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Wakefield town, Middlesex County, MA

27,793 Population
7.4 square miles 3,759.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$67,454 ±$3,887 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Middlesex County: $69,556 ±$581
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$134,306 ±$13,946 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $130,847 ±$1,164
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

4.9% ±1.3% (1,341  ±348) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 122,596 (±0.3% / ±4,532)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

33.2 minutes ±2.1 (383,290  ±34,792) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 29.9 20,027,116 (±0.2 / ±201,745)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

11,270 ±354 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 634,215 ±1,681
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.4 ±0.1 (27,333  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,578,949 (±0 / ±254)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

5.8% ±2.2% (341  ±129) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,523 (±0.3% / ±1,052)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

11,750 ±370 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 664,267 ±238
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$723,500 ±$24,212 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Middlesex County: $727,800 ±$3,891
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

7.8% ±1.9% (2,149  ±533.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 12.8% 207,868 (±0.4% / ±5,782)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

96.4% ±4.6% (19,882  ±1,039.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.2% 1,081,524 (±0.7% / ±7,546)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
59.7% ±3.8% (12,311  ±817.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 59.5% 690,381 (±0.5% / ±5,529.1)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

10.7% ±1.7% (2,967  ±474) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 23.1% 378,142
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

2.9% ±0.6% (647  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 3.3% 43,892 (±0.1% / ±1,337)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
647 Total veterans ±139 605 Male ±131 42 Female ±35

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