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Census Tract 3540, Middlesex, MA

4,869 Population
0.2 square miles 29,741.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

26.9 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cambridge: 30.4 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.2

Economics

$72,968 ±$13,990 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cambridge: $78,723 ±$2,057
  • a little higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $69,556 ±$581
$85,592 ±$12,979 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Cambridge: $130,748 ±$3,564
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Middlesex County: $130,847 ±$1,164

21.7% ±12.5% (804  ±478) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times 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)

23.5 minutes ±6.6 (40,300  ±7,752) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Cambridge: 25.9 1,249,725 (±0.4 / ±50,788)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 29.9 20,027,116 (±0.2 / ±201,745)

Families

2,132 ±204 Number of households
  • Cambridge: 49,444 ±765
  • Middlesex County: 634,215 ±1,681
1.7 ±0.2 (3,695  ±552) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Cambridge: 2.1 101,596 (±0 / ±99)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,578,949 (±0 / ±254)

2.7% ±2.8% (55  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cambridge: 3.3% † 1,291 (±0.7% / ±269)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,523 (±0.3% / ±1,052)

Housing

2,375 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Cambridge: 54,840 ±793
  • Middlesex County: 664,267 ±238

$951,800 ±$85,722 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Cambridge: $1,092,100 ±$42,162
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Middlesex County: $727,800 ±$3,891

25.3% ±5.8% (1,210  ±311) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Cambridge: 25.5% 29,983 (±1.4% / ±1,690.3)
  • about double the rate in Middlesex County: 12.8% 207,868 (±0.4% / ±5,782)

Social

100% ±6.9% (2,881  ±375.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Cambridge: 96.1% 76,142 (±2% / ±1,894.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.2% 1,081,524 (±0.7% / ±7,546)
91.5% ±6.8% (2,635  ±349.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cambridge: 80.8% 64,037 (±1.8% / ±1,700.4)
  • about 1.5 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

24.2% ±4.9% (1,178  ±273) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Cambridge: 29.7% 35,245 (±1.2% / ±1,451)
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 23.1% 378,142

1.8% ±1.2% (79  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Cambridge: 1.6% † 1,704 (±0.3% / ±275)
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 3.3% 43,892 (±0.1% / ±1,337)
79 Total veterans ±53 64 Male ±48 15 Female ±23

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