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Westford town, Middlesex County, MA

24,690 Population
30.2 square miles 816.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$77,741 ±$5,099 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $69,556 ±$581
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$187,198 ±$10,347 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Middlesex County: $130,847 ±$1,164
  • nearly double the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

3.3% ±1.2% (797  ±282) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Middlesex County: 7.7% 122,596 (±0.3% / ±4,532)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

30.9 minutes ±1.6 (288,805  ±25,429) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 29.9 20,027,116 (±0.2 / ±201,745)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

8,795 ±294 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 634,215 ±1,681
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.8 ±0.1 (24,569  ±31) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,578,949 (±0 / ±254)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

5.8% ±2.6% (297  ±135) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 4.6% 18,523 (±0.3% / ±1,052)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

9,241 ±300 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 664,267 ±238
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$748,500 ±$31,732 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $727,800 ±$3,891
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

9.7% ±3.2% (2,367  ±788.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Middlesex County: 12.8% 207,868 (±0.4% / ±5,782)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

97.7% ±5.1% (16,423  ±921.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.2% 1,081,524 (±0.7% / ±7,546)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
73.9% ±4% (12,415  ±729.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 59.5% 690,381 (±0.5% / ±5,529.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

21.4% ±2.9% (5,280  ±710) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 23.1% 378,142
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

5.7% ±1.5% (1,036  ±277) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Middlesex County: 3.3% 43,892 (±0.1% / ±1,337)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
1,036 Total veterans ±277 1,000 Male ±275 36 Female ±35

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