Race and Ethnicity in West Newton, Newton, Massachusetts (Neighborhood)

Race and Ethnicity#1

Percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of Newton and West Newton
West Newton
Newton
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%CountWhite1Hispanic2BlackAsianMixed1Other172.570518%74.074074%72.570518%72.6%6,7837.334258%5.474597%7.334258%7.3%6856862.578270%3.462527%2.578270%2.6%24024114.847626%13.949749%14.847626%14.8%1,3871,3882.056893%2.631430%2.056893%2.1%1920.612434%0.407623%0.612434%0.6%57
Count number of members in ethno-racial group
1non-Hispanic 2excluding black and Asian Hispanics

Relative Race and Ethnicity#2

Race and Hispanic origin in West Newton as a percentage of the total population, expressed as percentage point difference from Newton.
Scope: population of Newton and West Newton
-1%0%+1%%ref.White1Hispanic2BlackAsianMixed1Other1-1.503556%-1.503556%-1.5%72.571%72.6%74.074%74.1%1.859661%1.859661%+1.9%7.334%7.33%5.475%5.47%-0.884257%-0.884257%-0.9%2.578%2.58%3.463%3.46%0.897877%0.897877%+0.9%14.848%14.8%13.950%13.9%-0.574537%-0.574537%-0.6%2.057%2.06%2.631%2.63%0.204812%0.204812%+0.2%0.612%0.61%0.408%0.41%
% group's percentage of the total population of West Newton
ref. group's percentage of the total population of Newton
1non-Hispanic 2excluding black and Asian Hispanics

Relative Ethno-Racial Composition by Age#3

Ethno-racial composition by age cohort as a percentage within each age cohort.
Scope: population of West Newton
White1
Hispanic2
Mixed3
Black3
Asian3
Other3
85+75-8465-7455-6445-5435-4430-3425-2920-2418-1915-1710-145-90-497.327575%97.3%1.336212%0.000000%0.000000%1.336212%0.000000%24782.368775%82.4%0.000000%1.442070%0.000000%16.189155%16.2%0.000000%32032185.616950%85.6%2.077229%0.000000%3.487857%8.807287%0.010677%82782887.461304%87.5%1.268185%0.010391%3.083712%8.176408%0.000000%1,16979.322811%79.3%3.088423%0.362229%2.950152%14.263899%14.3%0.012487%1,4591,46063.328301%63.3%6.883528%0.903654%4.751933%23.805097%23.8%0.327487%1,37461.524635%61.5%12.438277%12.4%3.064009%0.014230%16.262823%16.3%6.696026%62062167.577457%67.6%7.317044%0.000000%1.925945%11.270160%11.909394%55865.522433%65.5%5.112683%7.888787%9.406905%4.680772%7.388421%31431568.803583%68.8%8.600389%0.053876%12.183884%12.2%10.167632%0.190636%13376.967661%77.0%5.257101%1.446809%1.463434%14.831744%14.8%0.033251%36567.894446%67.9%8.012636%4.674928%3.191274%12.414313%12.4%3.812402%58755.892394%55.9%9.148374%7.461078%5.373318%18.500762%18.5%3.624074%64264356.527201%56.5%10.774138%4.466188%1.052267%18.988589%19.0%8.191617%7260%20%40%60%80%100%Count
Count total number of people in age cohort
1non-Hispanic white 2white Hispanic 3including Hispanic

Ethno-Racial Composition by Age Cohort#4

Ethno-racial composition by age cohort as a percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of West Newton
White1
Hispanic2
Mixed3
Black3
Asian3
Other3
85+75-8465-7455-6445-5435-4430-3425-2920-2418-1915-1710-145-90-42.574900%2.6%0.035351%0.000000%0.000000%0.035351%0.000000%2472.826860%2.8%0.000000%0.049491%0.000000%0.555605%0.000000%3203217.580987%7.6%0.183929%0.000000%0.308834%0.779845%0.000945%82782810.941163%10.9%0.158646%0.001300%0.385764%1.022846%0.000000%1,16912.386103%12.4%0.482251%0.056561%0.460660%2.227280%2.2%0.001950%1,4591,4609.309296%9.3%1.011883%0.132838%0.698537%3.499363%3.5%0.048141%1,3744.087577%4.1%0.826375%0.203567%0.000945%1.080470%0.444871%6206214.035362%4.0%0.436934%0.000000%0.115007%0.672993%0.711165%5582.205004%2.2%0.172055%0.265479%0.316567%0.157520%0.248640%3143150.980962%0.122619%0.000768%0.173711%0.144964%0.002718%1333.008964%3.0%0.205520%0.056561%0.057211%0.579830%0.001300%3654.265742%4.3%0.503426%0.293721%0.200505%0.779979%0.239530%5873.843258%3.8%0.629058%0.513037%0.369479%1.272144%0.249198%6426434.391362%4.4%0.836998%0.346959%0.081746%1.475144%0.636373%7260%2%4%6%8%10%12%14%Count
Count total number of people in age cohort
1non-Hispanic white 2white Hispanic 3including Hispanic

Ethno-Racial Composition per Year#5

Ethno-racial composition per year of the age cohort as a percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of West Newton
White1
Hispanic2
Mixed3
Black3
Asian3
Other3
85+75-8465-7455-6445-5435-4430-3425-2920-2418-1915-1710-145-90-40.160931%0.002209%0.000000%0.000000%0.002209%0.000000%2470.282686%0.28%0.000000%0.004949%0.000000%0.055560%0.000000%3203210.758099%0.76%0.018393%0.000000%0.030883%0.077984%0.000095%8278281.094116%1.09%0.015865%0.000130%0.038576%0.102285%0.000000%1,1691.238610%1.24%0.048225%0.005656%0.046066%0.222728%0.22%0.000195%1,4591,4600.930930%0.93%0.101188%0.013284%0.069854%0.349936%0.35%0.004814%1,3740.817515%0.82%0.165275%0.040713%0.000189%0.216094%0.22%0.088974%6206210.807072%0.81%0.087387%0.000000%0.023001%0.134599%0.142233%5580.441001%0.44%0.034411%0.053096%0.063313%0.031504%0.049728%3143150.490481%0.49%0.061310%0.000384%0.086855%0.072482%0.001359%1331.002988%1.00%0.068507%0.018854%0.019070%0.193277%0.19%0.000433%3650.853148%0.85%0.100685%0.058744%0.040101%0.155996%0.047906%5870.768652%0.77%0.125812%0.102607%0.073896%0.254429%0.25%0.049840%6426430.878272%0.88%0.167400%0.069392%0.016349%0.295029%0.30%0.127275%7260.0%0.5%1.0%1.5%Count
Count total number of people in age cohort
1non-Hispanic white 2white Hispanic 3including Hispanic

Race among Hispanics#6

Percentage of the Hispanic population.
Scope: population of Newton and West Newton
West Newton
Newton
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%CountWhiteBlackIndianAsianHawaiianOtherMixed73.635607%67.120227%73.635607%73.6%5045050.000000%0.000000%0.0%1.462226%00.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.487409%00.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.345248%00.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%026.350680%22.116166%26.350680%26.4%1801810.013713%8.468725%0.013713%0.0%0
Count number of members of racial group

Map of Race and Ethnicity by Tract in West Newton

White Race and Ethnicity by Tract#7

Whites (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
48%53%59%64%69%75%

Hispanic Race and Ethnicity by Tract#8

Hispanics (excluding black and Asian Hispanics) as a percentage of the population (%):
4%11%18%25%32%40%

Black Race and Ethnicity by Tract#9

Blacks as a percentage of the population (%):
2.6%3.6%4.5%5.4%6.3%7.2%

Asian Race and Ethnicity by Tract#10

Asians as a percentage of the population (%):
4.8%7.8%10.7%13.6%16.5%19.5%

Mixed Race and Ethnicity by Tract#11

Multiracial people (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
0.2%0.9%1.6%2.2%2.9%3.6%

Other Race and Ethnicity by Tract#12

Others (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
0.16%0.44%0.72%1.00%1.28%1.57%
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Map of Race and Ethnicity by Block Group in West Newton

White Race and Ethnicity by Block Group#13

Whites (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
43%53%62%71%80%89%

Hispanic Race and Ethnicity by Block Group#14

Hispanics (excluding black and Asian Hispanics) as a percentage of the population (%):
0%9%18%27%36%45%

Black Race and Ethnicity by Block Group#15

Blacks as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%2.6%5.2%7.8%10.3%13.0%

Asian Race and Ethnicity by Block Group#16

Asians as a percentage of the population (%):
0%5%11%16%22%28%

Mixed Race and Ethnicity by Block Group#17

Multiracial people (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%1.2%2.4%3.6%4.7%6.0%

Other Race and Ethnicity by Block Group#18

Others (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%1.0%1.9%2.9%3.8%4.9%
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Map of Race and Ethnicity by Block in West Newton

White Race and Ethnicity by Block#19

Whites (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
0%20%40%60%80%100%

Hispanic Race and Ethnicity by Block#20

Hispanics (excluding black and Asian Hispanics) as a percentage of the population (%):
0%6%12%19%25%32%

Black Race and Ethnicity by Block#21

Blacks as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%4.1%8.3%12.4%16.6%20.7%

Asian Race and Ethnicity by Block#22

Asians as a percentage of the population (%):
0%20%40%60%80%100%

Mixed Race and Ethnicity by Block#23

Multiracial people (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
0%13%27%40%53%67%

Other Race and Ethnicity by Block#24

Others (non-Hispanic) as a percentage of the population (%):
0.0%1.1%2.2%3.3%4.4%5.5%
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Race and Ethnicity by Neighborhood in Newton

There are 15 neighborhoods in Newton. This section compares West Newton to all of the neighborhoods in Newton and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with West Newton.

Non-White Population by Neighborhood#25

Percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of West Newton, selected other neighborhoods in Newton, and entities that contain West Newton
White1
Hispanic2
Black
Asian
Other1
0%10%20%30%Count#United States of AmericaUnited StatesNewton Upper Falls NeighborhoodNewton Upper FallsNortheastBrighton NeighborhoodBrightonNewton Lower Falls NeighborhoodNewton Lower FallsThompsonville NeighborhoodThompsonvilleChestnut Hill NeighborhoodChestnut HillBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaWest Newton NeighborhoodWest NewtonAuburndale NeighborhoodAuburndaleMassachusettsNonantum NeighborhoodNonantumChestnut Hill NeighborhoodChestnut HillOak Hill NeighborhoodOak HillMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexNewtonNewton Highlands NeighborhoodNewton HighlandsNew EnglandNewton Corner NeighborhoodNewton CornerNewtonville NeighborhoodNewtonvilleNewtown Centre NeighborhoodNewtown CentreWaban NeighborhoodWaban16.909408%12.632487%5.215570%3.287546%38.045012%38.0%121,195,490121M22.326353%5.839025%3.792022%3.235420%35.192820%35.2%2,667112.898510%11.884376%6.198913%2.384858%33.366657%33.4%18,707,27318.7M14.789005%9.172561%4.948220%3.526482%32.436268%32.4%14,91314.9k215.786368%8.746547%6.672386%0.060817%31.266119%31.3%389390322.263042%3.045957%2.355024%1.501366%29.165389%29.2%1,0561,057413.158140%9.370181%4.260001%2.211594%28.999915%29.0%2,3532,35459.478363%7.963913%7.348773%2.771354%27.562402%27.6%1,303,3831.30M14.847626%7.334258%2.669328%2.578270%27.429482%27.4%2,5632,564614.977915%4.430104%3.871658%3.835754%27.115432%27.1%1,8781,879710.139135%7.256343%6.106901%2.782023%26.284402%26.3%1,772,1321.77M14.155137%5.261205%4.188023%2.670995%26.275361%26.3%2,522814.098626%5.173196%3.948608%2.993962%26.214393%26.2%2,310913.363858%6.657624%4.463344%1.710558%26.195383%26.2%1,8351,8361010.854677%7.129388%5.020254%2.922538%25.926857%25.9%406,432406k13.949749%5.474597%3.462527%3.039053%25.925926%25.9%22,89722.9k14.790449%3.746292%3.620456%1.313556%23.470753%23.5%2,048119.556361%6.626307%4.465679%2.605707%23.254054%23.3%3,411,1093.41M12.448461%5.308829%3.027266%2.318760%23.103316%23.1%1,342126.871599%5.348874%4.556355%3.838274%20.615103%20.6%2,3191311.978287%3.703841%2.520907%0.920969%19.124003%19.1%325149.693127%5.315775%1.990981%1.540794%18.540678%18.5%79115
Count number of non-whites
# rank of neighborhood out of 15 by percentage non-white
1non-Hispanic 2excluding black and Asian Hispanics

Relative Race and Ethnicity by Neighborhood#26

Percentage point difference from West Newton.
Scope: population of West Newton, selected other neighborhoods in Newton, and entities that contain West Newton
White1
Hispanic2
Black
Asian
Mixed1
Other1
-20%-10%-0%+10%+20%%#United States of AmericaUnited StatesNortheastNew EnglandNewtonville NeighborhoodNewtonvilleNewton Upper Falls NeighborhoodNewton Upper FallsWaban NeighborhoodWabanMassachusettsNewtown Centre NeighborhoodNewtown CentreBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaThompsonville NeighborhoodThompsonvilleNewton Lower Falls NeighborhoodNewton Lower FallsNewton Highlands NeighborhoodNewton HighlandsChestnut Hill NeighborhoodChestnut HillOak Hill NeighborhoodOak HillNewton Corner NeighborhoodNewton CornerBrighton NeighborhoodBrightonMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexChestnut Hill NeighborhoodChestnut HillAuburndale NeighborhoodAuburndaleNonantum NeighborhoodNonantumNewtonWest Newton NeighborhoodWest Newton-10.615530%-9.632056%-20.247586%-20.2%9.575150%10.054217%0.204387%0.413831%20.247586%+20.2%40.495%40.5%-5.937176%-8.648713%-0.276030%-0.008440%-14.870359%-14.9%5.564252%9.306106%14.870359%+14.9%29.741%29.7%-10.381947%-0.109014%-10.490962%-10.5%4.175428%2.222103%4.048037%0.045394%10.490962%+10.5%20.982%21.0%-1.985384%-7.976027%-0.111198%-10.072608%-10.1%6.814379%1.978085%1.280144%10.072608%+10.1%20.145%20.1%1-7.763339%-1.495233%-9.258571%-9.3%0.657150%7.478727%0.971682%0.151012%9.258571%+9.3%18.517%18.5%2-2.018483%-1.037476%-5.154499%-0.074980%-0.603366%-8.888804%-8.9%8.888804%8.888804%+8.9%17.778%17.8%3-8.740725%-0.066295%-8.807020%-8.8%1.145079%2.804877%4.678072%0.178991%8.807020%+8.8%17.614%17.6%-3.630417%-1.657302%-2.869338%-0.599625%-8.756682%-8.8%8.305478%0.451204%8.756682%+8.8%17.513%17.5%4-0.132920%-7.498853%-0.040629%-7.672403%-7.7%2.144105%5.385642%0.142655%7.672403%+7.7%15.345%15.3%-1.735907%-4.288301%-1.076904%-0.456136%-7.557248%-7.6%7.415416%0.141832%7.557248%+7.6%15.114%15.1%5-3.836637%-2.517453%-0.612434%-6.966525%-7.0%1.412289%0.938742%4.615493%6.966525%+7.0%13.933%13.9%6-3.587966%-1.264715%-0.057177%-0.517006%-5.426864%-5.4%3.958729%1.468135%5.426864%+5.4%10.854%10.9%7-4.340296%-0.749000%-0.269414%-5.358710%-5.4%1.215089%2.594926%1.548695%5.358710%+5.4%10.717%10.7%8-2.870914%-1.483768%-0.346418%-0.612352%-5.313453%-5.3%1.234099%4.079353%5.313453%+5.3%10.627%10.6%9-2.025429%-0.259510%-2.399165%-0.539958%-5.224061%-5.2%4.326165%0.897896%5.224061%+5.2%10.448%10.4%10-5.006787%-0.058621%-5.065408%-5.1%1.838303%2.369950%0.315101%0.542054%5.065408%+5.1%10.131%10.1%11-0.204870%-3.992949%-4.197819%-4.2%1.502625%2.441984%0.228815%0.024395%4.197819%+4.2%8.396%8.40%-1.570434%-1.689486%-0.542017%-3.801937%-3.8%2.035923%1.681731%0.084283%3.801937%+3.8%7.604%7.60%12-3.498504%-0.160506%-3.659010%-3.7%0.314050%1.851834%0.130289%1.362837%3.659010%+3.7%7.318%7.32%13-2.073053%-0.692488%-0.779895%-3.545436%-3.5%1.154121%1.609753%0.781563%3.545436%+3.5%7.091%7.09%14-1.859661%-0.897877%-0.204812%-2.962349%-3.0%1.503556%0.884257%0.574537%2.962349%+3.0%5.925%5.92%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.000000%0.0%0.000%0%15
% sum total percentage point deviation of neighborhood from West Newton
# rank of neighborhood out of 15 by %
1non-Hispanic 2excluding black and Asian Hispanics

White1 Population by Neighborhood#27

Percentage of the total population.
Scope: population of West Newton, selected other neighborhoods in Newton, and entities that contain West Newton
0%20%40%60%80%Count#Waban NeighborhoodWabanNewtown Centre NeighborhoodNewtown CentreNewtonville NeighborhoodNewtonvilleNewton Corner NeighborhoodNewton CornerNew EnglandNewton Highlands NeighborhoodNewton HighlandsNewtonMiddlesex CountyMiddlesexOak Hill NeighborhoodOak HillChestnut Hill NeighborhoodChestnut HillNonantum NeighborhoodNonantumMassachusettsAuburndale NeighborhoodAuburndaleWest Newton NeighborhoodWest NewtonBoston, Cambridge, and Newton Metro AreaBoston AreaChestnut Hill NeighborhoodChestnut HillThompsonville NeighborhoodThompsonvilleNewton Lower Falls NeighborhoodNewton Lower FallsBrighton NeighborhoodBrightonNortheastNewton Upper Falls NeighborhoodNewton Upper FallsUnited States of AmericaUnited States81.459322%81.459322%81.5%3,4763,477180.875997%80.875997%80.9%1,3751,376279.384897%79.384897%79.4%8,9318,932376.896684%76.896684%76.9%4,4674,468476.745946%76.745946%76.7%11,257,77011.3M76.529247%76.529247%76.5%6,6776,678574.074074%74.074074%74.1%65,42065.4k74.073143%74.073143%74.1%1,161,1781.16M73.804617%73.804617%73.8%5,172673.785607%73.785607%73.8%6,5016,502773.724639%73.724639%73.7%7,0777,078873.715598%73.715598%73.7%4,970,0114.97M72.884568%72.884568%72.9%5,049972.570518%72.570518%72.6%6,7831072.437598%72.437598%72.4%3,425,4613.43M71.000085%71.000085%71.0%5,7621170.834611%70.834611%70.8%2,5661268.733881%68.733881%68.7%8561367.563732%67.563732%67.6%31,06331.1k1466.633343%66.633343%66.6%37,358,49637.4M64.807180%64.807180%64.8%4,9114,9121561.954988%61.954988%62.0%197,362,672197M
Count number of whites
# rank of neighborhood out of 15 by percentage whites
1non-Hispanic

Definitions

Throughout these reports we will refer to several racial and ethnic groups, the definitions of which derive from those used by the US Census Bureau. In the interests of brevity and clarity we have combined several of the Census categories yielding the following mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive categories:

  • White: non-Hispanic whites
  • Hispanic: Hispanics, excluding black and Asian Hispanics
  • Black: blacks, including Hispanic blacks
  • Asian: Asians, including Hispanic Asians
  • Mixed: non-Hispanic mixed race people
  • Other: American Indians and other groups not otherwise categorized

In all cases, racial and ethnic classification is based on self-identification. While the term 'Hispanic' is an ethnic, not a racial, designation (and so there exist Hispanic and non-Hispanic people of all races), we conform with the common practice of comparing Hispanics with other racial groups. This is reflected in our categorization (listed above), and in our preference for the term 'ethno-racial group' in place of just 'race'. Finally, while these categories are used wherever possible, the data does not always allow this grouping, so it is important to read the footnotes of each chart to understand the definitions used therein.

Unlike the other geographical entities detailed on this site, neighborhoods are not recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau. To overcome this we have computed reasonable estimates of the same statistics that are presented for other the entity types. Each statistic is computed as the weighted sum or average of the census tracts or block groups that overlap the neighborhood. A weighted sum is used for counts of people or households, and a weighted average is used for statistics that are themselves some form of average, such as median household income. Census block groups are preferred when the statistic in question is available on the block group level. The weight for a given tract (or block group) is computed as the population of the census tabulation blocks that occupy the intersection between the tract and the neighborhood as a fraction of the total population of the neighborhood.

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State:
Massachusetts
County:
Middlesex
Metro Area:
Boston Area
Cities:
Newton, Waltham
ZIP Codes:
02453, 02460, 02465, 02466
Unified School Districts:
Newton, Waltham
Congressional Districts:
MA-4, MA-5
Upper State Legislative Districts:
MA-1st Middlesex and Norfolk, MA-3rd Middlesex
Lower State Legislative Districts:
MA-10th Middlesex, MA-11th Middlesex
Neighboring Neighborhoods:
Auburndale, Newtonville, Nonantum
Nearby Neighborhoods:
Bemis, Brighton, Chestnut Hill, Newton Corner, Newton Highlands, Newton Lower Falls, Newton Upper Falls, Newtown Centre, Thompsonville, Waban