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Sterling town, Worcester County, MA

8,053 Population
30.6 square miles 263 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.1 ±3 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$69,244 ±$9,554 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Worcester County: $45,433 ±$455
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$131,058 ±$21,148 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Worcester County: $88,524 ±$1,230
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

2.5% ±1.4% (197  ±111) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Worcester County: 10% 83,304 (±0.4% / ±3,673)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

28.6 minutes ±6.5 (115,180  ±28,351) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Worcester County: 29.3 11,075,140 (±0.3 / ±163,760)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

3,461 ±303 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 330,319 ±1,251
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.3 ±0.2 (7,900  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 831,876 (±0 / ±230)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

5.9% ±4.5% (73  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 4.9% 9,645 (±0.4% / ±862)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

3,477 ±299 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 351,506 ±160
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$423,300 ±$29,677 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Worcester County: $363,200 ±$2,372
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

3.8% ±2.1% (300  ±,163.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Worcester County: 10.9% 92,565 (±0.4% / ±3,423)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

96.9% ±9.6% (6,113  ±,658.5) 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)
49.7% ±7.6% (3,136  ±,494.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Worcester County: 38.4% 229,371 (±0.5% / ±3,169.9)
  • about 10 percent higher 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

3.9% ±1.8% (315  ±144) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Worcester County: 13.4% 115,125
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

9% ±3.2% (585  ±207) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 5.7% 38,883 (±0.2% / ±1,519)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
585 Total veterans ±207 547 Male ±195 38 Female ±59

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