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Blackstone town, Worcester County, MA

9,211 Population
11.1 square miles 829 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$50,874 ±$3,708 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Worcester County: $47,780 ±$583
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$98,986 ±$18,852 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Worcester County: $93,561 ±$1,275
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

4.9% ±1.9% (449  ±171) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 10.3% 86,428 (±0.5% / ±3,926)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

36 minutes ±1.6 (143,960  ±17,965) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.6 10,985,600 (±0.3 / ±175,685)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

3,969 ±277 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 333,273 ±1,196
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.3 ±0.2 (9,158  ±28) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 834,338 (±0 / ±191)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

8.1% ±5.8% (157  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 5% 9,926 (±0.4% / ±828)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

4,079 ±285 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 353,405 ±195
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$394,600 ±$38,140 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Worcester County: $390,700 ±$3,366
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

7.9% ±2.9% (712  ±265.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Worcester County: 11.2% 95,738 (±0.5% / ±3,956.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

96% ±8.5% (6,538  ±638.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Worcester County: 91.3% 550,060 (±0.9% / ±5,579.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
34.6% ±5.7% (2,359  ±402.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 39% 235,094 (±0.6% / ±3,514)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

6.4% ±2.1% (592  ±195) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 13.8% 119,141
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

5.7% ±2.4% (409  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 5.3% 36,007 (±0.2% / ±1,605)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
409 Total veterans ±171 375 Male ±162 34 Female ±36

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