ZIP 02452 · Waltham
Who lives in ZIP code 02452 (Waltham, MA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Waltham, MA · Middlesex County
uszips 2026
People15,808
Median age31.6
Household income$118,431
Home value$811,618
Median rent$2,322/mo
Poverty11.7%
College degree+53.8%
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
- 1,601 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 5,362
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
16.2% are 65 or older; 88.6% are adults.
Household income
57.3% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $37,984.
Education (adults 25+)
50.4% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
12.3% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 33.4%
- Never married
- 55.7%
- Divorced
- 7.2%
- Widowed
- 3.7%
- Family size
- 2.84
- Dual-income families
- 53.8%
Housing
- Own their home
- 51.1%
- Rent burden
- 30.3%
- Men / women
- 48% / 52%
Work
- In labor force
- 61.6%
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 2.9%
- With a disability
- 10.5%
- No health insurance
- 2.7%
- Limited English
- 5.2%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.