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Waltham, MA

62,777 Population
12.7 square miles 4,926.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.3 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$45,272 ±$1,322 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $47,604 ±$250
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$95,964 ±$2,932 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $90,333 ±$514
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

9.3% ±1.8% (5,183  ±1,015) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 9.4% 437,149 (±0.2% / ±7,537)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

25.8 minutes ±0.8 (908,055  ±36,187) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31.8 77,621,175 (±0.1 / ±334,975)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

23,690 ±474 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,831,217 ±3,880
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.3 ±0.1 (55,148  ±457) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.6 4,666,743 (±0 / ±1,671)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

4.9% ±1.2% (895  ±215) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.5% 53,841 (±0.2% / ±1,813)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

25,136 ±581 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,958,456 ±881
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$536,500 ±$14,345 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $437,500 ±$1,325
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

19% ±1.8% (11,814  ±1,088) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 13.3% 636,747 (±0.2% / ±8,501.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

92% ±2.8% (39,399  ±1,369.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 91.7% 3,097,729 (±0.4% / ±12,389.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
54.2% ±2.1% (23,227  ±999.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 48.1% 1,624,469 (±0.2% / ±8,173.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

27.5% ±1.6% (17,287  ±1,015) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 18.9% 913,319 (±0.2% / ±7,361)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

3.3% ±0.5% (1,795  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 5.1% 197,455 (±0.1% / ±2,535)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
1,795 Total veterans ±261 1,727 Male ±259 68 Female ±37

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