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Somerville city, Middlesex County, MA

81,568 Population
4.1 square miles 19,778.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.9 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 38.4 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$48,549 ±$4,096 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $52,157 ±$923
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $43,349 ±$382
$101,073 ±$10,203 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Middlesex County: $100,517 ±$1,402
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $79,835 ±$970

11% ±3.2% (8,691  ±2,504) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 7.3% 113,212 (±0.6% / ±8,973)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 663,918 (±0.3% / ±20,551)

33 minutes ±1.3 (1,756,675  ±116,341) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 32 26,473,035 (±0.5 / ±497,060)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.5 102,698,470 (±0.2 / ±837,302)

Families

33,113 ±1,992 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 612,224 ±4,157
  • Massachusetts: 2,624,294 ±8,879
2.4 ±0.2 (78,433  ±926) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,556,965 (±0 / ±3,611)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,653,753 (±0)

1.6% ±1% (453  ±294) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.7% † 18,829 (±0.6% / ±2,245)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,345 (±0.2% / ±4,014)

Housing

34,753 ±2,111 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 641,484 ±1,436
  • Massachusetts: 2,915,043 ±327

$712,900 ±$54,389 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Middlesex County: $543,600 ±$9,627
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $400,700 ±$2,804

23.1% ±4% (18,756  ±3,207.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 13.7% 219,235 (±0.7% / ±11,638.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 864,299 (±0.4% / ±24,918.7)

Social

91.8% ±5.2% (54,294  ±3,841.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 93.9% 1,065,744 (±1.3% / ±14,884.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,386,424 (±0.7% / ±31,907.4)
66.9% ±4.4% (39,548  ±3,109.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 57.8% 655,571 (±0.9% / ±10,502.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,152,010 (±0.4% / ±20,295.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

22.9% ±3.2% (18,658  ±2,643) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 21.8% 351,488 (±0.6% / ±9,846)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.4% 1,198,148 (±0.3% / ±20,609)

1.4% ±0.7% (971  ±485) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.2% 54,777 (±0.3% / ±3,361)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 292,644 (±0.2% / ±8,712)
971 Total veterans ±485 880 Male ±487 91 Female ±120

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