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Shrewsbury town, Worcester County, MA

38,734 Population
20.7 square miles 1,867.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$61,100 ±$3,213 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Worcester County: $45,433 ±$455
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$127,088 ±$12,807 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Worcester County: $88,524 ±$1,230
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

3.9% ±1.1% (1,502  ±430) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 10% 83,304 (±0.4% / ±3,673)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

30.2 minutes ±1.9 (469,640  ±39,760) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.3 11,075,140 (±0.3 / ±163,760)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

14,424 ±471 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 330,319 ±1,251
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.7 ±0.1 (38,590  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 831,876 (±0 / ±230)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

4.4% ±1.5% (390  ±133) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 4.9% 9,645 (±0.4% / ±862)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

15,201 ±536 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 351,506 ±160
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$512,000 ±$26,971 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Worcester County: $363,200 ±$2,372
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

12.3% ±2.5% (4,711  ±,959.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 10.9% 92,565 (±0.4% / ±3,423)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

96.1% ±4% (25,755  ±1,204.5) 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)
65.4% ±3.4% (17,527  ±,980.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 38.4% 229,371 (±0.5% / ±3,169.9)
  • about 1.4 times 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

25.2% ±2.3% (9,767  ±871) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Worcester County: 13.4% 115,125
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

5% ±1% (1,488  ±299) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 5.7% 38,883 (±0.2% / ±1,519)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
1,488 Total veterans ±299 1,391 Male ±286 97 Female ±68

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