What is the population of Stoneham CDP?

Stoneham CDP has 22,986 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 248 in Massachusetts.

What is the median household income in Stoneham CDP?

Median household income in Stoneham CDP is $112,635 a year, 43.4% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Stoneham CDP?

Median gross rent is $1,878 a month and the median home value is $629,000, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.

Is Stoneham CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Stoneham CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Stoneham, MA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Stoneham, Massachusetts (Stoneham, MA — Census place “Stoneham CDP”) is 22,986 residents, ranking #66 of 248 places in Massachusetts. Median household income is $112,635, the median home is worth $629,000 and median gross rent runs $1,878 a month. Looking for the Stoneham Massachusetts ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Stoneham, MA: 02180.

Population: 22,986Stoneham CDP residents
Median household income: $112,635Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $629,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,878Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 71.1%Owner-occupied households

Stoneham ZIP codes (Massachusetts)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Stoneham.

The Stoneham MA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

02180

What the numbers mean in Stoneham CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Stoneham CDP median would spend about 20% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 4.6% of residents and 71.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Stoneham CDP, MA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Stoneham CDP is a mid-size town in Massachusetts, with 22,986 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #66 of 248 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 42.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Stoneham CDP earn a median of $112,635 a year, 43.4% above the national figure of $78,538 and 13% above the $99,537 median for the 222 Massachusetts cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 4.6% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Stoneham CDP is valued at $629,000, 107.3% above the national figure and 26% above the $497,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,878 a month, 33.6% above the national figure, or roughly $22,536 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 20% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 71.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Stoneham CDP?: Stoneham CDP has 22,986 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 248 in Massachusetts.
What is the median household income in Stoneham CDP?: Median household income in Stoneham CDP is $112,635 a year, 43.4% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Stoneham CDP?: Median gross rent is $1,878 a month and the median home value is $629,000, so rent absorbs about 20% of median household income.
Is Stoneham CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Stoneham CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 20% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Stoneham CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.