ZIP 02461 · Newton Highlands
Who lives in ZIP code 02461 (Newton Highlands, MA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Newton Highlands, MA · Middlesex County
uszips 2026
People6,975
Median age43.7
Household income$224,000
Home value$1,272,089
Median rent$2,978/mo
Poverty3.5%
College degree+88.1%
Commute29 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
- 1,754 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 2,630
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
14.9% are 65 or older; 74.4% are adults.
Household income
71.3% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $103,583.
Education (adults 25+)
62.3% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
3.2% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 68.8%
- Never married
- 22.2%
- Divorced
- 6.8%
- Widowed
- 2.3%
- Family size
- 3.04
- Dual-income families
- 69.5%
Housing
- Own their home
- 76.2%
- Rent burden
- 47.3%
- Men / women
- 51% / 49%
Work
- In labor force
- 73.1%
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 0.9%
- With a disability
- 6.3%
- No health insurance
- 3.4%
- Limited English
- 3.7%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.