
Massachusetts · Census place 80545
Winchester, MA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Winchester, Massachusetts (Winchester, MA — Census place “Winchester CDP”) is 22,862 residents, ranking #67 of 248 places in Massachusetts. Median household income is $218,176, the median home is worth $1,181,700 and median gross rent runs $2,271 a month. Looking for the Winchester Massachusetts ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Winchester, MA: 01890.
- Population
- 22,862Winchester CDP residents
- Median household income
- $218,176Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $1,181,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,271Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 83.4%Owner-occupied households
Winchester ZIP codes (Massachusetts)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Winchester.
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What the numbers mean in Winchester CDP
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Winchester CDP median would spend about 12.5% 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 5.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.9% of residents and 83.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Winchester CDP, MA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Winchester CDP is a mid-size town in Massachusetts, with 22,862 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #67 of 248 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 43 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 Winchester CDP earn a median of $218,176 a year, 177.8% above the national figure of $78,538 and 119% above the $99,537 median for the 222 Massachusetts cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 3.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Winchester CDP is valued at $1,181,700, 289.5% above the national figure and 138% above the $497,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,271 a month, 61.5% above the national figure, or roughly $27,252 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 83.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.
All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Massachusetts.
- Gardner city 21,075
- Stoneham CDP 22,986
- Marblehead CDP 20,334
- Wilmington CDP 23,195
- Winthrop Town city 18,807
- Dedham CDP 25,109
- Newburyport city 18,444
- Reading CDP 25,448
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Winchester CDP?
- Winchester CDP has 22,862 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #67 of 248 in Massachusetts.
- What is the median household income in Winchester CDP?
- Median household income in Winchester CDP is $218,176 a year, 177.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Winchester CDP?
- Median gross rent is $2,271 a month and the median home value is $1,181,700, so rent absorbs about 12.5% of median household income.
- Is Winchester CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 5.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Winchester CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Winchester 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.