ZIP 02451 · Waltham
Who lives in ZIP code 02451 (Waltham, MA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Waltham, MA · Middlesex County
uszips 2026
People17,393
Median age40.3
Household income$122,335
Home value$752,406
Median rent$2,677/mo
Poverty8.3%
College degree+56.0%
Commute26 min
Place
- Metro area
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
- Wider region
- Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH
- Metro division
- Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, MA
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 1,262 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 7,481
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
18.8% are 65 or older; 85.5% are adults.
Household income
61.0% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $61,635.
Education (adults 25+)
58.6% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
15.2% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 44.8%
- Never married
- 39.6%
- Divorced
- 8.9%
- Widowed
- 6.7%
- Family size
- 2.92
- Dual-income families
- 63.0%
Housing
- Own their home
- 59.3%
- Rent burden
- 32.7%
- Men / women
- 50% / 50%
Work
- In labor force
- 69.5%
- Unemployment
- 3.5%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 2.7%
- With a disability
- 13.3%
- No health insurance
- 1.3%
- Limited English
- 4.5%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.