Newton Highlands, MA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Newton Highlands, MA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 7,059. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet NEWTON-HIGHLANDS-MA · Newton Highlands, MA 1 ZIPs · 7,059 pop · #160/25278 · Middlesex County

INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP

  • INC-TOP $224,000
  • RANK-TOP #160/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Arlington
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 76% owners
  • POP-TOWN 7,059
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $1,255,400

Nearest income peer: Arlington, MA ( $73,154 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Newton Highlands

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Newton Highlands on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Newton Highlands, MA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 1%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
7,059
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$224,000
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

High-income footprint on only 1 ZIP: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $224,000 and home value $1,255,400 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 88.1%.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (76.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Newton Highlands as a pure owner town.

Within Massachusetts, Westwood is the closest lower-income city and Wellesley the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Newton Highlands.

Population concentration

Newton Highlands reads through its lone ZIP, 02461

7,059 ACS residents, one ZIP: 02461 is not the leading code inside Newton Highlands, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Newton Highlands's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 256 establishments, 2,905 employees , annual payroll $182,735k (~36 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 02461 (256 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (45) · also Health care and social assistance · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Newton Highlands, MA

These ZIP codes sit in Middlesex County, which covers 81 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Newton Highlands. See the Middlesex County roll-up →

No other city sharing Middlesex County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Newton Highlands. Lowell, Cambridge and Somerville sit below it, so a household comparing this county on income alone starts here. Lowell marks the far end of that range at $78,949, 65% below Newton Highlands.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
02461 7,059 $224,000 256 1,873

Newton Highlands roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Newton Highlands, .