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Watertown city, Middlesex County, MA

35,543 Population
4 square miles 8,894.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$73,851 ±$3,569 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $69,556 ±$581
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$126,265 ±$6,062 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Middlesex County: $130,847 ±$1,164
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.5% ±1.6% (2,653  ±560) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 122,596 (±0.3% / ±4,532)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.6 minutes ±0.8 (407,775  ±27,734) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 29.9 20,027,116 (±0.2 / ±201,745)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

16,371 ±500 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 634,215 ±1,681
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (35,181  ±46) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,578,949 (±0 / ±254)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±1.5% (426  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,523 (±0.3% / ±1,052)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

17,206 ±496 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 664,267 ±238
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$784,600 ±$31,188 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $727,800 ±$3,891
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

16.1% ±2.4% (5,660  ±841.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 12.8% 207,868 (±0.4% / ±5,782)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.1% ±3.9% (27,047  ±1,229.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 93.2% 1,081,524 (±0.7% / ±7,546)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
66.5% ±3.1% (18,924  ±966.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 59.5% 690,381 (±0.5% / ±5,529.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

25.7% ±2.4% (9,120  ±834) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 23.1% 378,142
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.4% ±0.8% (1,026  ±251) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Middlesex County: 3.3% 43,892 (±0.1% / ±1,337)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,026 Total veterans ±251 840 Male ±245 186 Female ±139

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