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Waltham, MA

62,832 Population
12.7 square miles 4,932.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±0.9 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: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$39,299 ±$1,211 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $43,348 ±$223
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $39,913 ±$175
$83,249 ±$4,169 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $81,838 ±$480
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $74,167 ±$380

9.8% ±1.5% (5,456  ±837) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 10% 462,142 (±0.2% / ±7,447)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.1% 727,546 (±0.1% / ±9,337)

25.2 minutes ±0.7 (849,225  ±29,904) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31 73,576,875 (±0.1 / ±384,718)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 96,351,855 (±0.1 / ±430,392)

Families

23,722 ±560 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,804,136 ±3,670
  • Massachusetts: 2,585,715 ±5,003
2.3 ±0.1 (55,252  ±413) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.6 4,604,453 (±0 / ±1,727)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,538,591

4.7% ±1.2% (858  ±213) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.6% 54,980 (±0.2% / ±1,749)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.6% 76,567 (±0.1% / ±2,150)

Housing

25,518 ±612 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,930,177 ±694
  • Massachusetts: 2,864,989 ±473

$463,600 ±$9,190 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $393,500 ±$1,119
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $352,600 ±$792

17.4% ±1.5% (10,826  ±948.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 13.6% 639,653 (±0.2% / ±8,474.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 13% 875,764 (±0.2% / ±10,200.9)

Social

91% ±2.7% (39,161  ±1,323.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 91.3% 3,026,080 (±0.4% / ±11,659.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.3% 4,248,456 (±0.3% / ±14,031.3)
50.7% ±2.1% (21,816  ±964) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 46.4% 1,537,927 (±0.2% / ±8,006.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 42.1% 1,980,861 (±0.2% / ±9,263.9)

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

28.3% ±1.7% (17,772  ±1,065) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 18.2% 866,821 (±0.2% / ±7,821)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 16.2% 1,097,229 (±0.1% / ±8,947)

3.9% ±0.6% (2,089  ±328) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 5.6% 210,732 (±0.1% / ±2,842)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 6% 325,299 (±0.1% / ±2,990)
2,089 Total veterans ±328 1,941 Male ±306 148 Female ±72

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