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Middlesex County (East)--Cambridge PUMA, MA

121,203 Population
6.4 square miles 18,955.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

30.2 ±0.7 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$77,226 ±$4,632 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$143,108 ±$12,718 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.3% ±2.7% (12,666  ±2,753) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

26 minutes ±1.3 (1,528,735  ±121,598) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

51,275 ±2,110 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2 ±0.1 (102,731  ±177) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.9% ±1.8% (1,217  ±762) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

57,127 ±2,490 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$1,149,800 ±$84,324 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

22% ±2.4% (26,471  ±2,921.6) Moved since previous year
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.7% ±4.6% (79,177  ±4,634.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
81.6% ±4.3% (66,838  ±4,156.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

35.2% ±1.8% (40,045  ±2,017) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 25.1% 1,679,100 (±0.2% / ±11,808.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

30.8% ±3.2% (37,382  ±3,878) 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% ±0.4% (1,108  ±432) 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)
1,108 Total veterans ±432 815 Male ±357 293 Female ±256

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