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Littleton town, Middlesex County, MA

10,063 Population
16.5 square miles 609.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.5 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$59,179 ±$4,741 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Middlesex County: $58,399 ±$506
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$140,511 ±$12,274 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $111,790 ±$1,032
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

6.3% ±3% (627  ±302) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.4% 116,510 (±0.3% / ±4,912)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

36.5 minutes ±2.8 (155,100  ±18,605) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 30.7 22,856,284 (±0.2 / ±240,210)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

3,504 ±149 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 624,335 ±1,904
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.8 ±0.1 (9,914  ±75) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,565,505 (±0 / ±1,879)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

2.4% ±1.7% (51  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,701 (±0.3% / ±1,016)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

3,708 ±208 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 653,621 ±718
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$526,600 ±$29,552 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $575,500 ±$2,871
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

6.1% ±2.1% (607  ±208.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 13.6% 217,905 (±0.3% / ±5,345.5)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

97.2% ±7.1% (6,768  ±523) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.6% 1,069,079 (±0.7% / ±7,651.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
57% ±4.9% (3,965  ±357.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 57.8% 659,984 (±0.5% / ±5,528.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

9.5% ±2.9% (954  ±291) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 21.9% 355,581 (±0.3% / ±5,198)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

4.7% ±1.5% (361  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 3.9% 51,113 (±0.1% / ±1,636)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
361 Total veterans ±113 349 Male ±106 12 Female ±19

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