Middlesex County, Massachusetts

1,638,365 people. The median home is worth $727,800 (typical Massachusetts town: $510,150) and the median household earns $130,847.

Towns in Middlesex County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Cambridge	118,403	$1,092,100	$130,748	30.4
Lowell	115,554	$429,200	$78,658	35.6
Newton	88,923	$1,264,900	$190,304	42.1
Somerville	81,045	$911,300	$132,572	31.9
Framingham	72,362	$627,300	$107,419	37.5
Malden	66,263	$633,500	$100,606	35.8
Waltham	65,218	$748,700	$120,216	34.4
Medford	59,659	$755,500	$129,540	35.9
Everett	49,075	$610,000	$85,218	35.2
Arlington	46,308	$933,800	$150,701	41.6
Billerica	42,119	$612,000	$148,200	43.3
Marlborough	41,793	$513,100	$91,968	37.5
Woburn	40,876	$673,500	$111,185	39.3
Natick	37,006	$821,000	$138,538	43.3
Chelmsford	36,392	$593,700	$140,629	41.6
Lexington	34,454	$1,203,100	$238,444	47.3
Dracut	32,617	$473,900	$114,036	41.7
Tewksbury	31,342	$573,600	$128,061	46.1
Melrose	29,817	$822,900	$133,953	43.6
Belmont	27,295	$1,159,000	$183,137	42.9
Wakefield	27,090	$723,500	$134,306	42.4
Burlington	26,377	$740,600	$146,436	45.9
Reading	25,518	$809,000	$165,912	43.7
Westford	24,643	$748,500	$187,198	42.8
Acton	24,021	$807,300	$158,230	44.5
Wilmington	23,349	$680,500	$168,152	42.3
Stoneham	23,244	$671,900	$113,964	42.2
Winchester	22,970	$1,215,200	$230,198	42.5
Hudson	20,092	$496,800	$103,400	42.9
Sudbury	18,934	$988,900	$236,250	42.3
Ashland	18,832	$611,700	$127,539	42.1
Hopkinton	18,758	$802,700	$222,801	40.8
Concord	18,491	$1,210,000	$195,350	47.6
Hudson	15,749	$473,300	$90,524	43.8
North Reading	15,554	$710,500	$147,768	43.0
Holliston	14,996	$650,300	$159,817	45.2
Bedford	14,383	$898,500	$172,400	44.3
Wayland	13,943	$978,400	$224,000	45.0
Tyngsborough	12,380	$552,500	$129,348	39.4
Weston	11,851	$1,694,400	$250,001	44.9
Pepperell	11,604	$482,100	$124,073	42.4
Groton	11,315	$743,400	$192,958	41.4
Maynard	10,746	$527,400	$124,067	45.3
Littleton	10,141	$658,300	$149,722	43.5
Townsend	9,127	$433,200	$121,528	40.9
Ayer	8,479	$463,800	$101,875	39.2
Shirley	7,431	$427,600	$122,365	44.3
Pinehurst	7,368	$623,800	$146,250	42.6
Stow	7,174	$729,600	$185,809	44.1
Lincoln	7,014	$1,208,200	$175,117	42.3
Cochituate	6,927	$906,300	$192,361	45.8
West Concord	6,320	$904,200	$183,228	48.1
Boxborough	5,506	$706,900	$144,611	42.7
Carlisle	5,237	$1,103,900	$250,001	45.3
Sherborn	4,401	$1,026,800	$250,001	42.8
Dunstable	3,358	$674,000	$208,512	41.5
Ashby	3,193	$390,500	$115,598	50.5
Littleton Common	3,065	$558,200	$135,074	41.5
Ayer	2,986	$444,600	$74,878	42.1
Hopkinton	2,651	$666,400	$201,094	46.5

People and housing

	Middlesex County	Typical Massachusetts town
Median home value	$727,800	$510,150
Median rent	$2,201	$1,561
Median household income	$130,847	$108,622
Median age	38.9	44.8
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.5%	45.7%
Below the poverty line	7.7%	6.3%

Jobs and pay

926,104 jobs in 2024, average pay $113,704 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 1,840 storm events in Middlesex County from 1996 to 2026, with 7 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Middlesex County has been included in 35 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
September 15, 2023	Hurricane	EM-3599: Hurricane Lee
March 27, 2020	Biological	DR-4496: Covid-19 Pandemic
March 13, 2020	Biological	EM-3438: Covid-19
July 19, 2018	Snowstorm	DR-4379: Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
April 13, 2015	Severe Storm	DR-4214: Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, And Flooding
April 19, 2013	Severe Storm	DR-4110: Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, And Flooding

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).