Census Reporter

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

4,854,808 Population
3,486.1 square miles 1,392.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,528 ±$292 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$93,537 ±$576 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

9% ±0.2% (421,702  ±8,412) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

31.5 minutes ±0.1 (74,154,480  ±410,121) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

1,852,755 ±3,076 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.5 (4,689,203  ±1,880) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.4% ±0.1% (52,496  ±1,612) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

1,972,346 ±781 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$461,500 ±$1,751 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388
  • about double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

13.2% ±0.2% (634,070  ±9,609.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

92% ±0.4% (3,131,699  ±13,807.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
49% ±0.3% (1,666,453  ±9,864.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

25.3% ±0.4% (1,165,645  ±18,457.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 1-year data
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 24.7% 1,617,051 (±0.3% / ±22,272.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

18.9% ±0.2% (918,197  ±7,699) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

4.9% ±0.1% (188,799  ±3,116) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
188,799 Total veterans ±3,116 175,629 Male ±2,828 13,170 Female ±947

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