Editing Medford, Massachusetts (section)

==Demographics==

{{See also|List of Massachusetts locations by per capita income}}
{{Historical populations
|type= USA
|1790|1029
|1800|1114
|1810|1443
|1820|1474
|1830|1755
|1840|2478
|1850|3749
|1860|4842
|1870|5717
|1880|7573
|1890|11079
|1900|18244
|1910|23150
|1920|39038
|1930|59714
|1940|63083
|1950|66113
|1960|64971
|1970|64397
|1980|58076
|1990|57407
|2000|55765
|2010|56173
|2020|59659
|2024*|59898
|estref=<ref>{{cite web | title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2022| publisher=United States Census Bureau | access-date=May 22, 2023 | url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html }}</ref>
|source={{center|U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/medfordcitymassachusetts,US/PST045219|title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: United States|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=September 16, 2021}}</ref>}}
|footnote=* = population estimate.  {{Historical populations/Massachusetts municipalities references}}<ref name="1950_Census_Urban_populations_since_1790">{{cite journal |title=1950 Census of Population|volume=1: Number of Inhabitants|at=Section 6, Pages 21–7 through 21-09, Massachusetts Table 4. Population of Urban Places of 10,000 or more from Earliest Census to 1920|publisher=Bureau of the Census|access-date=July 12, 2011|year=1952|url=http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/23761117v1ch06.pdf}}</ref>
}}

Irish Americans have a strong presence in the city and live in all areas. [[South Medford, Massachusetts|South Medford]] is a traditionally Italian neighborhood. West Medford, the most affluent of Medford's many neighborhoods, was once the bastion of some of Boston's elite families—including [[Peter Chardon Brooks]], one of the wealthiest men in post-colonial America and father-in-law to [[Charles Francis Adams, Sr.|Charles Francis Adams]]—and is also home to a historic [[African-American neighborhood]] that dates to the Civil War.<ref>{{cite web|last=Scott|first=Helman|title=Change on the Mystic|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2013/02/10/west-medford-historically-black-community-crossroads/aiGJYLMNo5TjnJmzSrJ9bK/story.html|work=Boston Globe|access-date=January 15, 2014}}</ref>

Between 2021 and 2022, the United States Census Bureau ranked Medford as having one of the nation's fastest-growing populations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/subcounty-metro-micro-estimates.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=May 22, 2023|title=Large Southern Cities Lead Nation in Population Growth}}</ref>

As of the census<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212221153/http://factfinder.census.gov/main.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 February 2020|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=31 January 2008|title=American FactFinder}}</ref> of 2010, there were 56,173 people, 22,810 households, and 13,207 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|6,859.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 24,046 housing units at an average density of {{convert|2,796.0|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 78.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 8.80% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 6.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.01% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 2.8% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 2.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 4.4% of the population.

There were 22,810 households, of which 22.3% had children under 18 living with them, 42.5% were married couples living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.1% were non-families. 24.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.00.

The population was spread out in the city, with 13.8% under the age of 15, 14.3% from 15 to 24, 31.7% from 25 to 44, 24.9% from 45 to 64, and 15.2% who were 65 or older. The median age was 37.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF |title=American FactFinder - Results |access-date=15 November 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129082905/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?src=CF |archive-date=November 29, 2014 }}</ref>

The median income for a household in the city was $52,476, and the median income for a family was $62,409. Males had a median income of $41,704 versus $34,948 for females. The per capita income for the city was $24,707. About 4.1% of families and 6.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.7% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.

Medford has three [[Public, educational, and government access]] (PEG) cable TV channels. The [[Public-access television]] channel is [[TV3 Medford|TV3]], The [[Distance learning|Educational-access television]] is channel 15, and 16 is the [[Government-access television]] (GATV) municipal channel.