Medford

Population & Demographics

Medford, MA

Medford is home to 59,354 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 32,365 resident workers commute each day.

MassachusettsCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
59,354
people
Population

59,354 residents

Median age 35.9 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Medford population & demographics

Who lives in Medford — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
59,354
Median age
35.9yrs
Median household income
$129,540
Median home value
$755,500
Median gross rent
$2,509/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
59.8%
Poverty rate
7.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Medford

How Medford breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White66.0%
Asian13.0%
Hispanic or Latino8.7%
Black6.3%
Two or more races4.4%
Some other race1.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Medford

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Medford.

Medford at a glance
Employed Residents
32,365
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
6.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
8.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
26.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Boston
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Medford proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Medford commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

43 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Medford

32,365 commutes, one dot at a time

Medford

Where 32,365 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Medford, by worker count.

1Boston6.7 mi10,115
2Cambridge3.0 mi3,799
3Medford0.0 mi2,607
4Somerville1.9 mi1,283
5Waltham7.1 mi825
6Woburn5.2 mi823
7Burlington7.6 mi666
8Lexington6.4 mi504

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Medford.

1Medford0.0 mi2,607
2Boston6.7 mi2,421
3Somerville1.9 mi1,092
4Malden2.5 mi940
5Lynn8.7 mi576
6Cambridge3.0 mi568
7Everett2.9 mi515
8Arlington2.9 mi449

Top industries

The sectors that employ Medford’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
EDEducational Services26.7%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance13.3%
RTRetail Trade11.6%
COConstruction8.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services5.8%
WSWholesale Trade3.5%
TRTransportation and Warehousing3.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.2%
Connectivity

Internet options for Medford

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Medford

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