Watertown is a medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 32,986 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Watertown is the 45th largest community in Massachusetts. Much of the housing stock in Watertown was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Watertown is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.54% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Watertown is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Watertown who work in management occupations (13.97%), office and administrative support jobs (13.16%), and sales jobs (10.35%).

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

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

Watertown, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Watertown is also home to many people who can 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.

Watertown Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Watertown is a pretty powerful place. 47.25% of the adults in Watertown have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Watertown in 2000 was $33,262, which is upper middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,048 for a family of four.

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

Foreign born people are also an important part of Watertown's cultural character, accounting for 20.33% of the city's population.

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