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Grafton town, Worcester County, MA

19,771 Population
22.8 square miles 867 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Worcester County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$57,622 ±$3,870 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Worcester County: $47,780 ±$583
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$124,548 ±$9,607 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Worcester County: $93,561 ±$1,275
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

6.4% ±2.7% (1,257  ±525) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 10.3% 86,428 (±0.5% / ±3,926)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

33.7 minutes ±3.6 (277,610  ±20,777) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.6 10,985,600 (±0.3 / ±175,685)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

7,700 ±349 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 333,273 ±1,196
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.5 ±0.1 (19,514  ±44) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 834,338 (±0 / ±191)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

7.8% ±2.8% (366  ±134) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 5% 9,926 (±0.4% / ±828)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

7,982 ±353 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 353,405 ±195
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$481,500 ±$22,583 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Worcester County: $390,700 ±$3,366
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

9.3% ±2.9% (1,814  ±571.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 11.2% 95,738 (±0.5% / ±3,956.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

94.8% ±4.7% (13,206  ±789.9) 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)
53.6% ±3.7% (7,465  ±576.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Worcester County: 39% 235,094 (±0.6% / ±3,514)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

12% ±2.4% (2,380  ±480) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 13.8% 119,141
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

5% ±1.5% (771  ±229) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 5.3% 36,007 (±0.2% / ±1,605)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
771 Total veterans ±229 703 Male ±213 68 Female ±62

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