Town Data Profile

Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA

Town Government
Open Town Meeting
Select Board
Town Manager
Moderator

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Governor of Massachusetts: Maura Healey (D)
Lieutenant Governor: Kim Driscoll (D)
Secretary: William Francis Galvin (D)
Auditor: Diana Dizoglio (D)
Treasurer: Deborah B. Goldberg (D)
Attorney General: Andrea Campbell (D)
 

Federal Government - 116th United States Congress 
U.S. Representative - Fifth Congressional District: Katherine Clark (D)
U.S. Senator: Massachusetts: Elizabeth Warren (D)
U.S. Senator: Massachusetts: Edward J. Markey (D)

191st General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
House of Representatives - Thirteenth Middlesex District: Carmine L. Gentile (D)
House of Representatives - Fourteenth Norfolk District: Alice Hanlon Peisch (D)
Senator: Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex CountiesRebecca L. Rausch (D)

District Representatives
Governor's Council - Second District: VACANT
Middlesex County - Northern District: District Attorney: Marian T. Ryan (D)
Register of Probate: Middlesex County: Tara E. DeCristofaro (D)

 

Town of Wayland Facts & Data
Total Area: Land, Water15.9 sq miles: 15.28 Land, 0.62 sq mi Water
Elevation127 feet
Postal Zip Code01778
Area Code508

Time Zone

Eastern Standard Time (GMT -5)
Daylight Savings: Yes
Distance to Boston17 miles
Neighboring Cities & TownsLincoln, Sudbury, Weston, Framingham, and Natick
Major Roadways

US Route 20, Interstate Turnpike I-90

Route MA-27, Route MA-126

Population 

1990 - 11,824

2000 - 13,133

2010 - 12,994

2016 - 14,567

2017 - 13,954

2018 - 13,882

2020 - 14,536

Number of Households

Own / Rent Ratio

6,239

89% 11%

Number of Registered Voters10,433
Current Tax Rate $18.52 per $1,000
Public School District Enrollment K-12 (2019)2,719
Student / Teacher Ratio12.5 : 1
Median Value of Owner Occupied Housing (2018)$687,800
Demonym Waylander