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17th Worcester District, MA

43,634 Population
14.8 square miles 2,943.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,236 ±$1,627 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$59,499 ±$6,301 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

23.3% ±3.4% (9,526  ±1,464) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.3 minutes ±0.8 (447,355  ±36,201) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,989 ±772 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (40,832  ±2,253) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.1% ±2.2% (821  ±259) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,974 ±780 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$353,700 ±$11,481 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.8% ±2% (5,929  ±907) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

80.7% ±2.3% (22,401  ±1,166) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.8% ±2% (6,598  ±620.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

26.9% ±2.5% (11,722  ±1,238) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.6% ±0.7% (1,237  ±245) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,237 Total veterans ±245 1,057 Male ±216 180 Female ±115

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