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Total population: 75,662 (All urban)

Somerville, Massachusetts Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 32,477 (31,555 occupied: 9,663 owner occupied, 21,892 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	69%
State:	38%

Housing density: 7909 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $1,149 (lower quartile is $838, upper quartile is $1,448)

Housing units in Somerville with a mortgage: 1,866 (142 second mortgage, 188 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 846

Somerville,MA index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $480,100 (it was $262,000 in 2000)

Somerville:	$480,100
Massachusetts:	$366,400

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $341,000 - $638,000

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $518,076
Here: $518,076
State: $440,475

Townhouses or other attached units: $393,892
Here: $393,892
State: $384,213

In 2-unit structures: $525,518
Here: $525,518
State: $414,317

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $507,749
Here: $507,749
State: $431,982

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $524,404
Here: $524,404
State: $335,381

Median year house/condo built: 1939

Median year apartment built: 1939

Household type by relationship

Households: 74,956

In family households: 47,883 (9,625 male householders, 5,328 female householders)
10,633 spouses, 15,202 children (14,462 natural, 345 adopted, 395 stepchildren), 942 grandchildren, 1,709 brothers or sisters, 742 parents, 1,708 other relatives, 1,994 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 27,073 (7,667 male householders (4,212 living alone)), 8,915 female householders (5,564 living alone)), 10,491 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 2,522 (260 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 6,088 2-persons, 3,651 3-persons, 2,763 4-persons, 1,444 5-persons, 662 6-persons, 345 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 9,776 1-person, 4,388 2-persons, 1,542 3-persons, 682 4-persons, 162 5-persons, 26 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.

7,288 married couples with children.
2,863 single-parent households (523 men, 2,340 women).

64.4% of residents of Somerville speak English at home.
7.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
22.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (51% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
4.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (63% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 22,727 (29.3%)
(31.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.2
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.2
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Somerville, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 44 2 rooms: 50 3 rooms: 368 4 rooms: 916 5 rooms: 2,014 6 rooms: 2,069 7 rooms: 1,316 8 rooms: 1,066 9 or more rooms: 1,820

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Somerville, Massachusetts:
	1 room: 612 2 rooms: 2,335 3 rooms: 4,269 4 rooms: 5,224 5 rooms: 5,695 6 rooms: 2,386 7 rooms: 709 8 rooms: 378 9 or more rooms: 284

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 32
1995 to 1998: 192
1990 to 1994: 245
1980 to 1989: 1,474
1970 to 1979: 1,932
1960 to 1969: 2,102
1950 to 1959: 2,951
1940 to 1949: 2,805
1939 or earlier: 20,744

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Somerville:
	no bedroom: 64 1 bedroom: 686 2 bedrooms: 2,637 3 bedrooms: 3,262 4 bedrooms: 1,721 5 or more bedrooms: 1,293

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Somerville:
	no bedroom: 819 1 bedroom: 7,164 2 bedrooms: 9,092 3 bedrooms: 3,432 4 bedrooms: 1,051 5 or more bedrooms: 334

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Somerville in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,484 1 vehicle: 4,170 2 vehicles: 3,022 3 vehicles: 672 4 vehicles: 246 5 or more vehicles: 69

Cars and other vehicles available in Somerville in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 5,690 1 vehicle: 10,418 2 vehicles: 4,403 3 vehicles: 1,060 4 vehicles: 188 5 or more vehicles: 133

Somerville rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Somerville:

Less than $100: 106 people
$100 to $149: 65
$150 to $199: 156
$200 to $249: 334
$250 to $299: 360
$300 to $349: 165
$350 to $399: 206
$400 to $449: 252
$450 to $499: 316
$500 to $549: 297
$550 to $599: 336
$600 to $649: 382
$650 to $699: 312
$700 to $749: 474
$750 to $799: 550
$800 to $899: 936
$900 to $999: 1,393
$1,000 to $1,249: 4,004
$1,250 to $1,499: 2,873
$1,500 to $1,999: 3,250
$2,000 or more: 1,644
No cash rent: 374

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 7,644 1990 to 1994: 3,590 1985 to 1989: 3,487 1980 to 1984: 2,307 1975 to 1979: 1,652 1970 to 1974: 1,351 1970 to 1974: 1,121 1965 to 1969: 1,575

Somerville, MA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 62.6%
Number of people working at home: 1,073 (2.4% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 653
5 to 9 minutes: 2558
10 to 14 minutes: 4570
15 to 19 minutes: 5877
20 to 24 minutes: 6235
25 to 29 minutes: 3094
30 to 34 minutes: 9561
35 to 39 minutes: 1717
40 to 44 minutes: 2259
45 to 59 minutes: 4308
60 to 89 minutes: 2451
90 or more minutes: 621

Somerville mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 20,363 (45%)
Carpooled: 4,648 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4,237 (9%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 253 (1%)
Subway or elevated: 8,328 (19%)
Railroad: 207 (0%)
Taxi: 104 (0%)
Motorcycle: 30 (0%)
Bicycle: 1,251 (3%)
Walked: 4,246 (9%)
Other means: 237 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,073 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 3097
$10,000 to $14,999: 1810
$15,000 to $19,999: 1579
$20,000 to $24,999: 1476
$25,000 to $29,999: 1692
$30,000 to $34,999: 1761
$35,000 to $39,999: 1782
$40,000 to $44,999: 2137
$45,000 to $49,999: 1588
$50,000 to $59,999: 2901
$60,000 to $74,999: 3828
$75,000 to $99,999: 3694
$100,000 to $124,999: 1970
$125,000 to $149,999: 1033
$150,000 to $199,999: 684
$200,000 or more: 503

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 13490

Irish: 11110

Italian: 9322

Portuguese: 5239

Brazilian: 3726

English: 3095

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 2760

German: 2502

Haitian: 2133

United States or American: 1996

Polish: 1282

French Canadian: 1247

French (except Basque): 1247

Greek: 1123

Russian: 1110

Subsaharan African:: 877

Scottish: 804

Scotch-Irish: 680

Canadian: 627

Arab:: 598

European: 575

Swedish: 436

Eastern European: 393

Cape Verdean: 392

British: 328

Dutch: 316

Hungarian: 314

Jamaican: 292

Norwegian: 285

Lithuanian: 268

African: 248

Ukrainian: 225

Albanian: 217

Danish: 177

Welsh: 166

Lebanese: 151

Arab/Arabic: 139

Romanian: 137

Finnish: 136

Turkish: 132

Czech: 128

West Indian: 126

Barbadian: 118

Armenian: 114

Scandinavian: 109

Moroccan: 100

Austrian: 89

Swiss: 76

Syrian: 74

Israeli: 74

Northern European: 74

Latvian: 73

Ethiopian: 70

Belgian: 67

Egyptian: 66

Other Arab: 61

Icelander: 55

Celtic: 49

Iranian: 48

Slovak: 42

Ghanian: 39

Other Subsaharan African: 36

Estonian: 30

New Zealander: 30

Serbian: 28

Croatian: 27

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 26

U.S. Virgin Islander: 23

South African: 23

Bulgarian: 23

Czechoslovakian: 22

Yugoslavian: 22

Australian: 22

Bermudan: 20

Ugandan: 19

Nigerian: 19

Slavic: 18

Alsatian: 18

Somalian: 17

Slovene: 15

Soviet Union: 15

Dutch West Indian: 13

Maltese: 10

Cypriot: 9

Belizean: 9

Kenyan: 7

Palestinian: 7

Sierra Leonean: 7

Basque: 6

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Brazil (18%)
Portugal (13%)
El Salvador (10%)
Haiti (8%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (5%)
Italy (4%)
India (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 34966
Northeast: 10389
Midwest: 3219
South: 3057
West: 2078

49% of Somerville residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 45% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 33% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 723
Nursery to 4th grade: 237
5th and 6th grade: 555
7th and 8th grade: 532
9th grade: 588
10th grade: 545
11th grade: 538
12th grade, no diploma: 1,100
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,035
Less than 1 year of college: 1,006
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,204
Associate degree: 907
Bachelor's degree: 6,272
Master's degree: 2,887
Professional school degree: 685
Doctorate degree: 999

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 689
Nursery to 4th grade: 350
5th and 6th grade: 669
7th and 8th grade: 870
9th grade: 702
10th grade: 600
11th grade: 691
12th grade, no diploma: 1,019
High school graduate (or equivalency): 6,773
Less than 1 year of college: 1,141
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,226
Associate degree: 1,202
Bachelor's degree: 6,021
Master's degree: 3,736
Professional school degree: 508
Doctorate degree: 683

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.4%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 9.6%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 7.1%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 50.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 4.1%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 4.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 6.9%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 5.7%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 3.6%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 3.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $64,407
Black householders: $54,265
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $24,725
Asian householders: $54,008
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $58,962
Some other race householders: $50,455
Two or more races householders: $50,621
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $39,350

Somerville household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Somerville household income for Black householders

Somerville household income for Asian householders

Somerville household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Somerville marital status for males

Somerville marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $396,174
Black or African American householders: $466,906
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $461,958
Asian householders: $370,703
Some other race householders: $473,319
Two or more races householders: $297,771
Hispanic or Latino householders: $392,142

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 3,001
One, attached: 866
Two: 11,248
3 or 4: 9,362
5 to 9: 2,816
10 to 19: 1,589
20 to 49: 1,828
50 or more: 1,762
Mobile homes: 5

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Somerville:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (66%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%) Electricity (3%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (60%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (23%) Electricity (13%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 704

Here:	14.2%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 396

Here:	14.2%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4,652

Here:	72.4%
Massachusetts:	48.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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