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Waltham, MA

62,979 Population
12.7 square miles 4,942 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±0.8 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

$41,107 ±$1,408 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $45,416 ±$252
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$85,677 ±$5,912 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $85,508 ±$612
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

10.9% ±2% (6,108  ±1,116) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 9.8% 456,919 (±0.2% / ±8,377)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

26.1 minutes ±0.7 (878,370  ±35,295) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 31.4 75,553,135 (±0.1 / ±343,345)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

23,631 ±603 Number of households
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,819,113 ±3,513
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.3 ±0.1 (55,377  ±523) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 2.6 4,644,563 (±0 / ±1,785)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

5.2% ±1.4% (938  ±252) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 4.5% 53,765 (±0.1% / ±1,701)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

25,299 ±649 Number of housing units
  • the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 1,945,646 ±766
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$497,100 ±$12,503 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: $414,700 ±$1,730
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

17.9% ±1.6% (11,123  ±987.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 13.4% 636,376 (±0.2% / ±8,505.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

92.2% ±2.6% (39,186  ±1,342.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 91.4% 3,063,381 (±0.3% / ±11,472)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
52.8% ±2.1% (22,423  ±1,000) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 47.2% 1,581,789 (±0.2% / ±7,799.2)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

28.4% ±1.8% (17,875  ±1,159) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 18.6% 894,766 (±0.2% / ±7,629)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

4.1% ±0.7% (2,186  ±368) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area: 5.3% 205,047 (±0.1% / ±2,840)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
2,186 Total veterans ±368 2,059 Male ±365 127 Female ±60

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