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Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

4,919,179 Population
3,486.1 square miles 1,411.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$60,944 ±$588 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$110,697 ±$1,909 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9% ±0.4% (429,171  ±19,754) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

31.1 minutes ±0.3 (68,201,136  ±838,067) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

1,949,953 ±7,358 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±0 (4,756,588  ±897) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.3% ±0.3% (50,885  ±4,042) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

2,071,733 ±445 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$646,600 ±$3,949 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.8% ±0.4% (574,519  ±21,468.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

92.3% ±0.8% (3,230,512  ±28,116.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
52.2% ±0.6% (1,825,723  ±20,569.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

26.1% ±0.4% (1,220,696  ±18,860.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

19.9% ±2,251.3% (980,579  ±20,361) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

3.9% ±0.2% (155,928  ±6,310) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
155,928 Total veterans ±6,310 142,935 Male ±5,835 12,993 Female ±1,980

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