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Waltham city, Middlesex County, MA

65,840 Population
12.7 square miles 5,166.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 39 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$51,584 ±$5,376 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Middlesex County: $70,054 ±$1,305
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
$104,594 ±$32,010 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $133,617 ±$3,961
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650

9.4% ±1.6% (5,392  ±925) Persons below poverty line * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 122,596 (±0.3% / ±4,532)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

24.7 minutes ±1.7 (688,765  ±33,625) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 29.9 20,027,116 (±0.2 / ±201,745)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

24,805 ±1,931 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 642,129 ±3,550
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
2.2 ±0.2 (55,056  ±455) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,604,045 (±0 / ±418)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639

5.2% ±3% (1,010  ±581) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 4.2% † 17,476 (±0.6% / ±2,277)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)

Housing

26,038 ±2,294 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 670,331 ±179
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244

$759,600 ±$61,169 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Middlesex County: $759,800 ±$14,059
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979

15.3% ±3.6% (9,889  ±2,329.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 11.9% 196,334 (±0.7% / ±11,356.4)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)

Social

92.4% ±7.6% (39,468  ±3,976.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 93% 1,101,856 (±1.4% / ±16,512.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
57.1% ±6.5% (24,396  ±3,099.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Middlesex County: 60.3% 714,875 (±1.1% / ±12,453)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

31.2% ±5.1% (20,560  ±3,366) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 24% 399,745
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811

3.4% ±1.4% (1,952  ±825) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 3.1% 41,243 (±0.2% / ±3,296)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
1,952 Total veterans ±825 1,952 Male ±825 N/A Female ±228

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