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Stow town, Middlesex County, MA

7,109 Population
17.3 square miles 410.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$80,817 ±$10,316 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $67,471 ±$640
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$177,862 ±$13,672 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Middlesex County: $126,779 ±$1,428
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

5% ±4.7% (352  ±336) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.5% 118,146 (±0.3% / ±4,951)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

36.4 minutes ±7.5 (92,105  ±12,864) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 30 20,568,324 (±0.1 / ±197,358)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

2,731 ±185 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 630,939 ±1,636
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.6 ±0.2 (7,103  ±34) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,567,690 (±0 / ±341)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

4.6% ±3.1% (58  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,139 (±0.2% / ±917)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

2,761 ±180 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 660,814 ±194
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$657,900 ±$31,047 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Middlesex County: $687,200 ±$3,534
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

10.4% ±4.5% (738  ±,315.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 13.1% 211,324 (±0.3% / ±5,317)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

98.7% ±8.4% (5,063  ±,492.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.4% 1,073,596 (±0.7% / ±7,521.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
76.6% ±7.3% (3,931  ±,419.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 59% 677,768 (±0.5% / ±5,483.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

9.9% ±4.7% (701  ±335) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 22.6% 366,954
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

4.4% ±2.4% (239  ±129) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 3.5% 45,564 (±0.1% / ±1,561)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
239 Total veterans ±129 235 Male ±129 4 Female ±10

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