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Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

4,873,019 Population
3,486.2 square miles 1,397.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.7 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$50,421 ±$592 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $46,241 ±$464
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$94,430 ±$1,212 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $85,843 ±$991
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

8.6% ±0.4% (403,821  ±17,499) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.4% 625,763 (±0.3% / ±19,408)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

32.6 minutes ±0.3 (81,401,070  ±932,911) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 31 106,704,375 (±0.3 / ±1,055,700)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

1,855,763 ±7,355 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,650,680 ±9,065
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.5 ±0 (4,709,070  ±3,740) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,646,308 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.1% ±0.3% (49,855  ±3,207) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 69,139 (±0.3% / ±4,227)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

1,985,813 ±1,509 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 2,928,818 ±274
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$482,700 ±$3,538 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $418,600 ±$3,128
  • about double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

13.1% ±0.4% (631,006  ±21,352.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 852,503 (±0.4% / ±25,753)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

92.2% ±0.8% (3,164,935  ±28,419.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,429,635 (±0.7% / ±32,397.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
49.3% ±0.6% (1,693,687  ±19,513.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 45% 2,181,743 (±0.5% / ±22,102.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

19.2% ±0.4% (935,592  ±20,446) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,190,192 (±0.3% / ±22,659)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

4.7% ±0.2% (182,589  ±5,756) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,814 (±0.1% / ±7,591)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
182,589 Total veterans ±5,756 169,105 Male ±5,206 13,484 Female ±1,830

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