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Norfolk County (Northwest)--Needham, Wellesley & Westwood PUMA, MA

117,505 Population
86.3 square miles 1,362 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$103,947 ±$8,134 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
  • more than double the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$212,917 ±$20,532 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650
  • more than double the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

3% ±1.1% (3,280  ±1,269) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

32.9 minutes ±1.1 (1,521,110  ±145,038) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

41,693 ±2,369 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0.2 (110,790  ±4,809) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.4% ±1.7% (1,129  ±454) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

42,785 ±2,317 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$1,129,200 ±$60,612 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979
  • more than double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

10.1% ±2.2% (11,738  ±2,631) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

97.6% ±1.3% (77,106  ±4,110.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
82.3% ±2% (65,037  ±3,692.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

17.1% ±1.3% (19,537  ±1,501.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 25.1% 1,679,100 (±0.2% / ±11,808.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

15.2% ±2% (17,832  ±2,475) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3% ±1% (2,717  ±889) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,717 Total veterans ±889 2,389 Male ±803 328 Female ±322

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