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Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

5,025,517 Population
3,486.1 square miles 1,441.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$63,331 ±$635 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$117,825 ±$2,297 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.8% ±0.4% (427,347  ±19,328) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31.9 minutes ±0.2 (72,930,830  ±843,432) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

1,970,240 ±6,888 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (4,850,517  ±1,456) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.2% ±0.3% (51,865  ±3,175) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

2,081,743 ±490 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$681,100 ±$4,127 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.3% ±0.4% (562,710  ±19,521.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92% ±0.8% (3,284,580  ±30,151.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
53% ±0.6% (1,891,663  ±20,979.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

27.1% ±0.4% (1,296,099  ±20,799.5) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

20.7% (1,037,969  ±18,207) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.6% ±0.2% (144,865  ±6,150) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
144,865 Total veterans ±6,150 133,202 Male ±5,829 11,663 Female ±1,668

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