Watertown vs Woburn

A side-by-side comparison of Watertown and Woburn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woburn has the higher population (41,205 vs 35,270 in Watertown). Watertown has the higher median household income ($123,422 vs $107,754 in Woburn). Watertown has the higher median home value ($737,600 vs $641,800 in Woburn).

Population, income & housing

	Watertown	Woburn
Population	35,270	41,205
Median age	38.8 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$123,422	$107,754
Median home value	$737,600	$641,800
Median gross rent	$2,357	$2,190
Housing units	17,059	16,982
Homeownership rate	48.8%	57.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.2%	47.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Watertown	Woburn
Population	—	40,304 → 41,205 (+2.2%)
Median household income	—	$91,022 → $107,754 (+18.4%)
Median home value	—	$453,900 → $641,800 (+41.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,632 → $2,190 (+34.2%)

Watertown

Woburn

Population

40,30441,205

Median household income

$91,022$107,754

Median home value

$453,900$641,800

Median gross rent

$1,632$2,190

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Watertown	Woburn
Under 5	—	5.6%
5 to 17	—	12.0%
18 to 24	—	10.1%
25 to 34	—	16.4%
35 to 44	—	12.5%
45 to 54	—	13.4%
55 to 64	—	14.3%
65 to 74	—	9.0%
75 and over	—	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Watertown	Woburn
White (non-Hispanic)	—	74.2%
Black or African American	—	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	—	0.1%
Asian	—	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	—	0.2%
Some other race	—	1.2%
Two or more races	—	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	—	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Watertown	Woburn
No high school diploma	—	5.6%
High school graduate	—	26.0%
Some college or associate's	—	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	—	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	—	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Watertown	Woburn
Drove alone	—	68.9%
Carpooled	—	9.3%
Public transit	—	3.7%
Walked	—	1.5%
Bicycle	—	0.2%
Worked from home	—	15.1%
Other means	—	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Watertown	Woburn
1-unit, detached	—	48.2%
1-unit, attached	—	8.8%
2 to 4 units	—	16.7%
5 to 19 units	—	9.3%
20 or more units	—	16.8%
Mobile home & other	—	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Watertown	Woburn
Poverty rate	—	7.8%
Average household size	—	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	—	1970