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Somerville city, Middlesex County, MA

80,407 Population
4.1 square miles 19,500.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$72,746 ±$5,602 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $67,183 ±$1,078
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$126,619 ±$9,895 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Middlesex County: $123,705 ±$3,005
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

12.4% ±3.2% (9,661  ±2,493) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 120,380 (±0.6% / ±9,474)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

31 minutes ±3.3 (1,277,295  ±86,612) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 30.2 21,622,500 (±0.4 / ±448,842)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)

Families

37,108 ±1,872 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 632,721 ±4,250
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
2.1 ±0.1 (77,811  ±73) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,565,202 (±0 / ±291)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 † 6,760,613 (±,198.3 / ±-555,555,600)

1.3% ±0.9% (401  ±274) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% † 18,288 (±0.7% / ±2,600)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

39,373 ±1,983 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 666,703 ±261
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$905,200 ±$71,558 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $716,100 ±$8,436
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

22.1% ±3.5% (17,619  ±2,759) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 12.5% 201,281 (±0.8% / ±12,576.1)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)

Social

95.3% ±5.8% (60,156  ±4,264.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 93.7% 1,082,371 (±1.4% / ±16,385.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
69.9% ±4.9% (44,102  ±3,460.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 60% 693,663 (±1.1% / ±12,453.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)

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

24.5% ±3.2% (19,683  ±2,602) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 23.2% † 377,463 (±7,951.6% / ±12,775)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% † 1,263,580 (±1,432.1% / ±22,521)

1.9% ±0.9% (1,429  ±624) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 3.2% 41,793 (±0.2% / ±2,885)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
1,429 Total veterans ±624 1,284 Male ±613 145 Female ±176

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