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Middlesex County, MA

1,623,952 Population
817.9 square miles 1,985.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$67,183 ±$1,078 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$123,705 ±$3,005 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

7.7% ±0.6% (120,380  ±9,474) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

30.2 minutes ±0.4 (21,622,500  ±448,842) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

632,721 ±4,250 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0 (1,565,202  ±291) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.6% ±0.7% (18,288  ±2,600) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

666,703 ±261 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$716,100 ±$8,436 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.5% ±0.8% (201,281  ±12,576.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.7% ±1.4% (1,082,371  ±16,385.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
60% ±1.1% (693,663  ±12,453.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

29.1% ±0.9% (448,992  ±14,131.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 25.3% 1,684,973 (±0.3% / ±21,948.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

23.2% (377,463  ±12,775) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.2% ±0.2% (41,793  ±2,885) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
41,793 Total veterans ±2,885 37,255 Male ±2,603 4,538 Female ±1,222

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