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Newton city, Middlesex County, MA

88,911 Population
17.8 square miles 4,987.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.3 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$71,868 ±$5,257 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Middlesex County: $52,157 ±$923
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $43,349 ±$382
$142,254 ±$14,310 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Middlesex County: $100,517 ±$1,402
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $79,835 ±$970

5.4% ±2.3% (4,375  ±1,837) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.3% 113,212 (±0.6% / ±8,973)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 663,918 (±0.3% / ±20,551)

29.2 minutes ±1.1 (1,229,075  ±86,440) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 32 26,473,035 (±0.5 / ±497,060)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.5 102,698,470 (±0.2 / ±837,302)

Families

31,221 ±1,213 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 612,224 ±4,157
  • Massachusetts: 2,624,294 ±8,879
2.6 ±0.1 (81,334  ±1,006) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,556,965 (±0 / ±3,611)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,653,753 (±0)

3.4% ±1.7% (712  ±354) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.7% † 18,829 (±0.6% / ±2,245)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,345 (±0.2% / ±4,014)

Housing

32,758 ±1,190 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 641,484 ±1,436
  • Massachusetts: 2,915,043 ±327

$975,400 ±$53,714 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Middlesex County: $543,600 ±$9,627
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $400,700 ±$2,804

13.4% ±2.6% (11,845  ±2,286.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 13.7% 219,235 (±0.7% / ±11,638.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 864,299 (±0.4% / ±24,918.7)

Social

97.6% ±4.8% (57,998  ±3,373.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.9% 1,065,744 (±1.3% / ±14,884.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,386,424 (±0.7% / ±31,907.4)
79.3% ±4.4% (47,122  ±2,973.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Middlesex County: 57.8% 655,571 (±0.9% / ±10,502.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,152,010 (±0.4% / ±20,295.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

23.2% ±2.8% (20,639  ±2,485) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 21.8% 351,488 (±0.6% / ±9,846)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.4% 1,198,148 (±0.3% / ±20,609)

4.1% ±1% (2,856  ±730) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Middlesex County: 4.2% 54,777 (±0.3% / ±3,361)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 292,644 (±0.2% / ±8,712)
2,856 Total veterans ±730 2,309 Male ±582 547 Female ±488

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