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Watertown Town city, Middlesex County, MA

35,270 Population
4 square miles 8,825.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$72,891 ±$3,483 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $67,471 ±$640
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$123,422 ±$5,781 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Middlesex County: $126,779 ±$1,428
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

6.1% ±1.2% (2,146  ±418) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.5% 118,146 (±0.3% / ±4,951)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

26.2 minutes ±0.6 (397,920  ±26,799) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 30 20,568,324 (±0.1 / ±197,358)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

16,210 ±457 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 630,939 ±1,636
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.2 ±0.1 (34,949  ±51) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,567,690 (±0 / ±341)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

5.8% ±1.7% (519  ±158) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,139 (±0.2% / ±917)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

17,059 ±511 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 660,814 ±194
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$737,600 ±$34,475 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $687,200 ±$3,534
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

16.9% ±2.6% (5,893  ±918.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 13.1% 211,324 (±0.3% / ±5,317)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

95.2% ±4.1% (26,641  ±1,221.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 93.4% 1,073,596 (±0.7% / ±7,521.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
67.2% ±3.4% (18,806  ±999.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 59% 677,768 (±0.5% / ±5,483.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

26.5% ±2.6% (9,332  ±928) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 22.6% 366,954
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

3.4% ±0.8% (1,033  ±246) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 3.5% 45,564 (±0.1% / ±1,561)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
1,033 Total veterans ±246 878 Male ±229 155 Female ±125

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