Waltham, MA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Waltham, MA: 3 USPS ZIPs, population 60,632. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet WALTHAM-MA · Waltham, MA 3 ZIPs · 60,632 pop · #2296/25278 · Middlesex County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-TIGHT · HOME-TOP
- INC-TOP $118,711
- RANK-TOP #2296/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Woburn
- BOOK-FEW 3 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 51% owners
- POP-SMALL 60,632
- SPREAD-TIGHT 02453→02451
- HOME-TOP $755,467
Nearest income peer: Woburn, MA ( $7,526 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 Waltham
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Waltham on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Lowell · lowest
Lowell · lowest
$78,949 median HH income
- Framingham · near
Framingham · near
$109,795 median HH income
- Woburn · near
Woburn · near
$111,185 median HH income
- Waltham · this city
Waltham · this city
$118,711 median HH income
- Watertown · near
Watertown · near
$126,336 median HH income
- Medford · near
Medford · near
$129,700 median HH income
- Arlington · highest
Arlington · highest
$150,846 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.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Waltham, MA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 9%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 60,632
- city population (Census)
- 3
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $118,711
- 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 3 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $118,711 and home value $755,467 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 56.4%.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (51.3%) for this income tier, rent $2,371 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within Massachusetts, Ashburnham is the closest lower-income city and Osterville the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Waltham.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Waltham differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Waltham: $115,366 in ZIP 02453 to $122,335 in 02451. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.1×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.1×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 3.4 points
02453 to 02451
02453 to 02452
02451 to 02452
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 02453 skews compact Waltham
In this 3-ZIP cluster, 02453 covers about 48% of Waltham's 60,632 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Waltham
Citywide ZBP: 2,479 establishments, 90,536 employees , annual payroll $10,727,563k (~41 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 3 of 3 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 02451 (1,195 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (369) · also Accommodation and food services · Health care and social assistance .
ZIP Codes in Waltham, MA
These ZIP codes sit in Middlesex County, which covers 81 ZIP codes in all; 3 of them fall in Waltham. See the Middlesex County roll-up →
Waltham lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing Middlesex County: Cambridge, Somerville and Medford earn more and Lowell, Framingham and Malden earn less. Lowell marks the far end of that range at $78,949, 33% below Waltham.
Side-by-side: Compare 02453 vs 02451 →
Waltham 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 Waltham, .