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Cambridge city, Middlesex County, MA

118,925 Population
6.4 square miles 18,601 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.7 ±1.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Middlesex County: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$63,820 ±$3,836 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $55,488 ±$1,003
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $46,241 ±$464
$119,540 ±$5,782 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $107,056 ±$2,793
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $85,843 ±$991

11.6% ±3% (11,922  ±3,082) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 6.9% 107,988 (±0.6% / ±8,964)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.4% 625,763 (±0.3% / ±19,408)

26.8 minutes ±1.2 (1,777,760  ±120,582) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 32 26,848,840 (±0.5 / ±520,041)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 31 106,704,375 (±0.3 / ±1,055,700)

Families

47,374 ±2,175 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 612,366 ±4,465
  • Massachusetts: 2,650,680 ±9,065
2.2 ±0.1 (102,806  ±2,547) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,554,615 (±0 / ±3,506)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,646,308 (±0)

2.6% ±1.2% (1,057  ±466) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.1% † 16,178 (±0.5% / ±2,022)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 69,139 (±0.3% / ±4,227)

Housing

51,621 ±2,482 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 645,316 ±1,392
  • Massachusetts: 2,928,818 ±274

$869,900 ±$51,548 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Middlesex County: $569,800 ±$7,248
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $418,600 ±$3,128

25.3% ±2.7% (29,790  ±3,184.8) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in Middlesex County: 13.8% 219,918 (±0.8% / ±13,410.6)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 852,503 (±0.4% / ±25,753)

Social

95.8% ±3.5% (75,531  ±4,042.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 93.9% 1,068,544 (±1.4% / ±15,904.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,429,635 (±0.7% / ±32,397.2)
79.7% ±3.2% (62,876  ±3,525.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 57.2% 651,071 (±1% / ±11,814.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45% 2,181,743 (±0.5% / ±22,102.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

26.8% ±2.7% (31,856  ±3,197) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 21.5% 347,220 (±0.7% / ±10,974)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,190,192 (±0.3% / ±22,659)

1.4% ±0.5% (1,426  ±546) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Middlesex County: 4% 51,154 (±0.2% / ±3,097)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,814 (±0.1% / ±7,591)
1,426 Total veterans ±546 1,054 Male ±474 372 Female ±358

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