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Upton town, Worcester County, MA

8,095 Population
21.6 square miles 374.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$68,423 ±$7,568 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Worcester County: $47,780 ±$583
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$155,952 ±$32,215 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Worcester County: $93,561 ±$1,275
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

2.5% ±1.9% (202  ±152) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Worcester County: 10.3% 86,428 (±0.5% / ±3,926)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

37.9 minutes ±2.9 (124,250  ±18,445) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Worcester County: 29.6 10,985,600 (±0.3 / ±175,685)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

2,954 ±187 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 333,273 ±1,196
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.7 ±0.2 (8,066  ±44) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 834,338 (±0 / ±191)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

2.2% ±2.2% (36  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 5% 9,926 (±0.4% / ±828)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

3,023 ±200 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 353,405 ±195
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$561,300 ±$34,216 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Worcester County: $390,700 ±$3,366
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

3.4% ±2.3% (274  ±186.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Worcester County: 11.2% 95,738 (±0.5% / ±3,956.3)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

98.5% ±9.8% (5,702  ±609.1) 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)
52.9% ±6.7% (3,061  ±406.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Worcester County: 39% 235,094 (±0.6% / ±3,514)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

6.9% ±3% (561  ±243) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 13.8% 119,141
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

7.8% ±3.5% (488  ±217) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 5.3% 36,007 (±0.2% / ±1,605)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
488 Total veterans ±217 488 Male ±217 N/A Female ±19

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