Wayland is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 13,100 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Wayland is the 144th largest community in Massachusetts.

Wayland is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 92.61% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wayland is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wayland who work in management occupations (20.23%), sales jobs (10.86%), and office and administrative support jobs (9.20%).

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

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.31% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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, Wayland 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, Wayland is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Wayland really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Wayland perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Wayland is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Wayland, the average commute to work is 31.31 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

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

Wayland Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Wayland, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Wayland is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 68.33% 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 Wayland in 2000 was $52,717, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $210,868 for a family of four. However, Wayland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Wayland home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Wayland is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Wayland include Irish, Italian, English, Russian, German, Polish, European, and French.

The most common language spoken in Wayland is English. Some people also speak Chinese.