ZIP 02459 · Newton Center
Who lives in ZIP code 02459 (Newton Center, MA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Newton Center, MA · Middlesex County
uszips 2026
People18,449
Median age46.0
Household income$227,594
Home value$1,449,966
Median rent$2,388/mo
Poverty3.8%
College degree+84.7%
Commute28 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
- 1,415 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 6,483
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
22.7% are 65 or older; 78.9% are adults.
Household income
76.9% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $84,419.
Education (adults 25+)
55.1% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
4.7% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 64.3%
- Never married
- 27.4%
- Divorced
- 4.4%
- Widowed
- 3.9%
- Family size
- 3.07
- Dual-income families
- 63.6%
Housing
- Own their home
- 82.7%
- Rent burden
- 24.0%
- Men / women
- 51% / 49%
Work
- In labor force
- 64.8%
- Unemployment
- 4.5%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 2.0%
- With a disability
- 6.7%
- No health insurance
- 1.4%
- Limited English
- 3.9%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.