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Middlesex County--Newton & Waltham PUMA, MA

156,535 Population
30.6 square miles 5,120.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$78,407 ±$4,614 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$144,954 ±$13,721 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.6% ±2.2% (10,639  ±3,023) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.6 minutes ±0.9 (1,776,955  ±134,804) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

59,734 ±2,524 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (139,273  ±644) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.6% ±1.5% (1,409  ±608) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

62,709 ±2,851 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$1,024,000 ±$63,714 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.4% ±2.3% (19,264  ±3,576.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.6% ±4.7% (102,260  ±5,899.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
71.5% ±4.1% (76,469  ±4,996.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

29.9% ±1.5% (44,130  ±2,177.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 25.1% 1,679,100 (±0.2% / ±11,808.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

25.8% ±2.7% (40,444  ±4,190) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.6% ±0.8% (3,370  ±1,062) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,370 Total veterans ±1,062 3,086 Male ±930 284 Female ±317

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