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Needham town, Norfolk County, MA

31,177 Population
12.3 square miles 2,535.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Norfolk County: 40.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$80,532 ±$4,652 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Norfolk County: $55,860 ±$780
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$174,707 ±$18,991 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Norfolk County: $105,320 ±$1,736
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

2.4% ±0.9% (716  ±271) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Norfolk County: 6% 41,067 (±0.4% / ±2,425)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

32.5 minutes ±0.9 (410,090  ±23,496) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Norfolk County: 34.6 11,449,930 (±0.3 / ±156,615)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

10,765 ±327 Number of households
  • Norfolk County: 267,967 ±936
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.8 ±0.1 (30,343  ±205) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Norfolk County: 2.6 685,431 (±0 / ±848)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

4.4% ±1.5% (277  ±95) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Norfolk County: 4.3% 7,077 (±0.4% / ±608)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

11,211 ±321 Number of housing units
  • Norfolk County: 280,180 ±283
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$900,200 ±$18,796 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Norfolk County: $491,000 ±$3,543
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

7.4% ±1.6% (2,284  ±508.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Norfolk County: 11.4% 79,780 (±0.5% / ±3,425.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

97.9% ±4.2% (20,193  ±968.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Norfolk County: 94.1% 465,846 (±1% / ±4,927.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
78.1% ±3.7% (16,115  ±840.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Norfolk County: 54.6% 270,144 (±0.7% / ±3,532.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

13.8% ±1.9% (4,295  ±583) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Norfolk County: 18.5% 130,352 (±0.4% / ±2,562)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

3.8% ±0.8% (851  ±192) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Norfolk County: 5% 27,563 (±0.2% / ±1,138)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
851 Total veterans ±192 814 Male ±191 37 Female ±34

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