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Newton, MA

88,415 Population
17.8 square miles 4,959.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$95,839 ±$7,571 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $60,944 ±$588
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$185,154 ±$22,490 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $110,697 ±$1,909
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

6.1% ±2.3% (5,033  ±1,934) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 9% 429,171 (±0.4% / ±19,754)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

26.5 minutes ±1 (944,295  ±82,376) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31.1 68,201,136 (±0.3 / ±838,067)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)

Families

32,074 ±1,308 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,949,953 ±7,358
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
2.6 ±0.1 (82,637  ±144) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.4 4,756,588 (±0 / ±897)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 † 6,760,613 (±,198.3 / ±-555,555,600)

3.6% ±2.3% (705  ±453) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.3% 50,885 (±0.3% / ±4,042)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

34,636 ±1,606 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2,071,733 ±445
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$1,350,800 ±$103,628 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $646,600 ±$3,949
  • more than double the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

11.9% ±3.4% (10,422  ±2,993.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 11.8% 574,519 (±0.4% / ±21,468.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)

Social

97.9% ±5.1% (58,998  ±3,764.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 92.3% 3,230,512 (±0.8% / ±28,116.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
82% ±4.8% (49,406  ±3,403.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 52.2% 1,825,723 (±0.6% / ±20,569.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)

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

26.5% ±3.3% (23,432  ±2,935) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 19.9% † 980,579 (±2,251.3% / ±20,361)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% † 1,263,580 (±1,432.1% / ±22,521)

1.9% ±0.8% (1,348  ±573) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 3.9% 155,928 (±0.2% / ±6,310)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
1,348 Total veterans ±573 1,034 Male ±471 314 Female ±308

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