ZIP 02472 · Watertown
Who lives in ZIP code 02472 (Watertown, MA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Watertown, MA · Middlesex County
uszips 2026
People35,620
Median age39.3
Household income$126,336
Home value$784,338
Median rent$2,498/mo
Poverty7.5%
College degree+66.5%
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
- 3,413 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 16,399
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
18.3% are 65 or older; 85.8% are adults.
Household income
60.9% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $71,176.
Education (adults 25+)
55.3% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
6.0% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 47.1%
- Never married
- 38.8%
- Divorced
- 9.6%
- Widowed
- 4.4%
- Family size
- 2.81
- Dual-income families
- 68.7%
Housing
- Own their home
- 47.6%
- Rent burden
- 28.4%
- Men / women
- 46% / 55%
Work
- In labor force
- 72.5%
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
- Self-employed
- —
- Farmers
- —
Community
- Charitable givers
- —
- Veterans
- 3.4%
- With a disability
- 11.8%
- No health insurance
- 1.3%
- Limited English
- 5.8%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.