Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Wales
Wales spreads 1,832 people across about 15.8 square miles of hill country, which means the town has far more land than people to the square mile, and the census numbers describe a town of homeowners: 91.4 percent of its housing units are owner-occupied, households average 2.5 people, and the median household income is $93,971. About one resident in six is 65 or over, and roughly one in four is under 18. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 1,832
- Households: 766
- Persons per household: 2.5
- Foreign-born: 1.1% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 16.1%
- Under 18: 24.0%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 93.6%
- Asian: 0.3%
- Black or African American: 0.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 2.6%
- Two or more races: 4.1%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 1.8%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $93,971
- Poverty rate: 4.8%
- Median home value: $272,600
- Median gross rent: $1,295
- Homeownership: 91.4% of units
- In the labor force: 70.1%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s enrollment snapshot from February 1, 2025. As in most of the state, Wales’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 1,542
- Unenrolled (no party): 1,119 (72.57%)
- Democrats: 188 (12.19%)
- Republicans: 214 (13.88%)
Sources
See how Wales fits into the broader Commonwealth.