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Needham town, Norfolk County, MA

32,459 Population
12.3 square miles 2,639.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±1.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Norfolk County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$102,328 ±$5,735 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Norfolk County: $71,758 ±$887
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$214,308 ±$13,048 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Norfolk County: $130,739 ±$2,551
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

3.7% ±1% (1,160  ±324) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Norfolk County: 6.7% 47,744 (±0.4% / ±2,592)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

27.7 minutes ±1.2 (294,705  ±23,587) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Norfolk County: 32.5 9,653,800 (±0.3 / ±135,482)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

11,586 ±312 Number of households
  • Norfolk County: 283,368 ±824
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.7 ±0.1 (31,574  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Norfolk County: 2.5 711,784 (±0 / ±158)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

3.1% ±1.4% (200  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Norfolk County: 3.9% † 6,739 (±0.4% / ±755)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

11,929 ±293 Number of housing units
  • Norfolk County: 295,227 ±233
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$1,188,500 ±$43,035 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Norfolk County: $683,900 ±$5,690
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

8% ±2% (2,571  ±651.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Norfolk County: 10.8% 77,930 (±0.5% / ±3,263.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

97.7% ±4.1% (20,706  ±1,006.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Norfolk County: 94.5% 489,336 (±1% / ±4,978.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
81.9% ±3.8% (17,370  ±904.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Norfolk County: 58.8% 304,559 (±0.7% / ±3,727)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

16.8% ±2.4% (5,442  ±792) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Norfolk County: 19.3% 141,142
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

3% ±0.8% (704  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Norfolk County: 3.8% 22,054 (±0.2% / ±987)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
704 Total veterans ±192 667 Male ±175 37 Female ±45

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