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Needham town, Norfolk County, MA

31,808 Population
12.3 square miles 2,586.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Norfolk County: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$87,067 ±$4,443 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Norfolk County: $60,406 ±$761
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$182,813 ±$17,093 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Norfolk County: $112,089 ±$1,589
  • about double the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

2.3% ±0.9% (726  ±273) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Norfolk County: 6.3% 43,922 (±0.3% / ±2,333)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

31.4 minutes ±0.7 (385,360  ±24,016) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Norfolk County: 33.6 10,873,720 (±0.3 / ±145,332)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

11,260 ±329 Number of households
  • Norfolk County: 276,744 ±928
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.8 ±0.1 (31,027  ±209) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Norfolk County: 2.5 702,433 (±0 / ±1,014)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

4.1% ±1.4% (264  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Norfolk County: 4.2% 7,158 (±0.4% / ±632)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

11,558 ±311 Number of housing units
  • Norfolk County: 289,052 ±449
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$939,800 ±$23,387 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Norfolk County: $529,200 ±$6,586
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

9.2% ±2.2% (2,908  ±683.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Norfolk County: 11.2% 79,613 (±0.5% / ±3,295.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

98.6% ±4.4% (20,698  ±1,012.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Norfolk County: 94.2% 477,397 (±1% / ±5,154.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
81% ±4% (16,999  ±911.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Norfolk County: 55.5% 281,499 (±0.8% / ±3,781.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

15.2% ±2.5% (4,841  ±807) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Norfolk County: 19.2% 138,035 (±0.4% / ±2,581)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

2.8% ±0.8% (649  ±178) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Norfolk County: 4.6% 25,891 (±0.2% / ±993)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
649 Total veterans ±178 635 Male ±177 14 Female ±22

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