Needham vs Weymouth Town

A side-by-side comparison of Needham and Weymouth Town: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Weymouth Town has the higher population (57,786 vs 32,059 in Needham). Needham has the higher median household income ($212,241 vs $100,077 in Weymouth Town). Needham has the higher median home value ($1,146,000 vs $516,200 in Weymouth Town).

Population, income & housing

	Needham	Weymouth Town
Population	32,059	57,786
Median age	43.0 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$212,241	$100,077
Median home value	$1,146,000	$516,200
Median gross rent	$2,412	$1,861
Housing units	11,754	26,160
Homeownership rate	84.3%	67.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	80.8%	43.0%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Needham	Weymouth Town
Population	30,970 → 32,059 (+3.5%)	56,734 → 57,786 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$165,547 → $212,241 (+28.2%)	$84,942 → $100,077 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$855,300 → $1,146,000 (+34.0%)	$375,400 → $516,200 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,483 → $2,412 (+62.6%)	$1,464 → $1,861 (+27.1%)

Needham

Population

30,97032,059

Median household income

$165,547$212,241

Median home value

$855,300$1,146,000

Median gross rent

$1,483$2,412

Weymouth Town

Population

56,73457,786

Median household income

$84,942$100,077

Median home value

$375,400$516,200

Median gross rent

$1,464$1,861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Needham	Weymouth Town
Under 5	4.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	23.5%	11.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	4.8%	14.7%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	15.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	17.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	11.6%
75 and over	8.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Needham	Weymouth Town
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	79.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.5%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Needham	Weymouth Town
No high school diploma	2.7%	4.9%
High school graduate	7.0%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	51.2%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Needham	Weymouth Town
Drove alone	57.5%	67.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.6%
Public transit	7.6%	8.6%
Walked	1.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.8%	16.0%
Other means	0.3%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Needham	Weymouth Town
1-unit, detached	77.3%	55.8%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	5.0%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	13.4%
20 or more units	11.1%	17.8%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Needham	Weymouth Town
Poverty rate	3.8%	7.7%
Average household size	2.75	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	29	35
Median year structure built	1964	1962