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Malden city, Middlesex County, MA

65,057 Population
5 square miles 12,897.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.4 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,529 ±$4,488 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Middlesex County: $60,478 ±$913
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $49,746 ±$459
$86,410 ±$14,047 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Middlesex County: $112,764 ±$2,647
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $89,645 ±$1,287

8.1% ±2.8% (5,237  ±1,841) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 120,637 (±0.6% / ±9,553)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,138 (±0.3% / ±21,871)

36.7 minutes ±1.2 (1,097,300  ±66,402) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • 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

26,386 ±2,034 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 632,831 ±3,283
  • Massachusetts: 2,759,018 ±9,086
2.5 ±0.2 (64,789  ±185) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,556,988 (±0 / ±4,005)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,738,001 (±0)

6.5% ±3.3% (1,161  ±609) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 4.9% † 19,392 (±0.5% / ±2,130)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,136 (±0.3% / ±4,819)

Housing

28,151 ±2,302 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 663,629 ±1,628
  • Massachusetts: 3,017,772 ±315

$586,200 ±$42,556 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $640,500 ±$6,304
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $480,600 ±$3,093

19.5% ±6.1% (12,499  ±3,882.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 14.5% 232,010 (±0.7% / ±11,488.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 872,355 (±0.3% / ±22,449.6)

Social

85.3% ±6.7% (40,829  ±3,943.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 92.9% 1,063,095 (±1.4% / ±16,263)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,495,563 (±0.7% / ±33,250.2)
45.5% ±5.3% (21,790  ±2,829.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 58.9% 673,404 (±1.1% / ±12,387.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,300,423 (±0.5% / ±23,318)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

42% ±3.9% (27,290  ±2,510) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Middlesex County: 22.5% 362,732 (±0.7% / ±11,026)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,488 (±0.3% / ±21,752)

2.5% ±1.2% (1,336  ±626) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 3.3% 42,508 (±0.2% / ±2,940)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 238,039 (±0.1% / ±7,249)
1,336 Total veterans ±626 995 Male ±547 341 Female ±315

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