People QuickFacts Waltham Massachusetts Population, 2011 estimate 61,181 6,607,003 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 60,632 6,547,629 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.9% 0.9% Population, 2010 60,632 6,547,629 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 5.3% 5.6% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 14.6% 21.7% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.3% 13.8% Female persons, percent, 2010 50.2% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 75.4% 80.4% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 6.0% 6.6% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.2% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 9.7% 5.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.5% 2.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 13.7% 9.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 68.7% 76.1%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 79.0% 86.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 27.6% 14.7% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 33.9% 21.4% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 89.4% 88.9% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 45.5% 38.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 2,800 412,617 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.5 27.5  Housing units, 2010 24,926 2,808,254 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 48.1% 63.6% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 55.7% 41.8% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $414,700 $343,500 Households, 2007-2011 23,520 2,522,409 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.25 2.49 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $33,717 $35,051 Median household income, 2007-2011 $68,326 $65,981 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 10.2% 10.7%     Business QuickFacts Waltham Massachusetts Total number of firms, 2007 6,221 596,790 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 2.7% 3.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.4% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 5.7% 4.5% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.5% 3.3% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.1% 29.8%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,017,361 86,428,959 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,050,622 95,275,672 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 811,290 88,082,966 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $13,449 $13,553 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 252,915 14,917,210     Geography QuickFacts Waltham Massachusetts Land area in square miles, 2010 12.73 7,800.06 Persons per square mile, 2010 4,763.3 839.4 FIPS Code 72600 25 Counties Middlesex County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts