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Petersham town, Worcester County, MA

1,177 Population
54.2 square miles 21.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$44,519 ±$4,258 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Worcester County: $45,433 ±$455
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$104,205 ±$13,202 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Worcester County: $88,524 ±$1,230
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

6.5% ±3.7% (74  ±43) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Worcester County: 10% 83,304 (±0.4% / ±3,673)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

38 minutes ±4.2 (20,265  ±3,409) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Worcester County: 29.3 11,075,140 (±0.3 / ±163,760)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

461 ±49 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 330,319 ±1,251
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.4 ±0.3 (1,103  ±104) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 831,876 (±0 / ±230)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

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

Housing

529 ±53 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 351,506 ±160
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$346,000 ±$12,748 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Worcester County: $363,200 ±$2,372
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

9.8% ±5.1% (115  ±60.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of 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

96.7% ±7% (895  ±,108.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Worcester County: 91.4% 546,405 (±0.8% / ±4,995.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
43.5% ±6.4% (403  ±70.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 38.4% 229,371 (±0.5% / ±3,169.9)
  • a little less than 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

2.4% ±1.9% (28  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Worcester County: 13.4% 115,125
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

6.6% ±1.9% (67  ±20) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 5.7% 38,883 (±0.2% / ±1,519)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
67 Total veterans ±20 63 Male ±19 4 Female ±5

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