# Middlesex County, Massachusetts demographics

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Middlesex County, Massachusetts (county FIPS 25017) has a median household income of $130,847 (±$1,164) and a total population of 1,638,365 in the American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2020-2024.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level. The figures describe 2020-2024 (dollars in 2024 dollars), not the present. 83 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap the county (Census 2020).

Notes:

- Values are ACS 5-year estimates for 2020-2024 (dollars in 2024 dollars), not current figures.
- ZCTA-county overlaps come from the Census 2020 relationship file and use 2020 counties, by land area; Connecticut uses its legacy counties, not the planning regions in ACS 2022+.

## ACS 5-year estimates, 2020-2024

Census American Community Survey 5-year estimates for 2020-2024, with 90% margins of error as published by the Census Bureau.

| Metric | Estimate | Margin of error (90%) | ACS table |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Total population | 1,638,365 | none (controlled estimate) | B01003 |
| Median age | 38.9 years | ±0.2 years | B01002 |
| Households | 634,215 | ±1,681 | B11001 |
| Median household income (inflation-adjusted to the final ACS year) | $130,847 | ±$1,164 | B19013 |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units | $727,800 | ±$3,891 | B25077 |
| Median gross rent | $2,201 | ±$17 | B25064 |
| Owner-occupied share of occupied housing units | 61.3% | none (derived from several estimates) | B25003 (derived) |
| Renter-occupied share of occupied housing units | 38.7% | none (derived from several estimates) | B25003 (derived) |
| High school graduate or higher (age 25+) | 93.2% | none (derived from several estimates) | B15003 (derived) |
| Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+) | 59.5% | none (derived from several estimates) | B15003 (derived) |
| Share of people below the poverty level | 7.7% | none (derived from several estimates) | B17001 (derived) |
| Unemployment rate (civilian labor force) | 4.4% | none (derived from several estimates) | B23025 (derived) |

- Dollar values are in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.
- Percentages' margins of error are in percentage points (pp).

## Geography

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| County FIPS | 25017 |
| Land area | 817.88 sq mi |
| Water area | 29.07 sq mi |
| Population density | 2,003 per sq mi of land |
| Geography vintage | 2024 Gazetteer |

## ZIP codes (ZCTAs) in this county

ZCTAs that overlap the county in the Census 2020 ZCTA to county relationship file, largest share of the county's land first.

| ZCTA | Share of county land | Share of ZCTA land | County is the ZCTA's primary county |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [01450](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01450) | 4% | 100% | Yes |
| [01886](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01886) | 3.7% | 100% | Yes |
| [01748](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01748) | 3.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [01776](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01776) | 3% | 100% | Yes |
| [01742](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01742) | 2.9% | 100% | Yes |
| [01431](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01431) | 2.9% | 100% | Yes |
| [01463](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01463) | 2.8% | 100% | Yes |
| [01469](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01469) | 2.6% | 100% | Yes |
| [01752](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01752) | 2.6% | 100% | Yes |
| [01826](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01826) | 2.5% | 99.4% | Yes |
| [01876](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01876) | 2.5% | 99.2% | Yes |
| [01720](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01720) | 2.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [01746](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01746) | 2.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [01824](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01824) | 2.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [01775](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01775) | 2.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [01887](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01887) | 2.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [01701](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01701) | 2.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [02493](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02493) | 2.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [01879](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01879) | 2% | 100% | Yes |
| [01821](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01821) | 2% | 100% | Yes |
| [01460](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01460) | 2% | 100% | Yes |
| [01827](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01827) | 2% | 100% | Yes |
| [01770](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01770) | 1.9% | 100% | Yes |
| [01741](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01741) | 1.9% | 100% | Yes |
| [01464](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01464) | 1.8% | 100% | Yes |
| [01778](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01778) | 1.8% | 100% | Yes |
| [01760](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01760) | 1.8% | 100% | Yes |
| [01773](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01773) | 1.7% | 100% | Yes |
| [01864](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01864) | 1.6% | 100% | Yes |
| [01801](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01801) | 1.6% | 100% | Yes |
| [01730](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01730) | 1.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [01721](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01721) | 1.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [01749](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01749) | 1.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [01803](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01803) | 1.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [01474](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01474) | 1.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [01719](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01719) | 1.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [01867](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01867) | 1.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [02421](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02421) | 1.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [01862](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01862) | 1.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [01432](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01432) | 1% | 100% | Yes |
| [01702](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01702) | 1% | 100% | Yes |
| [02155](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02155) | 1% | 100% | Yes |
| [01880](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01880) | 0.9% | 100% | Yes |
| [02420](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02420) | 0.9% | 100% | Yes |
| [01890](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01890) | 0.7% | 100% | Yes |
| [02180](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02180) | 0.7% | 100% | Yes |
| [02451](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02451) | 0.7% | 100% | Yes |
| [01754](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01754) | 0.6% | 100% | Yes |
| [02148](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02148) | 0.6% | 100% | Yes |
| [02459](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02459) | 0.6% | 100% | Yes |
| [01852](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01852) | 0.6% | 100% | Yes |
| [02176](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02176) | 0.6% | 100% | Yes |
| [02478](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02478) | 0.6% | 100% | Yes |
| [01863](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01863) | 0.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [02472](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02472) | 0.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [01854](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01854) | 0.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [02452](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02452) | 0.5% | 100% | Yes |
| [02453](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02453) | 0.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [02149](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02149) | 0.4% | 99.9% | Yes |
| [01851](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01851) | 0.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [02474](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02474) | 0.4% | 100% | Yes |
| [02138](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02138) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [01731](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01731) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [02465](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02465) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [02476](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02476) | 0.3% | 100% | Yes |
| [02458](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02458) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [02466](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02466) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [02139](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02139) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [02143](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02143) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [02468](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02468) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [02461](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02461) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [02467](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02467) | 0.2% | 29% |  |
| [02145](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02145) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [01850](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01850) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [02460](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02460) | 0.2% | 100% | Yes |
| [02140](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02140) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [01434](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01434) | 0.1% | 17.2% |  |
| [02144](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02144) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [02462](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02462) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [02141](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02141) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [02464](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02464) | 0.1% | 100% | Yes |
| [02142](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/02142) | 0% | 100% | Yes |
| [01718](https://olympus.new-odyssey.com/data/zip/01718) | 0% | 100% | Yes |

## Sources

- American Community Survey 5-year estimates (Census Data API) (U.S. Census Bureau), ACS 5-year 2020-2024 (release acs5-2024:county), source date 2025-09-02: https://api.census.gov/data/2024/acs/acs5?get=NAME,B01003_001E,B01003_001M,B01002_001E,B01002_001M,B11001_001E,B11001_001M,B19013_001E,B19013_001M,B25077_001E,B25077_001M,B25064_001E,B25064_001M,B25003_001E,B25003_002E,B25003_003E,B15003_001E,B15003_017E,B15003_018E,B15003_019E,B15003_020E,B15003_021E,B15003_022E,B15003_023E,B15003_024E,B15003_025E,B17001_001E,B17001_002E,B23025_003E,B23025_005E&for=county:017&in=state:25
- Published by Olympus: Oct 22, 2026 (2026-10-22T13:59:21.446Z)
- Source data: U.S. Census Bureau. Works of the U.S. government are not subject to copyright in the United States.
- This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

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```

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