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Barre town, Worcester County, MA

5,572 Population
44.3 square miles 125.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.8 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$43,541 ±$5,624 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $48,914 ±$542
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$107,727 ±$12,819 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Worcester County: $95,939 ±$1,131
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

8.2% ±5.6% (446  ±306) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 10.3% 86,943 (±0.5% / ±3,940)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

36.2 minutes ±4.4 (91,770  ±18,451) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.2 10,775,935 (±0.3 / ±161,123)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

2,024 ±191 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 335,826 ±1,207
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.7 ±0.3 (5,357  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 839,576 (±0 / ±210)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

6.6% ±5.3% (85  ±70) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Worcester County: 5.1% 10,089 (±0.5% / ±925)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

2,249 ±231 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 355,185 ±112
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$394,300 ±$55,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $423,700 ±$3,371
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

10.9% ±7.5% (594  ±407.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 11.2% 96,030 (±0.4% / ±3,422.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

91.7% ±11.8% (3,876  ±543.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Worcester County: 91.2% 555,478 (±0.9% / ±5,498.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
31.6% ±8.4% (1,337  ±362.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 39.7% 241,579 (±0.6% / ±3,509.5)
  • about two-thirds of 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

1.9% ±2% (106  ±109) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Worcester County: 14.6% 126,246
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

5% ±2.6% (235  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Worcester County: 5% 34,457 (±0.2% / ±1,338)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
235 Total veterans ±122 191 Male ±111 44 Female ±56

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