Wales, MA (Massachusetts) Houses and Residents
| Wales: | $267,213 |
| Massachusetts: | $534,700 |
Total population: 1,838 (Urban population: 72 (all inside urban clusters), Rural population: 1,665 (2 farm, 1,663 nonfarm))
Houses: 796 (660 occupied: 561 owner occupied, 99 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 15% |
| State: | 38% |
Housing density: 51 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $294,896.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,070 (lower quartile is $908, upper quartile is $1,253)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,005
Median gross rent in Wales, MA in 2022: $1,344
Housing units in Wales with a mortgage: 341 (26 second mortgage, 43 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 59
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Household type by relationship:
Households: 448,699- In family households: 370,558 (69,901 male householders, 46,060 female householders)
75,335 spouses, 139,777 children (131,178 natural, 3,169 adopted, 5,430 stepchildren), 9,761 grandchildren, 4,611 brothers or sisters, 4,384 parents, foster children, 5,451 other relatives, 12,672 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 78,141 (28,658 male householders (22,507 living alone)), 35,308 female householders (30,105 living alone)), 14,175 nonrelatives
- In group quarters: 14,791 (5,845 institutionalized population)
67,791 married couples with children.
39,215 single-parent households (5,649 men, 33,566 women).
94.9% of residents of Wales speak English at home.
2.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (52% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 27% speak English not well).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (54% speak English very well, 38% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 31 (1.8%)
(67.7% of them are naturalized citizens)
| Here: | 5.1 |
| State: | 6.5 |
| Here: | 4.2 |
| State: | 4.0 |
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Wales, Massachusetts
- 2no bedroom
- 311 bedroom
- 1932 bedrooms
- 2713 bedrooms
- 494 bedrooms
- 155+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wales, Massachusetts
- 0no bedroom
- 21 bedroom
- 682 bedrooms
- 243 bedrooms
- 24 bedrooms
- 35+ bedrooms
- Cars and other vehicles available in Wales in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 6no vehicle
- 1591 vehicle
- 2692 vehicles
- 923 vehicles
- 324 vehicles
- 35+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Wales in renter-occupied apartments
- 9no vehicle
- 191 vehicle
- 572 vehicles
- 103 vehicles
- 44 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Wales, Massachusetts
- 01 room
- 82 rooms
- 143 rooms
- 1194 rooms
- 1755 rooms
- 1126 rooms
- 747 rooms
- 328 rooms
- 279+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Wales, Massachusetts
- 01 room
- 02 rooms
- 23 rooms
- 414 rooms
- 365 rooms
- 146 rooms
- 07 rooms
- 68 rooms
- 09+ rooms
Wales, MA household income distribution
- 17,253Less than $10,000
- 24,537$10,000 to $19,999
- 18,151$20,000 to $29,999
- 19,476$30,000 to $39,999
- 14,270$40,000 to $49,999
- 13,657$50,000 to $59,999
- 19,238$60,000 to $74,999
- 29,625$75,000 to $99,999
- 22,624$100,000 to $124,999
- 14,528$125,000 to $149,999
- 14,946$150,000 to $199,999
- 17,571$200,000 or more
Percentage of workers working in this county: 46.6%
Number of people working at home: 94 (9.7% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
- Less than 5 minutes: 28
- 5 to 9 minutes: 51
- 10 to 14 minutes: 40
- 15 to 19 minutes: 104
- 20 to 24 minutes: 120
- 25 to 29 minutes: 42
- 30 to 34 minutes: 112
- 35 to 39 minutes: 23
- 40 to 44 minutes: 78
- 45 to 59 minutes: 184
- 60 to 89 minutes: 69
- 90 or more minutes: 59
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 836 (88.8%)
- Carpooled: 52 (5.5%)
- Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0.2%)
- Streetcar or trolley car: 2 (0.2%)
- Motorcycle: 2 (0.2%)
- Walked: 8 (0.9%)
- Other means: 8 (0.9%)
- Worked at home: 31 (3.3%)
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Wales, Massachusetts
- 21995 to March 2000
- 01990 to 1994
- 21985 to 1989
- 01980 to 1984
- 01975 to 1979
- 31970 to 1974
- 71965 to 1969
- 10Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
- French: 365 (17.2%)
- Irish: 350 (16.5%)
- German: 197 (9.3%)
- English: 191 (9.0%)
- Italian: 185 (8.7%)
- Polish: 182 (8.6%)
- French Canadian: 156 (7.3%)
- Other: 134 (6.3%)
- United States: 76 (3.6%)
- Scottish: 74 (3.5%)
- Scotch-Irish: 65 (3.1%)
- Swedish: 51 (2.4%)
- Portuguese: 18 (0.8%)
- Hungarian: 12 (0.6%)
- Russian: 10 (0.5%)
- Dutch: 9 (0.4%)
- Lithuanian: 9 (0.4%)
- Norwegian: 8 (0.4%)
- Slovak: 8 (0.4%)
- Czech: 6 (0.3%)
- Danish: 5 (0.2%)
- Greek: 3 (0.1%)
- Swiss: 3 (0.1%)
- Ukrainian: 3 (0.1%)
- West Indian: 3 (0.1%)
- Arab: 2 (0.09%)
- Welsh: 2 (0.09%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
| Wales: | 50.0% (12) |
| Massachusetts: | 5.2% (40,247) |
| Wales: | 16.7% (4) |
| Massachusetts: | 1.9% (14,883) |
| Wales: | 12.5% (3) |
| Massachusetts: | 3.3% (25,403) |
| Wales: | 12.5% (3) |
| Massachusetts: | 0.4% (2,780) |
| Wales: | 8.3% (2) |
| Massachusetts: | 0.2% (1,273) |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 1,162
- Other state: 547
- Northeast: 401
- Midwest: 56
- South: 50
- West: 40
59% of Wales residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 57% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in Massachusetts.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 0
- Nursery to 4th grade: 0
- 5th and 6th grade: 6
- 7th and 8th grade: 19
- 9th grade: 14
- 10th grade: 9
- 11th grade: 15
- 12th grade, no diploma: 44
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 229
- Less than 1 year of college: 35
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 79
- Associate degree: 47
- Bachelor's degree: 54
- Master's degree: 20
- Professional school degree: 4
- Doctorate degree: 0
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 1
- Nursery to 4th grade: 2
- 5th and 6th grade: 0
- 7th and 8th grade: 4
- 9th grade: 18
- 10th grade: 4
- 11th grade: 9
- 12th grade, no diploma: 30
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 230
- Less than 1 year of college: 69
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 107
- Associate degree: 46
- Bachelor's degree: 56
- Master's degree: 26
- Professional school degree: 12
- Doctorate degree: 5
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 629
- One, attached: 13
- Two: 66
- 3 or 4: 4
- Mobile homes: 84
Median worth of mobile homes: $86,178
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.4%
- 62.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 12.7%Wood
- 11.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 7.7%Electricity
- 3.4%Coal or coke
- 1.2%Utility gas
- 0.7%No fuel used
- 44.4%Electricity
- 32.3%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 11.1%Wood
- 10.1%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.0%Coal or coke
Private vs. public school enrollment:
| Here: | 2.0% |
| Massachusetts: | 10.8% |
| Here: | 4.6% |
| Massachusetts: | 12.2% |
| Here: | 34.6% |
| Massachusetts: | 48.2% |
