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Athol, MA

8,711 Population
8.2 square miles 1,064 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.7 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$27,627 ±$2,530 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $47,780 ±$583
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$61,742 ±$9,235 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $93,561 ±$1,275
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

18.1% ±5.2% (1,561  ±458) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 10.3% 86,428 (±0.5% / ±3,926)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

27.2 minutes ±2.9 (93,230  ±15,627) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 29.6 10,985,600 (±0.3 / ±175,685)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

3,394 ±274 Number of households
  • the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 333,273 ±1,196
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.6 ±0.3 (8,690  ±535) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 2.5 834,338 (±0 / ±191)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

6% ±3.5% (131  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 5% 9,926 (±0.4% / ±828)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

3,784 ±299 Number of housing units
  • the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 353,405 ±195
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$227,000 ±$14,173 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $390,700 ±$3,366
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

10.1% ±5.7% (873  ±498.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 11.2% 95,738 (±0.5% / ±3,956.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

88.3% ±6.6% (5,196  ±505) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 91.3% 550,060 (±0.9% / ±5,579.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
21.9% ±4.2% (1,289  ±257.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 39% 235,094 (±0.6% / ±3,514)
  • about half 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

3.5% ±1.7% (304  ±147) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 13.8% 119,141
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

7.4% ±2% (488  ±135) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 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 ±135 443 Male ±123 45 Female ±34

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