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Bolton town, Worcester County, MA

5,653 Population
19.9 square miles 283.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$76,344 ±$8,109 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Worcester County: $45,433 ±$455
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$191,208 ±$24,474 Median household income
  • more than double the amount in Worcester County: $88,524 ±$1,230
  • about double the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

2.4% ±1.6% (134  ±89) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Worcester County: 10% 83,304 (±0.4% / ±3,673)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

35.5 minutes ±6.8 (70,530  ±9,329) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.3 11,075,140 (±0.3 / ±163,760)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

1,882 ±111 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 330,319 ±1,251
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
3 ±0.2 (5,631  ±25) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 831,876 (±0 / ±230)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

9.3% ±4.5% (105  ±53) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Worcester County: 4.9% 9,645 (±0.4% / ±862)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

2,005 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 351,506 ±160
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$679,600 ±$32,278 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in Worcester County: $363,200 ±$2,372
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

10.4% ±5% (574  ±276) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 10.9% 92,565 (±0.4% / ±3,423)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

99.2% ±8.4% (3,772  ±,364.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 91.4% 546,405 (±0.8% / ±4,995.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
77.1% ±7.6% (2,931  ±,320.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about double the rate in Worcester County: 38.4% 229,371 (±0.5% / ±3,169.9)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

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

11.7% ±3.3% (661  ±189) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 13.4% 115,125
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

4.8% ±1.7% (197  ±69) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 5.7% 38,883 (±0.2% / ±1,519)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
197 Total veterans ±69 175 Male ±67 22 Female ±22

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