Waltham is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 59,226 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Waltham is the 15th largest community in Massachusetts.

Waltham is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.39% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Waltham is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Waltham who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.28%), management occupations (10.12%), and sales jobs (9.94%).

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

Because there are quite a few people attending college in Waltham, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Waltham provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.

Not only is Waltham a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That's because Waltham is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Waltham a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Waltham is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

For their daily commute to and from work, many people in Waltham choose to take public transit. Most of these commuters are using the bus.

Waltham Information and Demographics

The citizens of Waltham are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.45% of adults in Waltham have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Waltham in 2000 was $26,364, which is middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,456 for a family of four.

Waltham is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Waltham home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Waltham is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Waltham include Italian, Irish, English, French Canadian, German, and French.

Waltham also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.22%.

The languages spoken by people in Waltham are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Waltham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, French, Chinese, and Italian.