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Groton town, Middlesex County, MA

11,322 Population
32.8 square miles 345.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±4.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 38.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$59,674 ±$6,118 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Middlesex County: $54,433 ±$526
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$142,500 ±$24,422 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Middlesex County: $106,202 ±$1,144
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

3.9% ±1.8% (436  ±196) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Middlesex County: 7.3% 112,373 (±0.3% / ±4,761)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

36.5 minutes ±1.5 (179,400  ±19,392) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 31.2 24,443,805 (±0.2 / ±200,960)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

3,944 ±225 Number of households
  • Middlesex County: 611,850 ±1,348
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.8 ±0.2 (11,180  ±76) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Middlesex County: 2.5 1,547,964 (±0 / ±1,390)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

0.5% ±0.9% (12  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Middlesex County: 4.5% 18,094 (±0.2% / ±892)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

4,098 ±236 Number of housing units
  • Middlesex County: 641,278 ±560
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$487,100 ±$26,479 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Middlesex County: $540,300 ±$3,956
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

9.1% ±3.4% (1,025  ±386.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Middlesex County: 13.5% 214,734 (±0.3% / ±5,036)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

96.6% ±7% (7,397  ±637.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 93.7% 1,058,146 (±0.6% / ±7,204.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
65.8% ±6.1% (5,036  ±521.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Middlesex County: 57.1% 644,709 (±0.5% / ±5,258)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

5.9% ±2.1% (664  ±232) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Middlesex County: 21.3% 341,278 (±0.3% / ±4,868)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

5.6% ±1.9% (463  ±162) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Middlesex County: 4.3% 54,833 (±0.1% / ±1,830)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
463 Total veterans ±162 444 Male ±153 19 Female ±31

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