Household broadband adoption
Watertown city
How many households in Watertown city, Massachusetts report an internet subscription. These are survey estimates of what households subscribe to, not a record of which providers offer service at a given address.
Households
16,371
± 500
With a broadband subscription
95.1%
15,564 households ± 522
With no internet access
3.4%
562 households ± 181
How this compares
| Watertown city | 95.1% | |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 92.8% ± 0.1 points | 2.3 points above |
| United States | 91.0% ± 0.1 points | 4.1 points above |
Ranks 71 of 218 places in this state with estimates solid enough to compare.
How to read these numbers
- Every figure is a survey estimate with a margin of error at the 90% confidence level. A difference smaller than the margin is not a real difference.
- “Broadband of any type” counts cable, fibre, DSL, satellite and cellular data plans together. It does not distinguish speed or technology.
- Households reporting no internet access may still have service available to them. Adoption and availability are different measurements.
- These estimates describe households, not people, and not individual addresses.
Source
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates, table B28002, presence and types of internet subscriptions in household.
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Places of a similar size in Massachusetts
Each of these publishes an estimate solid enough to set beside this one. Margins of error overlap, so a small difference between two places is not a difference.
| Place | Households | With a subscription |
|---|---|---|
| Marlborough city | 16,665 | 93.2% |
| Fitchburg city | 16,659 | 91.2% |
| Woburn city | 16,432 | 94.8% |
| Westfield city | 15,822 | 89.5% |
| Holyoke city | 15,618 | 86.4% |
| Braintree Town city | 14,432 | 95.4% |