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Petersham town, Worcester County, MA

1,173 Population
54.2 square miles 21.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.5 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Worcester County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$47,450 ±$4,518 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Worcester County: $47,780 ±$583
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$107,656 ±$19,511 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Worcester County: $93,561 ±$1,275
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

8.9% ±3.9% (102  ±46) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 10.3% 86,428 (±0.5% / ±3,926)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

36.3 minutes ±5.6 (17,330  ±3,976) 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

463 ±53 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 333,273 ±1,196
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.4 ±0.4 (1,111  ±97) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 834,338 (±0 / ±191)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

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

Housing

533 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 353,405 ±195
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$375,000 ±$15,111 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Worcester County: $390,700 ±$3,366
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

10.6% ±4.5% (124  ±53.8) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 11.2% 95,738 (±0.5% / ±3,956.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

97.8% ±6.7% (907  ±107.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 91.3% 550,060 (±0.9% / ±5,579.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
42.9% ±6.6% (398  ±72.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 39% 235,094 (±0.6% / ±3,514)
  • about 90 percent 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

2.1% ±1.7% (25  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Worcester County: 13.8% 119,141
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

6.1% ±1.9% (61  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 5.3% 36,007 (±0.2% / ±1,605)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
61 Total veterans ±20 56 Male ±19 5 Female ±7

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