| People QuickFacts | Medford | Massachusetts |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 56,738 | 6,607,003 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 56,173 | 6,547,629 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 1.0% | 0.9% |
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Population, 2010 | 56,173 | 6,547,629 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.2% | 5.6% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 16.6% | 21.7% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 15.2% | 13.8% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 52.2% | 51.6% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 78.6% | 80.4% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 8.8% | 6.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.2% | 0.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 6.9% | 5.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 2.7% | 2.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 4.4% | 9.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 76.2% | 76.1% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 82.0% | 86.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 21.2% | 14.7% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 25.8% | 21.4% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.2% | 88.9% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 41.7% | 38.7% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,578 | 412,617 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 28.2 | 27.5 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 24,046 | 2,808,254 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 59.9% | 63.6% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 52.1% | 41.8% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $392,600 | $343,500 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 22,461 | 2,522,409 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.37 | 2.49 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $34,615 | $35,051 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $72,033 | $65,981 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.8% | 10.7% |
| Business QuickFacts | Medford | Massachusetts |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,623 | 596,790 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.7% | 3.4% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.4% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 8.7% | 4.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.0% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 3.3% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 29.8% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 79,882 | 86,428,959 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 413,026 | 95,275,672 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 596,289 | 88,082,966 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $10,735 | $13,553 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 82,645 | 14,917,210 |