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Royalston town, Worcester County, MA

1,460 Population
41.8 square miles 34.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±14.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$39,049 ±$5,243 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $48,914 ±$542
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$102,109 ±$7,690 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Worcester County: $95,939 ±$1,131
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

11.8% ±4.8% (172  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 10.3% 86,943 (±0.5% / ±3,940)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

38.3 minutes ±7.1 (22,925  ±6,461) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Worcester County: 29.2 10,775,935 (±0.3 / ±161,123)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

525 ±67 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 335,826 ±1,207
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.8 ±0.5 (1,460  ±303) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent 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

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

Housing

621 ±58 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 355,185 ±112
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$346,300 ±$18,325 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

6.5% ±4.3% (95  ±66.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 11.2% 96,030 (±0.4% / ±3,422.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

86.1% ±16.1% (882  ±114.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 91.2% 555,478 (±0.9% / ±5,498.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
28.5% ±5.4% (292  ±68.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Worcester County: 39.7% 241,579 (±0.6% / ±3,509.5)
  • about three-fifths 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% ±1.4% (48  ±23) 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

2.9% ±1.3% (33  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 5% 34,457 (±0.2% / ±1,338)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
33 Total veterans ±16 30 Male ±17 3 Female ±4

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