Weston is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 11,469 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Weston is the 159th largest community in Massachusetts.

Weston is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 96.40% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Weston is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Weston who work in management occupations (22.32%), sales jobs (13.04%), and healthcare (10.67%).

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 10.85% 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, Weston is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Weston 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, Weston really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Weston 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.

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

Weston Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Weston. 75.10% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Weston in 2000 was $79,640, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $318,560 for a family of four. However, Weston contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Weston is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and French.