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Cambridge, MA

118,796Residents
$130,748Median household income
$2,787/moMedian gross rent
$1,092,100Median home value
30.4Median age
81%Adults with a bachelor’s degree or higher
34%Homes lived in by their owners
8.4×Home value to household income

Median rent takes about 26% of the median household income in Cambridge.

What pay do you need to rent here?

To keep rent at or below 30% of gross pay, you would need about $111,000 a year. In Massachusetts that leaves roughly $6,781 a month after tax. See the full paycheck breakdown for $110,000.

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Source: Census ACS 2024 ACS 5-year, places. Small places carry larger margins of error.