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Melrose city, Middlesex County, MA

28,116 Population
4.7 square miles 6,003.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$52,682 ±$3,585 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $49,669 ±$376
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$103,743 ±$5,757 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $97,012 ±$1,021
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

4.1% ±1.3% (1,143  ±369) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 7.9% 122,070 (±0.2% / ±3,555)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

33.8 minutes ±1.7 (521,005  ±30,856) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 30.9 25,117,565 (±0.2 / ±198,320)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

11,256 ±366 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 600,032 ±1,943
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.5 ±0.1 (27,807  ±108) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.6 1,536,487 (±0 / ±1,405)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

6.3% ±2.4% (418  ±161) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,412 (±0.2% / ±915)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

11,691 ±370 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 632,582 ±586
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$508,700 ±$24,532 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $476,500 ±$2,273
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

9.6% ±2.1% (2,654  ±580) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 13.5% 212,658 (±0.3% / ±4,468.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

95.3% ±4.5% (19,331  ±994.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 93.1% 1,039,677 (±0.6% / ±6,391.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
58.4% ±3.4% (11,852  ±736.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 55.2% 616,179 (±0.4% / ±4,643.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

12.2% ±2.3% (3,436  ±648) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 21% 335,572 (±0.3% / ±3,935)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

5.2% ±1.1% (1,147  ±254) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 4.7% 59,816 (±0.1% / ±1,563)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
1,147 Total veterans ±254 1,072 Male ±247 75 Female ±62

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