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Worcester, MA--CT Urban Area

487,014 Population
260.3 square miles 1,871 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,640 ±$1,822 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$93,111 ±$4,844 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.2% ±1.6% (57,214  ±7,511) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

29.4 minutes ±1.4 (6,349,930  ±378,913) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

189,731 ±3,843 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (467,828  ±9,011) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

6.1% ±1.7% (7,063  ±1,959) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

202,114 ±3,749 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$441,000 ±$11,177 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.1% ±1.8% (72,694  ±8,787.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.4% ±2.3% (305,055  ±9,452.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
44.4% ±1.7% (149,893  ±6,408.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

18.7% ±1.3% (91,120  ±6,640) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.9% ±0.5% (15,136  ±1,969) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
15,136 Total veterans ±1,969 13,912 Male ±1,781 1,224 Female ±610

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