5.1% (45,999  ±3,641.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 60.3% 714,875 (±1.1% / ±12,453)
  • about 1.5 times 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

22.3% ±3.2% (18,343  ±2,589) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 24% 399,745
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811

0.7% ±0.4% (516  ±285) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Middlesex County: 3.1% 41,243 (±0.2% / ±3,296)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
516 Total veterans ±285 423 Male ±278 93 Female ±115

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