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Somerville city, Middlesex County, MA

79,819 Population
4.1 square miles 19,356 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$60,342 ±$4,992 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Middlesex County: $60,478 ±$913
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $49,746 ±$459
$107,651 ±$9,638 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Middlesex County: $112,764 ±$2,647
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $89,645 ±$1,287

8.8% ±2.1% (6,757  ±1,632) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 120,637 (±0.6% / ±9,553)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,138 (±0.3% / ±21,871)

29.9 minutes ±1.7 (989,145  ±114,458) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 28 16,416,390 (±0.5 / ±420,037)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 27.5 73,941,424 (±0.2 / ±862,637)

Families

35,015 ±1,707 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 632,831 ±3,283
  • Massachusetts: 2,759,018 ±9,086
2.2 ±0.1 (76,835  ±981) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,556,988 (±0 / ±4,005)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,738,001 (±0)

4.8% ±2.1% (1,259  ±569) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 4.9% † 19,392 (±0.5% / ±2,130)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,136 (±0.3% / ±4,819)

Housing

37,251 ±1,882 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 663,629 ±1,628
  • Massachusetts: 3,017,772 ±315

$818,100 ±$61,998 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Middlesex County: $640,500 ±$6,304
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $480,600 ±$3,093

25.7% ±3.8% (20,213  ±2,977.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 14.5% 232,010 (±0.7% / ±11,488.6)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 872,355 (±0.3% / ±22,449.6)

Social

89.9% ±5.3% (55,060  ±3,873.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Middlesex County: 92.9% 1,063,095 (±1.4% / ±16,263)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,495,563 (±0.7% / ±33,250.2)
62.6% ±4.4% (38,312  ±3,074.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 58.9% 673,404 (±1.1% / ±12,387.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,300,423 (±0.5% / ±23,318)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

26.8% ±3.4% (21,374  ±2,727) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 22.5% 362,732 (±0.7% / ±11,026)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,488 (±0.3% / ±21,752)

2.2% ±1.1% (1,612  ±761) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 3.3% 42,508 (±0.2% / ±2,940)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 238,039 (±0.1% / ±7,249)
1,612 Total veterans ±761 1,612 Male ±761 N/A Female ±218

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