People QuickFacts Somerville Massachusetts Population, 2011 estimate 76,519 6,607,003 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 75,754 6,547,629 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.0% 0.9% Population, 2010 75,754 6,547,629 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 4.6% 5.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 12.1% 21.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 9.1% 13.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.9% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 73.9% 80.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 6.8% 6.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 8.7% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 3.6% 2.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 10.6% 9.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 69.1% 76.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 76.6% 86.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 26.0% 14.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 32.3% 21.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 89.3% 88.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 52.8% 38.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,753 412,617 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 28.4 27.5  Housing units, 2010 33,720 2,808,254 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 33.3% 63.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 84.9% 41.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $447,000 $343,500 Households, 2007-2011 31,476 2,522,409 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.29 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $32,785 $35,051 Median household income, 2007-2011 $64,480 $65,981 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 14.9% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Somerville Massachusetts Total number of firms, 2007 6,015 596,790 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.1% 3.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 7.3% 4.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.3% 3.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 36.5% 29.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 269,234 86,428,959 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 291,192 95,275,672 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 761,543 88,082,966 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,061 $13,553 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) D 14,917,210     Geography QuickFacts Somerville Massachusetts Land area in square miles, 2010 4.12 7,800.06 Persons per square mile, 2010 18,404.8 839.4 FIPS Code 62535 25 Counties Middlesex County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts