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6th Middlesex District, MA

42,308 Population
8.9 square miles 4,760.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.7 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$45,409 ±$3,799 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$82,890 ±$5,651 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

14.6% ±2.8% (5,841  ±1,151) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

30.2 minutes ±1.6 (595,855  ±50,057) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

15,788 ±627 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0.1 (39,752  ±1,442) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5.8% ±2.4% (635  ±263) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

16,426 ±645 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$575,200 ±$25,267 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

17.4% ±2.7% (7,263  ±1,162.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

82.7% ±2.9% (22,970  ±1,194.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
40.6% ±2.5% (11,282  ±814) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

40.7% ±2.9% (17,223  ±1,353) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

2.6% ±0.9% (837  ±289) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
837 Total veterans ±289 737 Male ±264 100 Female ±96

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