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Worcester city, Worcester County, MA

211,289 Population
37.4 square miles 5,655.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 40.4 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$38,792 ±$3,059 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $48,350 ±$1,231
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,789 ±$503
$71,042 ±$4,217 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $96,602 ±$3,484
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $104,828 ±$1,650

17.6% ±3.1% (34,503  ±6,069) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Worcester County: 9.6% † 81,653 (±1% / ±8,641)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.7% 671,003 (±0.3% / ±22,818)

23.2 minutes ±0.9 (2,161,095  ±155,158) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 29.8 11,613,155 (±0.6 / ±348,320)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.6 97,647,370 (±0.2 / ±950,902)

Families

83,116 ±2,966 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 340,956 ±2,577
  • Massachusetts: 2,829,804 ±9,140
2.4 ±0.1 (196,378  ±118) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 852,034 (±0 / ±188)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,879,639

6.1% ±2.5% (3,303  ±1,378) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 5% † 10,043 (±1% / ±2,093)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 72,892 (±0.3% / ±4,307)

Housing

89,723 ±3,353 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 358,354 ±87
  • Massachusetts: 3,057,853 ±244

$411,700 ±$18,985 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $465,500 ±$6,870
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $607,400 ±$3,979

15.6% ±2.3% (32,616  ±4,801.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 10.5% 91,645 (±1% / ±8,771.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 760,652 (±0.3% / ±23,233.3)

Social

85.7% ±4% (123,765  ±6,523.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 91.1% 566,463 (±1.9% / ±11,752)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,637,695 (±0.7% / ±35,243.9)
34.5% ±2.7% (49,829  ±4,015.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 40.2% 249,917 (±1.2% / ±7,709)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 48.3% 2,449,570 (±0.5% / ±23,913.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

30.5% ±2.6% (64,421  ±5,552) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 17% 149,973
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.8% 1,337,811

3.2% ±0.7% (5,494  ±1,233) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Worcester County: 4.8% 34,039 (±0.4% / ±2,793)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4% 227,919 (±0.1% / ±7,225)
5,494 Total veterans ±1,233 4,972 Male ±1,208 522 Female ±300

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