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Medford, MA vs Evanston, IL

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- Evanston is 0% more densely populated than Medford.
- People are 2.7% more likely to be married in Evanston.
- The Median Age is 0.9 years older in Evanston.
 Medford, MAEvanston, ILUnited States
 Population  Unlock78,454329,725,481
 Female Population52.0%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population48.0%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock36.638.4
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 Population - 201056,401  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock74,239285,036,114
 Population - 199057,407  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-2.1%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now6.0%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock10,085.493.4
 Land Area8.1  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock0.0264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Medford, MAEvanston, ILUnited States
 Age 0 to 44.2%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.4%6.1%
 Age 10 to 143.8%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.2%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.6%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock6.9%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3421.4%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock12.0%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5411.6%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock5.5%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.7%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock10.2%9.6%
 Age 75 to 843.3%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.2%1.9%
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 Race
 Medford, MAEvanston, ILUnited States
 White68.4%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock15.8%12.2%
 Asian10.5%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.0%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.1%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.6%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.4%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock11.8%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Medford, MAEvanston, ILUnited States
 Married Population41.9%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock42.1%48.0%
 Married but Separated0.9%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock57.0%50.2%
 Never Married45.9%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock9.4%10.8%
 Widowed5.3%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.352.60
 Households24,765  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock16,21480,755,759
     Married couple, w/children28.6%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock44.4%42.9%
 Non Family Households11,055  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock12.9%15.8%
     Single householder, no children17.4%  Unlock10.8%
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Reviews for Medford    2 Reviews
Pattie · Medford, MA
Still Affordable
Over 11 years ago

Medford is still an affordable place to live compared to the surrounding communities of Somerville, Cambridge, Winchester, and Arlington. It has easy access to highways  More

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Pattie · Medford, MA
Medford MA
Over 18 years ago

Quality housing still at affordable prices. A nice bedroom community 7 miles from downtown Boston with excellent access to Cape Cod and New  More

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Reviews for Evanston    20 Reviews
Dan · Poplar Grove, IL
parking scam!!
Over 6 years ago

be sure to take pictures of where you park... Full-scale parking scam going on in this town. They purposely obscure self-pay parking signs. Nine out of 10 visitors  More

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Young · Evanston, IL
Really expensive place to live with little benefi
Over 6 years ago

I've lived here for two years for school. Terrible place for students. Northwestern is a great school/campus, but the city itself is NOT student friendly. Everything  More

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Nicolas · Evanston, IL
WORST Place To Live! E-Town means no LIFE
Over 9 years ago

Aside from everything else mentioned on this site about the bad aspects of Evanston - bot be overlooked is the NOISE. The People's Republic of Evanston CATERS to the  More

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