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Hardwick town, Worcester County, MA

2,684 Population
38.6 square miles 69.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.3 ±9.8 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

$41,931 ±$5,805 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
$75,000 ±$21,953 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $95,939 ±$1,131
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

11% ±7.3% (293  ±195) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Worcester County: 10.3% 86,943 (±0.5% / ±3,940)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

31.2 minutes ±2.9 (34,725  ±6,995) 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

1,138 ±128 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 335,826 ±1,207
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.3 ±0.3 (2,662  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 839,576 (±0 / ±210)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,219 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 355,185 ±112
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$346,700 ±$67,201 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $423,700 ±$3,371
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

2.4% ±1.6% (63  ±43.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Worcester County: 11.2% 96,030 (±0.4% / ±3,422.5)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

94.7% ±9.9% (1,834  ±231.3) 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)
30.9% ±6.3% (599  ±129.7) 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

3.3% ±2.2% (89  ±58) 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

4.4% ±1.7% (93  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 5% 34,457 (±0.2% / ±1,338)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
93 Total veterans ±37 63 Male ±28 30 Female ±25

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