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Malden city, Middlesex County, MA

65,136 Population
5 square miles 12,912 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Middlesex County: 39.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$48,094 ±$4,385 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Middlesex County: $67,183 ±$1,078
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$88,003 ±$18,611 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Middlesex County: $123,705 ±$3,005
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

14.3% ±5% (9,308  ±3,219) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 120,380 (±0.6% / ±9,474)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

35.7 minutes ±1.2 (1,065,085  ±68,686) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 30 20,568,324 (±0.1 / ±197,358)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

27,716 ±1,762 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 632,721 ±4,250
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
2.3 ±0.2 (64,914  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,565,202 (±0 / ±291)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613

4.7% ±3.1% (837  ±554) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% † 18,288 (±0.7% / ±2,600)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

28,729 ±1,830 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 666,703 ±261
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$624,700 ±$39,231 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $716,100 ±$8,436
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

12.3% ±3.4% (7,892  ±2,152.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 12.5% 201,281 (±0.8% / ±12,576.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)

Social

84.6% ±7.9% (42,079  ±4,404.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 93.7% 1,082,371 (±1.4% / ±16,385.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
45.4% ±5.7% (22,587  ±3,020.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 60% 693,663 (±1.1% / ±12,453.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)

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

40.2% ±5.2% (26,170  ±3,380) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 23.2% 377,463
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580

3% ±1.5% (1,623  ±795) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Middlesex County: 3.2% 41,793 (±0.2% / ±2,885)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
1,623 Total veterans ±795 1,287 Male ±635 336 Female ±430

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