Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Walpole
Walpole is about 26,383 people on roughly 20 square miles of Norfolk County, split among three villages that each keep their own ZIP code: Walpole, East Walpole, and South Walpole. It is a town of homeowners: more than four in five homes are owner-occupied, and households average 2.8 people. About one resident in ten was born outside the United States. 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): 26,383
- Households: 9,367
- Persons per household: 2.8
- Foreign-born: 10.3% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 16.4%
- Under 18: 25.3%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 85.7%
- Asian: 4.4%
- Black or African American: 2.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 4.7%
- Two or more races: 6.4%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 14.2%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $159,720
- Poverty rate: 3.3%
- Median home value: $647,600
- Median gross rent: $2,070
- Homeownership: 82.6% of units
- In the labor force: 72.8%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Walpole’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 19,426
- Unenrolled (no party): 13,425 (69.11%)
- Democrats: 3,770 (19.41%)
- Republicans: 2,077 (10.69%)
Sources
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