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Arlington, MA

46,045 Population
5.1 square miles 8,954.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$69,007 ±$5,677 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $53,033 ±$274
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$125,701 ±$6,054 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $99,039 ±$596
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

4.6% ±1% (2,110  ±464) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 9% 427,317 (±0.2% / ±9,420)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

33.4 minutes ±0.4 (673,530  ±36,321) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31.1 70,367,210 (±0.2 / ±472,957)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

19,308 ±466 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,895,247 ±3,567
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.4 ±0.1 (45,713  ±192) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,746,815
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

5.7% ±1.4% (653  ±165) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.4% 53,161 (±0.2% / ±1,906)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

20,182 ±537 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,017,320 ±784
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$733,700 ±$22,981 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $487,600 ±$1,690
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

13.3% ±2.1% (6,053  ±932.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 13% 632,417 (±0.2% / ±9,129.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

97.3% ±3.2% (32,981  ±1,270.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.1% 3,173,983 (±0.4% / ±13,940.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
74.2% ±2.8% (25,127  ±1,065.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 49.7% 1,713,728 (±0.3% / ±9,694.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

19.2% ±1.8% (8,833  ±808) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.3% 949,338 (±0.2% / ±8,476)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

2.8% ±0.6% (1,001  ±206) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.6% 178,824 (±0.1% / ±2,753)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
1,001 Total veterans ±206 934 Male ±200 67 Female ±58

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