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

130,986 Population
19.8 square miles 6,608.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$66,469 ±$3,404 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $46,241 ±$464
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$121,787 ±$7,798 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $85,843 ±$991
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

5.6% ±1.5% (7,327  ±1,891) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.4% 625,763 (±0.3% / ±19,408)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

31.4 minutes ±0.9 (2,141,540  ±124,993) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 31 106,704,375 (±0.3 / ±1,055,700)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

53,759 ±1,970 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,650,680 ±9,065
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.4 ±0.1 (130,037  ±2,452) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,646,308 (±0)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5% ±2.2% (1,570  ±688) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 69,139 (±0.3% / ±4,227)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

55,636 ±2,396 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 2,928,818 ±274
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$758,400 ±$29,777 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $418,600 ±$3,128
  • more than double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

13.7% ±2.5% (17,759  ±3,256.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 852,503 (±0.4% / ±25,753)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

97.1% ±3.9% (91,968  ±4,567.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,429,635 (±0.7% / ±32,397.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
74.7% ±3.5% (70,778  ±3,909.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45% 2,181,743 (±0.5% / ±22,102.4)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

25% ±1.3% (30,266  ±1,578.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 23.8% 1,547,306 (±0.2% / ±10,554.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 21.6% 65,947,773 (±0.1% / ±212,842.9)

21.1% ±2.2% (27,573  ±2,942) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,190,192 (±0.3% / ±22,659)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

3.2% ±1% (3,217  ±974) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,814 (±0.1% / ±7,591)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
3,217 Total veterans ±974 2,929 Male ±937 288 Female ±316

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