Maynard vs West Concord

A side-by-side comparison of Maynard and West Concord: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Maynard has the higher population (10,663 vs 5,997 in West Concord). West Concord has the higher median household income ($178,979 vs $119,549 in Maynard). West Concord has the higher median home value ($881,800 vs $494,200 in Maynard).

Population, income & housing

	Maynard	West Concord
Population	10,663	5,997
Median age	43.2 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$119,549	$178,979
Median home value	$494,200	$881,800
Median gross rent	$1,678	$2,444
Housing units	4,845	2,498
Homeownership rate	77.0%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	69.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maynard	West Concord
Population	10,754 → 10,663 (-0.8%)	7,394 → 5,997 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$105,254 → $119,549 (+13.6%)	$114,440 → $178,979 (+56.4%)
Median home value	$350,200 → $494,200 (+41.1%)	$669,200 → $881,800 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,176 → $1,678 (+42.7%)	$2,065 → $2,444 (+18.4%)

Maynard

Population

10,75410,663

Median household income

$105,254$119,549

Median home value

$350,200$494,200

Median gross rent

$1,176$1,678

West Concord

Population

7,3945,997

Median household income

$114,440$178,979

Median home value

$669,200$881,800

Median gross rent

$2,065$2,444

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Maynard	West Concord
Under 5	4.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.8%	7.6%
35 to 44	15.7%	15.5%
45 to 54	13.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	18.5%	14.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	13.1%
75 and over	7.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maynard	West Concord
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	78.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.1%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maynard	West Concord
No high school diploma	3.9%	7.7%
High school graduate	12.8%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	10.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.4%	45.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maynard	West Concord
Drove alone	70.5%	58.2%
Carpooled	6.3%	1.5%
Public transit	1.2%	6.8%
Walked	1.6%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	20.3%	27.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maynard	West Concord
1-unit, detached	63.1%	47.5%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	12.1%
20 or more units	7.1%	24.3%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Maynard	West Concord
Poverty rate	7.4%	4.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1962	1973