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Newton city, Middlesex County, MA

90,695 Population
17.8 square miles 5,087.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 39 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$97,880 ±$7,023 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Middlesex County: $70,054 ±$1,305
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
$179,843 ±$21,233 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Middlesex County: $133,617 ±$3,961
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650

4.9% ±1.7% (4,100  ±1,436) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.9% 126,373 (±0.6% / ±9,853)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)

29.8 minutes ±0.9 (1,018,690  ±100,344) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Middlesex County: 31.7 23,752,050 (±0.5 / ±494,651)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)

Families

34,929 ±1,974 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 642,129 ±3,550
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
2.4 ±0.1 (84,217  ±210) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,604,045 (±0 / ±418)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639

2% ±1.2% (399  ±249) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 4.2% † 17,476 (±0.6% / ±2,277)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)

Housing

36,671 ±2,240 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 670,331 ±179
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244

$1,303,100 ±$114,869 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Middlesex County: $759,800 ±$14,059
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979

10.4% ±3% (9,375  ±2,723) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 11.9% 196,334 (±0.7% / ±11,356.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)

Social

97.8% ±5.9% (62,792  ±4,318.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93% 1,101,856 (±1.4% / ±16,512.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
81.1% ±5.4% (52,073  ±3,888.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 60.3% 714,875 (±1.1% / ±12,453)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)

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

21.9% ±2.7% (19,884  ±2,424) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 24% 399,745
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811

1.9% ±0.9% (1,418  ±664) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 3.1% 41,243 (±0.2% / ±3,296)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
1,418 Total veterans ±664 1,134 Male ±453 284 Female ±317

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