Everett vs Waltham

A side-by-side comparison of Everett and Waltham: population, income, housing, and more.

Everett and Waltham are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Waltham has the higher population (64,723 vs 49,236 in Everett). Waltham has the higher median household income ($116,560 vs $79,658 in Everett). Waltham has the higher median home value ($705,700 vs $605,200 in Everett).

Population, income & housing

	Everett	Waltham
Population	49,236	64,723
Median age	35.8 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,658	$116,560
Median home value	$605,200	$705,700
Median gross rent	$1,988	$2,232
Housing units	18,541	26,898
Homeownership rate	36.5%	48.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	56.4%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Everett	Waltham
Population	46,118 → 49,236 (+6.8%)	62,777 → 64,723 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$65,528 → $79,658 (+21.6%)	$95,964 → $116,560 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$405,800 → $605,200 (+49.1%)	$536,500 → $705,700 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,454 → $1,988 (+36.7%)	$1,726 → $2,232 (+29.3%)

Everett

Population

46,11849,236

Median household income

$65,528$79,658

Median home value

$405,800$605,200

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,988

Waltham

Population

62,77764,723

Median household income

$95,964$116,560

Median home value

$536,500$705,700

Median gross rent

$1,726$2,232

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Everett	Waltham
Under 5	6.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	8.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	18.5%
25 to 34	18.8%	17.9%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	6.6%	8.5%
75 and over	4.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Everett	Waltham
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	58.1%
Black or African American	11.6%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	7.7%	12.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	3.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	8.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	18.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Everett	Waltham
No high school diploma	20.1%	7.4%
High school graduate	35.0%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	21.5%	17.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	29.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	27.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Everett	Waltham
Drove alone	50.4%	55.6%
Carpooled	14.4%	10.2%
Public transit	17.4%	5.4%
Walked	4.6%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.7%
Worked from home	8.6%	20.0%
Other means	3.7%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Everett	Waltham
1-unit, detached	19.2%	36.8%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	51.9%	23.3%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	18.8%
20 or more units	12.4%	13.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Everett	Waltham
Poverty rate	15.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.84	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1938	1962