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Cambridge, MA

121,203 Population
6.4 square miles 18,947.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$77,226 ±$4,632 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $63,331 ±$635
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
$143,108 ±$12,718 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $117,825 ±$2,297
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650

12.3% ±2.7% (12,666  ±2,753) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.8% 427,347 (±0.4% / ±19,328)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)

26 minutes ±1.3 (1,528,735  ±121,598) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31.9 72,930,830 (±0.2 / ±843,432)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)

Families

51,275 ±2,110 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,970,240 ±6,888
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
2 ±0.1 (102,731  ±177) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,850,517 (±0 / ±1,456)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639

2.9% ±1.8% (1,217  ±762) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.2% 51,865 (±0.3% / ±3,175)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)

Housing

57,127 ±2,490 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,081,743 ±490
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244

$1,149,800 ±$84,324 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $681,100 ±$4,127
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979

22% ±2.4% (26,471  ±2,921.6) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 11.3% 562,710 (±0.4% / ±19,521.5)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)

Social

96.7% ±4.6% (79,177  ±4,634.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92% 3,284,580 (±0.8% / ±30,151.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
81.6% ±4.3% (66,838  ±4,156.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 53% 1,891,663 (±0.6% / ±20,979.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)

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

30.8% ±3.2% (37,382  ±3,878) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 20.7% 1,037,969
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811

1% ±0.4% (1,108  ±432) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 3.6% 144,865 (±0.2% / ±6,150)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
1,108 Total veterans ±432 815 Male ±357 293 Female ±256

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