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Charlton town, Worcester County, MA

13,435 Population
42.2 square miles 318.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±4 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

$53,878 ±$7,320 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Worcester County: $48,914 ±$542
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$117,587 ±$8,398 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Worcester County: $95,939 ±$1,131
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

2.5% ±1.4% (339  ±180) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Worcester County: 10.3% 86,943 (±0.5% / ±3,940)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

32.8 minutes ±3.1 (185,620  ±25,902) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.2 10,775,935 (±0.3 / ±161,123)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

5,007 ±232 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 335,826 ±1,207
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.7 ±0.1 (13,323  ±19) 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

4.9% ±3% (147  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 5.1% 10,089 (±0.5% / ±925)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

5,197 ±227 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 355,185 ±112
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$427,500 ±$18,558 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Worcester County: $423,700 ±$3,371
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

4.1% ±2% (549  ±266.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 11.2% 96,030 (±0.4% / ±3,422.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

93.7% ±7.5% (8,834  ±775.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Worcester County: 91.2% 555,478 (±0.9% / ±5,498.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
37.6% ±4.6% (3,542  ±451.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 39.7% 241,579 (±0.6% / ±3,509.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

3.6% ±1.8% (487  ±236) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Worcester County: 14.6% 126,246
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

7.9% ±2.5% (791  ±250) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 5% 34,457 (±0.2% / ±1,338)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
791 Total veterans ±250 718 Male ±247 73 Female ±62

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