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Auburn town, Worcester County, MA

16,692 Population
15.5 square miles 1,078 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.3 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,437 ±$2,157 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Worcester County: $39,113 ±$443
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$82,388 ±$7,879 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Worcester County: $77,155 ±$994
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

3.5% ±1.5% (571  ±249) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Worcester County: 9.7% 77,219 (±0.5% / ±3,827)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

29.1 minutes ±1.6 (223,550  ±17,726) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Worcester County: 29.8 11,415,895 (±0.3 / ±165,837)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

6,656 ±255 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 314,081 ±1,269
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.5 ±0.1 (16,540  ±75) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 796,859 (±0 / ±1,325)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

2% ±1.1% (71  ±40) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 5.2% 9,951 (±0.5% / ±903)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

6,964 ±266 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 336,533 ±508
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$274,100 ±$7,132 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $295,300 ±$2,288
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

5% ±1.4% (836  ±233.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 10.9% 88,976 (±0.4% / ±3,598.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

93.7% ±4.7% (11,399  ±618.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Worcester County: 91.3% 522,517 (±0.9% / ±5,361.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
41.4% ±3.1% (5,032  ±394.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 37.1% 212,111 (±0.6% / ±3,320.8)
  • about 90 percent of 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

7.5% ±1.6% (1,253  ±267) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 12.4% 102,232 (±0.4% / ±3,070)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

9.3% ±1.4% (1,217  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 6.3% 41,251 (±0.2% / ±1,279)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
1,217 Total veterans ±189 1,141 Male ±189 76 Female ±36

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