Wayland, MA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wayland, MA: 1 USPS ZIP, population 13,109. 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 WAYLAND-MA · Wayland, MA 1 ZIPs · 13,109 pop · #171/25278 · Middlesex County

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

  • INC-TOP $219,375
  • RANK-TOP #171/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Arlington
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 87% owners
  • POP-TOWN 13,109
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-TOP $977,300

Nearest income peer: Arlington, MA ( $68,529 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 Wayland

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Wayland 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, Wayland, 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
13,109
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$219,375
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 $219,375 and home value $977,300 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 78.8%.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (87.4%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Massachusetts, Newton Lower Falls is the closest lower-income city and Hopkinton the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Wayland.

Population concentration

Wayland reads through its lone ZIP, 01778

13,109 ACS residents, one ZIP: 01778 is not the leading code inside Wayland, 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 Wayland's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 367 establishments, 3,272 employees , annual payroll $222,026k (~28 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 01778 (367 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (72) · also Health care and social assistance · Construction .

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ZIP Codes in Wayland, MA

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

No other city sharing Middlesex County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Wayland. 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, 64% below Wayland.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
01778 13,109 $219,375 367 333

Wayland 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 Wayland, .