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Melrose, MA

29,650 Population
4.7 square miles 6,331 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$67,861 ±$3,513 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $63,282 ±$361
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$133,953 ±$14,410 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $115,863 ±$796
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

3.8% ±1% (1,115  ±286) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 8.9% 428,080 (±0.2% / ±7,208)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

34.5 minutes ±1.2 (390,125  ±28,299) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 30.3 63,123,320 (±0.1 / ±374,911)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

12,401 ±488 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,940,688 ±3,871
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.4 ±0.1 (29,346  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.5 4,788,006
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

4.5% ±2.4% (274  ±146) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.4% 52,573 (±0.2% / ±1,917)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

12,771 ±460 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,059,059 ±400
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$822,900 ±$19,886 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $646,300 ±$2,040
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

7% ±1.5% (2,068  ±425.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 12.2% 597,882 (±0.2% / ±9,253)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

95.3% ±4.6% (21,176  ±1,104.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.2% 3,237,215 (±0.4% / ±13,892.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
62% ±3.6% (13,763  ±838.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 52% 1,823,693 (±0.3% / ±9,675.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

17.6% ±2.5% (5,213  ±750) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 20% 991,133
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

2.6% ±0.7% (615  ±157) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4% 158,895 (±0.1% / ±2,917)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
615 Total veterans ±157 552 Male ±169 63 Female ±68

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