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Middlesex County--Watertown Town City, Arlington, Belmont & Winchester Towns PUMA, MA

130,046 Population
19.8 square miles 6,561 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$67,710 ±$2,468 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$118,889 ±$3,777 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

5.3% ±0.7% (6,784  ±880) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

31.5 minutes ±0.1 (1,925,015  ±49,729) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

53,189 ±798 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.4 ±0 (128,822  ±278) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

5.1% ±0.8% (1,615  ±254) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

55,594 ±834 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$737,100 ±$15,715 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388
  • more than double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

12.5% ±1.2% (16,114  ±1,535) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

96.7% ±1.9% (91,930  ±2,026.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
71.8% ±1.6% (68,192  ±1,683.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

26% ±1.5% (31,705  ±1,775.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 23.9% 1,557,098 (±0.2% / ±12,389.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

21.1% ±1% (27,498  ±1,256) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

3.7% ±0.5% (3,822  ±520) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
  • about half the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
3,822 Total veterans ±520 3,520 Male ±484 302 Female ±163

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