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17th Middlesex District, MA

44,935 Population
8.1 square miles 5,575.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$40,814 ±$1,935 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$80,693 ±$3,769 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

12.9% ±1.9% (5,725  ±871) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

27.9 minutes ±1 (564,600  ±37,093) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

17,568 ±677 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0 (44,322  ±1,762) 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

5.9% ±2.6% (652  ±294) 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 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

18,198 ±698 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$419,200 ±$16,115 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

13.5% ±1.9% (5,992  ±893.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

84.9% ±2.7% (27,060  ±1,341.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
31.4% ±2.1% (9,999  ±763) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)
  • about 90 percent of 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

28.5% ±2% (12,795  ±1,026) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518
  • about double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

3.4% ±0.6% (1,209  ±223) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,209 Total veterans ±223 1,151 Male ±219 58 Female ±45

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