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Marlborough city, Middlesex County, MA

39,736 Population
20.9 square miles 1,904.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$41,467 ±$2,166 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $52,228 ±$396
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$80,943 ±$3,803 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $102,603 ±$943
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

5.6% ±2% (2,217  ±771) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.4% 114,942 (±0.2% / ±3,357)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

31 minutes ±1.5 (662,430  ±40,600) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Middlesex County: 31.4 25,809,255 (±0.2 / ±176,975)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

15,730 ±445 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 604,384 ±1,826
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.5 ±0.1 (39,181  ±255) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Middlesex County: 2.6 1,542,942 (±0 / ±1,531)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

4.2% ±1.7% (426  ±178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.5% 18,108 (±0.2% / ±963)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

16,986 ±535 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 636,543 ±731
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$348,500 ±$10,379 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Middlesex County: $500,700 ±$3,445
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

14.5% ±2.7% (5,679  ±1,073.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 13.5% 214,506 (±0.3% / ±5,073.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

92% ±3.6% (26,110  ±1,215.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 93.4% 1,049,635 (±0.6% / ±6,610.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
39% ±2.5% (11,085  ±756.5) 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

27.6% ±3.1% (10,955  ±1,235) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 21.4% 342,181 (±0.3% / ±4,370)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

5.8% ±1% (1,819  ±307) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 4.5% 57,176 (±0.1% / ±1,326)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
1,819 Total veterans ±307 1,734 Male ±299 85 Female ±59

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