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8th Middlesex District, MA

44,705 Population
69.4 square miles 644.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$87,992 ±$6,617 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • about double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$184,238 ±$5,407 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • more than double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.9% ±0.7% (1,268  ±302) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

34.4 minutes ±3 (535,195  ±32,750) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,018 ±464 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.1 (44,420  ±477) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.4% ±1.6% (407  ±148) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,695 ±546 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$725,000 ±$20,600 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.1% ±1.6% (3,586  ±694.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

97.1% ±3.3% (29,728  ±1,183.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
70.7% ±2.9% (21,649  ±986) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • about double 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

14.4% ±1.6% (6,419  ±708) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.9% ±0.8% (1,287  ±268) 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)
1,287 Total veterans ±268 1,221 Male ±268 66 Female ±59

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