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02121

28,298 Population
1.9 square miles 15,006.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$27,892 ±$3,544 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $61,389 ±$358
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$38,565 ±$7,837 Median household income
  • about one-third of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $112,484 ±$779
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

26.5% ±3.7% (7,444  ±1,186) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.9% 424,129 (±0.2% / ±8,958)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

34.5 minutes ±3.8 (387,375  ±65,562) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.5 64,916,764 (±0.1 / ±411,878)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

10,363 ±707 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,925,474 ±3,766
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.7 ±0.1 (28,131  ±2,195) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,760,875
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

4.6% ±1.6% (353  ±127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.3% 51,864 (±0.1% / ±1,654)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

11,384 ±653 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,046,121 ±378
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$548,100 ±$109,981 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $610,900 ±$2,066
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

9.9% ±2.1% (2,741  ±614.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.5% 610,746 (±0.2% / ±9,345.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

75.5% ±2.2% (13,296  ±1,149.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.3% 3,212,042 (±0.4% / ±14,733.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
20.5% ±2.6% (3,615  ±538) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 51.2% 1,782,685 (±0.3% / ±10,606.3)
  • about two-fifths 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

37.9% ±3.3% (10,717  ±1,239) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.7% 966,395
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

2.4% ±1.2% (504  ±255) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.2% 165,842 (±0.1% / ±2,944)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
504 Total veterans ±255 403 Male ±229 101 Female ±92

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