About Bolton

Bolton is a very small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 4,148 people and just one neighborhood, Bolton is the 268th largest community in Massachusetts.

Bolton is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.15% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bolton is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bolton who work in management occupations (20.29%), sales jobs (12.52%), and computer science and math (9.51%).

Also of interest is that Bolton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Bolton is also a town of artists. Bolton has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Bolton's character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 8.91% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In addition, Bolton is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Bolton is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Bolton a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Bolton has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Bolton's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Bolton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.06 minutes every day commuting to work.

Bolton is a very car-oriented town. 97.62% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Bolton is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Bolton has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Being a small town, Bolton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Bolton Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Bolton, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Bolton is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 67.30% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Bolton in 2000 was $42,542, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $170,168 for a family of four. However, Bolton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Bolton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Bolton is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Bolton include Irish, English, Italian, German, Scottish, French, Polish, Scotch-Irish, French Canadian, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Bolton is English.