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Middlesex County (East)--Malden & Medford PUMA, MA

123,880 Population
13.1 square miles 9,424.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,100 ±$3,778 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$102,825 ±$8,752 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.2% ±2.9% (14,793  ±3,556) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

33.9 minutes ±1.2 (2,061,580  ±171,234) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

52,833 ±2,142 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (121,223  ±67) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.1% ±1.8% (1,075  ±631) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

54,661 ±2,222 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$685,700 ±$34,640 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746
  • about double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

16.4% ±2.7% (20,176  ±3,371.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

88.8% ±4.9% (83,590  ±5,321.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
52.7% ±3.8% (49,599  ±3,878.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

39.9% ±2.1% (47,320  ±2,470.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 24.8% 1,644,572 (±0.2% / ±13,262.6)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22% 68,845,870 (±0.1% / ±206,858.2)

32.3% ±3.2% (39,964  ±3,901) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

2.9% ±0.9% (3,056  ±941) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,056 Total veterans ±941 2,558 Male ±752 498 Female ±480

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