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Middlesex County, MA

1,617,105 Population
817.9 square miles 1,977.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$64,775 ±$1,402 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $54,025 ±$626
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$118,800 ±$2,672 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $94,488 ±$1,260
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

8.2% ±0.6% (127,797  ±10,020) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,156 (±0.3% / ±23,050)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

29.1 minutes ±0.4 (19,350,830  ±407,228) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 28.6 84,746,130 (±0.3 / ±1,045,915)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

638,217 ±3,651 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,797,776 ±8,835
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.4 ±0 (1,558,806  ±415) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,744,191
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

4.4% ±0.6% (17,213  ±2,495) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 71,722 (±0.3% / ±4,699)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

667,964 ±250 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,036,303 ±363
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$690,800 ±$8,092 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $534,700 ±$4,603
  • more than double the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

13.7% ±0.7% (219,562  ±11,813.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.3% 853,188 (±0.4% / ±25,841.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

93% ±1.5% (1,067,185  ±17,157.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,518,632 (±0.7% / ±34,936.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
59.1% ±1.1% (678,222  ±12,870.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 46.7% 2,307,709 (±0.5% / ±22,481.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

29.1% ±0.7% (447,560  ±11,019.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 25% 1,660,772 (±0.3% / ±22,678.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±,203,206.2)

23.1% (373,338  ±11,789) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18% 1,259,871
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

3.2% ±0.2% (41,678  ±3,058) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,260 (±0.1% / ±7,303)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
41,678 Total veterans ±3,058 38,593 Male ±2,923 3,085 Female ±907

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