Stoneham vs Winchester

A side-by-side comparison of Stoneham and Winchester: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stoneham has the higher population (22,986 vs 22,862 in Winchester). Winchester has the higher median household income ($218,176 vs $112,635 in Stoneham). Winchester has the higher median home value ($1,181,700 vs $629,000 in Stoneham).

Population, income & housing

	Stoneham	Winchester
Population	22,986	22,862
Median age	42.2 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,635	$218,176
Median home value	$629,000	$1,181,700
Median gross rent	$1,878	$2,271
Housing units	9,832	8,283
Homeownership rate	71.1%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.0%	78.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stoneham	Winchester
Population	23,223 → 22,986 (-1.0%)	22,738 → 22,862 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$101,549 → $112,635 (+10.9%)	$169,623 → $218,176 (+28.6%)
Median home value	$494,600 → $629,000 (+27.2%)	$943,800 → $1,181,700 (+25.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,483 → $1,878 (+26.6%)	$1,900 → $2,271 (+19.5%)

Stoneham

Population

23,22322,986

Median household income

$101,549$112,635

Median home value

$494,600$629,000

Median gross rent

$1,483$1,878

Winchester

Population

22,73822,862

Median household income

$169,623$218,176

Median home value

$943,800$1,181,700

Median gross rent

$1,900$2,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Stoneham	Winchester
Under 5	6.9%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.4%	22.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	6.2%
35 to 44	17.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	11.4%	16.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	13.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	9.1%
75 and over	9.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stoneham	Winchester
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	71.7%
Black or African American	0.8%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	7.1%	15.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stoneham	Winchester
No high school diploma	4.1%	2.7%
High school graduate	23.5%	9.0%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	9.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.7%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	50.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stoneham	Winchester
Drove alone	70.5%	52.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.4%
Public transit	4.1%	7.1%
Walked	0.5%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	19.7%	31.6%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stoneham	Winchester
1-unit, detached	54.1%	70.9%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	5.2%
20 or more units	20.9%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Stoneham	Winchester
Poverty rate	4.6%	3.9%
Average household size	2.40	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1965	1954