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21st Middlesex District, MA

44,102 Population
27.2 square miles 1,622.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$78,710 ±$5,312 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$150,962 ±$12,103 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

5% ±1.1% (2,180  ±489) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

27 minutes ±1.6 (461,965  ±38,391) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

17,065 ±402 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.6 ±0.1 (43,478  ±486) 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% ±1.8% (563  ±171) 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

17,725 ±456 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$754,400 ±$30,425 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244
  • more than double the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.6% ±2.1% (4,618  ±920.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

96.6% ±4% (31,158  ±1,401.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
63.8% ±3.3% (20,583  ±1,106.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)
  • nearly double 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

20.4% ±2.1% (8,985  ±944) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4.9% ±1.3% (1,739  ±465) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,739 Total veterans ±465 1,525 Male ±365 214 Female ±154

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