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Population (year 2000): 83,829. Estimated
population in July 2005: 83,158 (-0.8% change)
Males: 38,951 (46.5%), Females: 44,878 (53.5%)
Middlesex County
Zip codes: .
Median resident age: 38.7 years
Median household income: $86,052 (year 2000)
Median house value: $438,400 (year 2000)
Races in Newton:
- White Non-Hispanic (86.4%)
- Chinese (4.8%)
- Hispanic (2.5%)
- Black (2.0%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- Asian Indian (0.9%)
- Other race (0.7%)
- Korean (0.6%)
Ancestries: Irish (16.7%), Italian (12.2%),
Russian (9.6%), English (8.9%), German (7.5%), United States
(4.8%).
Elevation: 100 feet
Land area: 18.1 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Newton
- High school or higher: 94.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 68.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 38.9%
- Unemployed: 2.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 26.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Newton city
- Never married: 31.7%
- Now married: 55.3%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 6.2%
- Divorced: 6.0%
18.0% Foreign born (8.3% Europe, 6.3% Asia, 1.9%
Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,252 (+1.5%).
Hospital/medical center in Newton:
- NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL (2014 WASHINGTON
ST)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Newton:
- CHESTNUT HILL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION (about 3 miles;
BOSTON COLLEGE, MA)
- DEACONESS-WALTHAM HOSPITAL (about 4 miles; WALTHAM,
MA)
- DEACONESS-GLOVER HOSPITAL CORP (about 4 miles;
NEEDHAM, MA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Newton:
- LAURENCE G HANSCOM FLD (about 11 miles; BEDFORD, MA;
ID: BED)
- GENERAL EDWARD LAWRENCE LOGAN INTL (about 15 miles;
BOSTON, MA; ID: BOS)
- MANCHESTER (about 44 miles; MANCHESTER, NH; ID: MHT)
Other public-use airports nearest to Newton:
- NORWOOD MEMORIAL (about 12 miles; NORWOOD, MA; ID:
OWD)
- NORFOLK (about 19 miles; NORFOLK, MA; ID: 32M)
- MARLBORO (about 21 miles; MARLBORO, MA; ID: 9B1)
Amtrak stations near Newton:
- 10 miles: BACK BAY (BOSTON, 145 DARTMOUTH ST.).
Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, vending machines, ATM, paid short-term
parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental
service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
- 10 miles: ROUTE 128 (WESTWOOD, UNIVERSITY AVE. &
RTE. 128). Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting
area, public restrooms, public payphones, vending
machines, paid short-term parking, taxi stand, public
transit connection.
- 11 miles: BOSTON, NORTH STATION (BOSTON, 126
CAUSEWAY ST.). Services: ticket office, enclosed waiting
area.
College/University in Newton:
- LASELL COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 802;
Location: 1844 COMMONWEALTH AVE; Private,
not-for-profit; Website: www.lasell.edu)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Newton:
- BOSTON COLLEGE (about 3 miles; CHESTNUT HILL, MA;
Full-time enrollment: 13,341)
- BENTLEY COLLEGE (about 4 miles; WALTHAM, MA; FT
enrollment: 4,651)
- WELLESLEY COLLEGE (about 5 miles; WELLESLEY, MA; FT
enrollment: 2,241)
- MASSACHUSETTS BAY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 5 miles;
WELLESLEY HILLS, MA; FT enrollment: 2,938)
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY (about 7 miles; CAMBRIDGE, MA; FT
enrollment: 20,531)
- LESLEY UNIVERSITY (about 7 miles; CAMBRIDGE, MA; FT
enrollment: 3,700)
- BOSTON UNIVERSITY (about 8 miles; BOSTON, MA; FT
enrollment: 25,110)
Private high schools in Newton:
- NEWTON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL (Students: 269;
Location: 785 CENTRE STREET; Grades: 5 - 12; Girls only)
- TRINITY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 240;
Location: 575 WASHINGTON ST; Grades: 9 - 12)
- MT ALVERNIA HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 231;
Location: 790 CENTRE STREET; Grades: 7 - 12; Girls only)
Public primary/middle schools in Newton:
- OAK HILL MIDDLE (Students: 598; Location: 130
WHEELER RD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- BIGELOW MIDDLE (Students: 519; Location: 42
VERNON STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- UNDERWOOD (Students: 276; Location: 101
VERNON STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
- LINCOLN-ELIOT (Students: 242; Location: 191
PEARL STREET; Grades: KG - 05)
Private primary/middle schools in Newton:
- WALNUT PARK MONTESSORI (Students: 137;
Location: 47 WALNUT PARK; Grades: PK - KG)
- GOLDEN DAYS CHILDREN' CENTER (Students: 56;
Location: 66 NEEDHAM ST; Grades: PK - KG)
- CLARKE SCHOOL EAST (Students: 10; Location:
1844 COMMONWEALTH AVE; Grades: PK - KG)
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