Middlesex County * Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro
38.5K
Population
$120K
Median income
per household
$1.2M
Home value
13.5%
Poverty rate
What stands out
4 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Housing stretch: typical home values are about 10.1× the median household income.
Median household income
$120K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$75.5K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$1.2M
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
51.6%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
29.3%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
27.7%
Approaching 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
10.1×
Above typical 3-5x ratio
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
| Income bracket | Share of households |
|---|---|
| < $50k | 21.6% |
| $50–100k | 19.4% |
| $100–200k | 28.7% |
| $200k+ | 30.2% |
Owner-occupied vs renter-occupied housing (ACS).
| Tenure | Percent |
|---|---|
| Owners | 41.9% |
| Renters | 58.1% |
6 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
21.0%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
5.6%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
6.6%
U.S.
13.1%
3 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
100+ Mbps coverage
99.8%
U.S.
89.6%
Gigabit ready
78.2%
U.S.
46.1%
5G available
94.9%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
85.6%
U.S.
35.7%
A high share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher often correlates with higher-paying jobs and knowledge-economy industries.
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
School districts
How this ZIP compares to other ZIP codes nationwide.
12 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 3542
21.2%
Tract 3543
17.3%
Tract 3546.01
10.8%
Tract 3536
9.5%
Tract 3541
8.9%
Others (7)
31.7%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
MA-5
93.1%
MA-7
6.9%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology
Where College Degrees Concentrate - and Where They Don’t
More than a third of U.S. adults 25+ now hold a bachelor’s degree. But the distribution is sharply uneven across states and metros.
More Than Half of U.S. Renters Are Cost-Burdened
A majority of American renters now spend 30% or more of their income on housing. The burden is sharpest in Florida, where 6 of the 10 most-burdened metros cluster.
Millennial Homeownership Is a Split Story
Households in their 30s and early 40s sit in a very different position from both younger adults and older owners - and the gaps get wider by race, education, and family structure.
