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Census Tract 3539, Middlesex, MA

5,808 Population
0.1 square miles 46,544 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cambridge: 30.4 ±0.4
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.2

Economics

$29,065 ±$5,218 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Cambridge: $78,723 ±$2,057
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Middlesex County: $69,556 ±$581
$74,076 ±$15,825 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Cambridge: $130,748 ±$3,564
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Middlesex County: $130,847 ±$1,164

27.6% ±13.1% (631  ±318) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Cambridge: 12.8% 13,080 (±1.2% / ±1,249)
  • more than double the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 122,596 (±0.3% / ±4,532)

18.8 minutes ±5.6 (37,065  ±7,763) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Cambridge: 25.9 1,249,725 (±0.4 / ±50,788)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Middlesex County: 29.9 20,027,116 (±0.2 / ±201,745)

Families

1,217 ±220 Number of households
  • Cambridge: 49,444 ±765
  • Middlesex County: 634,215 ±1,681
1.9 ±0.5 (2,248  ±378) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cambridge: 2.1 101,596 (±0 / ±99)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,578,949 (±0 / ±254)

0.5% ±0.8% (15  ±24) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Cambridge: 3.3% † 1,291 (±0.7% / ±269)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,523 (±0.3% / ±1,052)

Housing

1,494 ±253 Number of housing units
  • Cambridge: 54,840 ±793
  • Middlesex County: 664,267 ±238

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Cambridge: $1,092,100 ±$42,162
  • more than double the amount in Middlesex County: $727,800 ±$3,891

30.8% ±6.1% (1,784  ±374.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Cambridge: 25.5% 29,983 (±1.4% / ±1,690.3)
  • more than double the rate in Middlesex County: 12.8% 207,868 (±0.4% / ±5,782)

Social

97.5% ±22.8% (1,842  ±304.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Cambridge: 96.1% 76,142 (±2% / ±1,894.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.2% 1,081,524 (±0.7% / ±7,546)
82.9% ±4% (1,567  ±270.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cambridge: 80.8% 64,037 (±1.8% / ±1,700.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 59.5% 690,381 (±0.5% / ±5,529.1)

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

29.8% ±5.1% (1,731  ±318) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Cambridge: 29.7% 35,245 (±1.2% / ±1,451)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 23.1% 378,142

0.3% ±0.7% (19  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Cambridge: 1.6% † 1,704 (±0.3% / ±275)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 3.3% 43,892 (±0.1% / ±1,337)
19 Total veterans ±37 19 Male ±37 N/A Female ±19

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