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Somerville city, Middlesex County, MA

81,358 Population
4.1 square miles 19,734.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$53,822 ±$4,717 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Middlesex County: $55,488 ±$1,003
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $46,241 ±$464
$100,643 ±$7,103 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Middlesex County: $107,056 ±$2,793
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $85,843 ±$991

11.1% ±3.4% (8,708  ±2,641) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 6.9% 107,988 (±0.6% / ±8,964)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.4% 625,763 (±0.3% / ±19,408)

32.9 minutes ±0.9 (1,710,430  ±110,182) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 32 26,848,840 (±0.5 / ±520,041)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 31 106,704,375 (±0.3 / ±1,055,700)

Families

32,120 ±1,914 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 612,366 ±4,465
  • Massachusetts: 2,650,680 ±9,065
2.4 ±0.2 (78,213  ±895) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,554,615 (±0 / ±3,506)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,646,308 (±0)

2.9% ±1.4% (827  ±399) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.1% † 16,178 (±0.5% / ±2,022)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 69,139 (±0.3% / ±4,227)

Housing

35,176 ±2,151 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 645,316 ±1,392
  • Massachusetts: 2,928,818 ±274

$778,400 ±$59,276 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Middlesex County: $569,800 ±$7,248
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $418,600 ±$3,128

21.3% ±3.1% (17,211  ±2,488.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 13.8% 219,918 (±0.8% / ±13,410.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 852,503 (±0.4% / ±25,753)

Social

91.5% ±5.2% (55,332  ±4,163.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.9% 1,068,544 (±1.4% / ±15,904.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,429,635 (±0.7% / ±32,397.2)
63.6% ±4.4% (38,474  ±3,279) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 57.2% 651,071 (±1% / ±11,814.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45% 2,181,743 (±0.5% / ±22,102.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

26.5% ±4.1% (21,555  ±3,364) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 21.5% 347,220 (±0.7% / ±10,974)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,190,192 (±0.3% / ±22,659)

1.9% ±0.8% (1,303  ±546) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 4% 51,154 (±0.2% / ±3,097)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,814 (±0.1% / ±7,591)
1,303 Total veterans ±546 1,238 Male ±550 65 Female ±102

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