Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

5th Middlesex District, MA

43,201 Population
18.6 square miles 2,326.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

42.5 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$75,864 ±$4,365 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$139,189 ±$7,838 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

4.7% ±1.2% (2,003  ±515) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

31.1 minutes ±1.1 (580,680  ±33,221) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

17,960 ±635 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2.4 ±0.1 (42,802  ±483) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

3.8% ±1.5% (357  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

18,531 ±660 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$724,400 ±$21,486 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329
  • more than double the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

12.8% ±2.3% (5,473  ±,985.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

97.8% ±3.7% (30,453  ±1,230.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
70.5% ±3% (21,939  ±983) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)
  • about double the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

20.7% ±2% (8,943  ±849) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

3.7% ±0.8% (1,247  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
1,247 Total veterans ±261 1,188 Male ±255 59 Female ±46

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.