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Newton city, Middlesex County, MA

88,411 Population
17.8 square miles 4,959.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±2.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$78,011 ±$7,102 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Middlesex County: $55,488 ±$1,003
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $46,241 ±$464
$150,106 ±$11,450 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Middlesex County: $107,056 ±$2,793
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $85,843 ±$991

5.6% ±2.4% (4,534  ±1,934) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 6.9% 107,988 (±0.6% / ±8,964)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.4% 625,763 (±0.3% / ±19,408)

29.2 minutes ±1.8 (1,204,690  ±104,638) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 32 26,848,840 (±0.5 / ±520,041)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 31 106,704,375 (±0.3 / ±1,055,700)

Families

30,643 ±1,286 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 612,366 ±4,465
  • Massachusetts: 2,650,680 ±9,065
2.6 ±0.1 (80,942  ±1,172) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,554,615 (±0 / ±3,506)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,646,308 (±0)

2.4% ±1.2% (491  ±251) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.1% † 16,178 (±0.5% / ±2,022)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 69,139 (±0.3% / ±4,227)

Housing

33,190 ±1,693 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 645,316 ±1,392
  • Massachusetts: 2,928,818 ±274

$944,200 ±$29,479 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Middlesex County: $569,800 ±$7,248
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $418,600 ±$3,128

9.8% ±2.2% (8,651  ±1,908.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 13.8% 219,918 (±0.8% / ±13,410.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 852,503 (±0.4% / ±25,753)

Social

97.4% ±3.6% (57,263  ±3,122.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.9% 1,068,544 (±1.4% / ±15,904.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,429,635 (±0.7% / ±32,397.2)
81.1% ±3.4% (47,712  ±2,753.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 57.2% 651,071 (±1% / ±11,814.3)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 45% 2,181,743 (±0.5% / ±22,102.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

22% ±2.4% (19,412  ±2,128) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 21.5% 347,220 (±0.7% / ±10,974)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,190,192 (±0.3% / ±22,659)

2% ±0.8% (1,414  ±538) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 4% 51,154 (±0.2% / ±3,097)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,814 (±0.1% / ±7,591)
1,414 Total veterans ±538 1,414 Male ±538 N/A Female ±216

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