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Middlesex County (East)--Somerville & Everett PUMA, MA

133,971 Population
7.5 square miles 17,771 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.9 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$63,283 ±$4,485 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$125,535 ±$8,483 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8.8% ±2.1% (11,571  ±2,736) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

33.8 minutes ±1 (2,478,630  ±160,990) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

52,371 ±2,216 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (130,962  ±170) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.5% ±1.4% (1,115  ±634) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

54,934 ±2,199 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$732,500 ±$53,201 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979
  • about double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

17% ±2.6% (22,550  ±3,460.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.2% ±4.5% (87,967  ±5,287.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
57% ±3.7% (56,216  ±4,071) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

41.7% ±1.5% (52,031  ±1,925.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 25.1% 1,679,100 (±0.2% / ±11,808.1)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

32.8% ±2.7% (43,869  ±3,635) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1% ±0.5% (1,179  ±527) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,179 Total veterans ±527 1,086 Male ±521 93 Female ±115

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