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Malden city, Middlesex County, MA

60,984 Population
5 square miles 12,089.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$33,122 ±$1,609 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Middlesex County: $52,228 ±$396
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$65,975 ±$3,551 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Middlesex County: $102,603 ±$943
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

15.5% ±2.4% (9,400  ±1,465) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Middlesex County: 7.4% 114,942 (±0.2% / ±3,357)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

36.8 minutes ±1.1 (1,127,485  ±52,074) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 31.4 25,809,255 (±0.2 / ±176,975)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

23,025 ±619 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 604,384 ±1,826
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.6 ±0.1 (60,682  ±150) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.6 1,542,942 (±0 / ±1,531)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

6.5% ±1.7% (1,078  ±283) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 4.5% 18,108 (±0.2% / ±963)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

24,406 ±717 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 636,543 ±731
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$401,900 ±$13,921 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $500,700 ±$3,445
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

16% ±2.4% (9,622  ±1,417.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 13.5% 214,506 (±0.3% / ±5,073.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

87.2% ±3.2% (37,900  ±1,558.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 93.4% 1,049,635 (±0.6% / ±6,610.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
39% ±2.3% (16,958  ±1,029.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 56.3% 632,232 (±0.4% / ±4,731)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

42.6% ±2.5% (26,005  ±1,545) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Middlesex County: 21.4% 342,181 (±0.3% / ±4,370)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

3.1% ±0.6% (1,522  ±302) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.5% 57,176 (±0.1% / ±1,326)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
1,522 Total veterans ±302 1,402 Male ±290 120 Female ±102

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