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Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

4,836,531 Population
3,485.9 square miles 1,387.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$45,273 ±$495 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $41,821 ±$392
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$85,691 ±$1,136 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $77,385 ±$907
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

9.6% ±0.4% (448,807  ±19,750) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.5% 692,201 (±0.3% / ±22,499)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

31.4 minutes ±0.3 (76,508,480  ±811,664) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.8 99,649,360 (±0.2 / ±969,199)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

1,823,034 ±7,528 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,604,954 ±9,148
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.6 ±0 (4,669,467  ±3,944) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,609,225 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

4.5% ±0.4% (54,169  ±4,261) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.6% 76,690 (±0.3% / ±5,348)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

1,955,479 ±1,594 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 2,894,590 ±311
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$441,400 ±$2,971 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $385,400 ±$2,465
  • about double the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

13.8% ±0.4% (661,364  ±21,037.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 13.3% 901,787 (±0.4% / ±24,028.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

91.7% ±0.8% (3,100,315  ±25,964.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,346,115 (±0.7% / ±31,030.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
47.6% ±0.5% (1,608,411  ±17,272) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 43.4% 2,078,671 (±0.4% / ±19,777.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

25.3% ±0.4% (1,156,553  ±20,200.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 24% 1,562,135 (±0.3% / ±21,413.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

19% ±0.4% (920,787  ±17,803) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,156,472 (±0.3% / ±19,090)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

5.1% ±0.1% (195,277  ±5,532) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.6% 304,373 (±0.1% / ±7,627)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
195,277 Total veterans ±5,532 181,148 Male ±5,438 14,129 Female ±1,903

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