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Cambridge, MA

118,208 Population
6.4 square miles 18,479 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.4 ±1.3 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$78,541 ±$6,340 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $60,944 ±$588
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$134,307 ±$10,557 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $110,697 ±$1,909
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

11.7% ±3.4% (11,922  ±3,413) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 9% 429,171 (±0.4% / ±19,754)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

27.1 minutes ±1.6 (1,441,175  ±129,761) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31.1 68,201,136 (±0.3 / ±838,067)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)

Families

49,310 ±2,150 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,949,953 ±7,358
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
2.1 ±0.1 (101,143  ±80) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.4 4,756,588 (±0 / ±897)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613

3.7% ±2% (1,557  ±843) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.3% 50,885 (±0.3% / ±4,042)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

55,678 ±2,797 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,071,733 ±445
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$987,400 ±$83,676 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $646,600 ±$3,949
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

22.9% ±2.7% (26,712  ±3,197.4) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 11.8% 574,519 (±0.4% / ±21,468.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)

Social

97% ±3.6% (76,655  ±4,248.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.3% 3,230,512 (±0.8% / ±28,116.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
82.7% ±3.5% (65,359  ±3,884.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 52.2% 1,825,723 (±0.6% / ±20,569.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)

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

27.8% ±2.9% (32,905  ±3,412) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.9% 980,579
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580

1.4% ±0.5% (1,415  ±473) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 3.9% 155,928 (±0.2% / ±6,310)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
1,415 Total veterans ±473 1,178 Male ±428 237 Female ±202

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