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Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

4,899,932 Population
3,486.1 square miles 1,405.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.9 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$54,437 ±$583 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $49,746 ±$459
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$100,750 ±$1,474 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $89,645 ±$1,287
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

9.3% ±0.4% (441,663  ±19,550) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,138 (±0.3% / ±21,871)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

28.4 minutes ±0.2 (53,330,876  ±718,528) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 27.5 73,941,424 (±0.2 / ±862,637)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

1,920,160 ±7,378 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,759,018 ±9,086
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (4,733,402  ±4,200) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,738,001 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.6% ±0.3% (54,777  ±4,005) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,136 (±0.3% / ±4,819)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

2,048,672 ±1,792 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,017,772 ±315
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$561,500 ±$4,613 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $480,600 ±$3,093
  • about double the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

13.2% ±0.4% (641,177  ±19,507) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 872,355 (±0.3% / ±22,449.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

92.1% ±0.8% (3,189,091  ±28,364) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,495,563 (±0.7% / ±33,250.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
51.1% ±0.6% (1,771,011  ±20,015.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,300,423 (±0.5% / ±23,318)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

25.5% ±0.4% (1,184,939  ±17,190.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 24.6% 1,629,599 (±0.4% / ±23,757)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

19.5% ±0.3% (955,921  ±16,666) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,488 (±0.3% / ±21,752)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

3.9% ±0.2% (154,707  ±5,855) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 238,039 (±0.1% / ±7,249)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
154,707 Total veterans ±5,855 143,564 Male ±5,120 11,143 Female ±1,695

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