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Cambridge city, Middlesex County, MA

117,822 Population
6.4 square miles 18,428.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$61,036 ±$1,949 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $54,433 ±$526
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$107,490 ±$4,474 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Middlesex County: $106,202 ±$1,144
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

12% ±1.1% (12,160  ±1,124) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 7.3% 112,373 (±0.3% / ±4,761)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

26.5 minutes ±0.4 (1,576,885  ±44,251) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 31.2 24,443,805 (±0.2 / ±200,960)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

47,449 ±792 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 611,850 ±1,348
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.1 ±0 (101,010  ±1,037) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,547,964 (±0 / ±1,390)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

3.3% ±0.6% (1,267  ±237) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.5% 18,094 (±0.2% / ±892)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

51,828 ±811 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 641,278 ±560
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$843,100 ±$25,574 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Middlesex County: $540,300 ±$3,956
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

27.2% ±1.4% (31,751  ±1,592.5) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Middlesex County: 13.5% 214,734 (±0.3% / ±5,036)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

95.5% ±1.8% (76,733  ±1,779.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 93.7% 1,058,146 (±0.6% / ±7,204.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
79.1% ±1.6% (63,513  ±1,577.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 57.1% 644,709 (±0.5% / ±5,258)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

29.3% ±1.3% (34,459  ±1,473) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 21.3% 341,278 (±0.3% / ±4,868)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

1.7% ±0.3% (1,731  ±333) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.3% 54,833 (±0.1% / ±1,830)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
1,731 Total veterans ±333 1,504 Male ±295 227 Female ±101

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