Moving to Newton, Massachusetts

About Newton, Massachusetts
Newton

Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located roughly 8 miles (13 km) west of Downtown Boston, and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages. The city borders Boston to the northeast and southeast (via the neighborhoods of Brighton and West Roxbury), Brookline to the east, Watertown and Waltham to the north, and Weston, Wellesley, and Needham to the west. At the 2020 U.S. census, the population of Newton was 88,923.

Newton is home to the Charles River, Crystal Lake, and Heartbreak Hill, among other landmarks. It is served by several streets and highways (including Route 9, Hammond Pond Parkway, and the Mass Pike), as well as the Green Line D branch run by the MBTA.

Historically, the area that is now Newton was settled in 1639, and was originally first part of Cambridge (then called "the newe towne"). It split from Cambridge in 1681, and became known by its present name of Newton in 1766. It then became a city in 1874.

Gender
Gender Newton Massachusetts Country
Female 53% 51.5% 50.8%
Male 47% 48.5% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.053%47%Female53%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.03%2%4%3%5%8%8%16%14%37%$200K or more37.1%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Newton Massachusetts Country
Less than $10,000 2.8% 5% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 1.9% 4.1% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 4.1% 6.8% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 3.1% 6.4% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 4.8% 9% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 8% 13.9% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 8% 12% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 15.7% 18% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 14.5% 10.6% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 37.1% 14.2% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.01%1%8%7%4%29%27%11%12%Bachelor Degree29%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Newton Massachusetts Country
< 9th Grade 1% 3% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 1% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 8% 24% 27.0%
Other College 7% 15% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 4% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 29% 25% 20.0%
Master's Degree 27% 14% 9.0%
Professional Degree 11% 3% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 12% 3% 1.0%
Household Income
 Newton Massachusetts  Country
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Education
 Newton Massachusetts  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade13515782427715204892925202714911321231
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.074%3%0%15%5%0%4%0%White73.5%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Newton Massachusetts Country
White 73.5% 70.8% 60.1%
African American 2.8% 6.8% 12.2%
American Indian 0.1% 0.1% 0.6%
Asian 15.1% 6.7% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.4% 0.8% 0.3%
Multiracial 3.5% 2.7% 2.8%
Hispanic 4.5% 12% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Newton Massachusetts  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0020406080Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite73.570.860.12.86.812.20.10.10.615.16.75.6000.20.40.80.33.52.72.84.51218.2