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4th Middlesex District, MA

42,551 Population
21.8 square miles 1,955.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,088 ±$2,857 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$100,476 ±$10,206 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±1.8% (3,825  ±775) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.4 minutes ±1.6 (572,560  ±48,046) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,912 ±594 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (41,905  ±1,037) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.9% ±2.5% (780  ±248) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,455 ±592 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$534,500 ±$26,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

14% ±2.9% (5,844  ±1,200.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.8% ±4% (26,502  ±1,415.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
44.1% ±3% (13,155  ±970.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

28.3% ±3.1% (12,034  ±1,347) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±0.9% (1,300  ±317) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,300 Total veterans ±317 1,246 Male ±314 54 Female ±41

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