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Somerville, MA

80,407 Population
4.1 square miles 19,500.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$72,746 ±$5,602 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $60,944 ±$588
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$126,619 ±$9,895 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $110,697 ±$1,909
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

12.4% ±3.2% (9,661  ±2,493) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 9% 429,171 (±0.4% / ±19,754)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

31 minutes ±3.3 (1,277,295  ±86,612) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31.1 68,201,136 (±0.3 / ±838,067)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)

Families

37,108 ±1,872 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 (77,811  ±73) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.4 4,756,588 (±0 / ±897)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613

1.3% ±0.9% (401  ±274) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.3% 50,885 (±0.3% / ±4,042)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

39,373 ±1,983 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,071,733 ±445
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$905,200 ±$71,558 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $646,600 ±$3,949
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

22.1% ±3.5% (17,619  ±2,759) 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

95.3% ±5.8% (60,156  ±4,264.2) 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)
69.9% ±4.9% (44,102  ±3,460.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 52.2% 1,825,723 (±0.6% / ±20,569.4)
  • about 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

24.5% ±3.2% (19,683  ±2,602) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.9% 980,579
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580

1.9% ±0.9% (1,429  ±624) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 3.9% 155,928 (±0.2% / ±6,310)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
1,429 Total veterans ±624 1,284 Male ±613 145 Female ±176

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