Medford, Massachusetts


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Medford
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Population 2000:55,765
Population 2002:55,137
Area codes:781 339
Foreign born:16.2% (6.6% Europe, 5.2% Latin America, 3.4% Asia)
Elevation:14 feet
Land area:8.1 square miles
County:Middlesex
Industries:Educational,health and social services (23.6%), Professional,scientific,management,administrative,and waste management services (14.3%), Retail trade (11.3%).
Population growth:-628 (-1.13%)
Races
White Non-Hispanic:85.0%
Black:6.1%
Hispanic:2.6%
Two or more races:2.3%
Chinese:1.6%
Other race:1.1%
Asian Indian:0.7%
Vietnamese:0.6%
Marital Status
Now married:45.9%
Never married:37.1%
Widowed:8.4%
Divorced:7.1%
Separated:1.5%
Median
House value:$226,800
Household income:$52,476
Resident age:37.5 years
Medford Compared to Massachusetts State Average
House age:much above
Median house value:much above
Length of stay since moving in:above
Black race population percentage:below
Foreign-born population percentage:much above
Population density:above
Education
High school or higher:85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher:31.7%
Graduate or professional degree:11.8%
Unemployed:3.6%
Crime Statistics
2002 burglaries:196 (347.2 per 100,000)
2002 auto thefts:171 (302.9 per 100,000)
2002 crime index:162.7 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 robberies:45 (79.7 per 100,000)
2002 assaults:25 (44.3 per 100,000)
2002 rapes:8 (14.2 per 100,000)
2002 larceny counts:1,041 (1843.9 per 100,000)
2002 murders:none
Ancestries
Italian:31.2%
Irish:25.6%
English:7.8%
German:3.8%
United States:3.2%
West Indian:3.0%
 

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Medford, Massachusetts ZIP Codes: 02155