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Petersham, MA

252 Population
1.2 square miles 204.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.8 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$55,586 ±$14,691 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $47,780 ±$583
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$105,938 ±$28,437 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $93,561 ±$1,275
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

7.9% ±9.7% (20  ±25) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 10.3% 86,428 (±0.5% / ±3,926)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

27.6 minutes ±11.2 (2,865  ±1,615) 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)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

113 ±32 Number of households
  • the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 333,273 ±1,196
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.2 ±0.9 (252  ±68) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 2.5 834,338 (±0 / ±191)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

137 ±36 Number of housing units
  • the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 353,405 ±195
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$372,400 ±$20,034 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $390,700 ±$3,366
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

11.5% ±11% (29  ±28.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 11.2% 95,738 (±0.5% / ±3,956.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

96% ±34.3% (215  ±53) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 91.3% 550,060 (±0.9% / ±5,579.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
49.1% ±8.9% (110  ±34.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 39% 235,094 (±0.6% / ±3,514)
  • a little 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

N/A Foreign-born population

1.3% ±1.7% (3  ±4) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 5.3% 36,007 (±0.2% / ±1,605)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
3 Total veterans ±4 3 Male ±4 N/A Female ±14

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