Newton is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 83,829 people and 18 constituent neighborhoods, Newton is the 11th largest community in Massachusetts. Newton has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Newton is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.22% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Newton is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Newton who work in management occupations (14.21%), sales jobs (11.17%), and office and administrative support jobs (9.86%).

Also of interest is that Newton has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Of important note, Newton is also a city of artists. Newton has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Newton's character.

Newton is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Newton enrolled in college, Newton has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

Not only is Newton a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That's because Newton is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Newton a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Newton is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

Because of many things, Newton is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Newton a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Newton has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Newton's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Newton Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Newton is a pretty powerful place. 68.04% of the adults in Newton have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Newton in 2000 was $45,708, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $182,832 for a family of four. However, Newton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Newton home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Newton is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Newton include Irish, Italian, Russian, English, German, Polish, and Eastern European.

Newton also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 18.03%.

The languages spoken by people in Newton are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Newton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese, Russian, Spanish, and Italian.