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Fitchburg city, Worcester County, MA

41,796 Population
27.8 square miles 1,502.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$30,300 ±$1,518 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $41,528 ±$473
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$60,466 ±$5,235 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $81,660 ±$987
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

14.6% ±2.2% (5,838  ±898) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 9.8% 81,333 (±0.5% / ±3,784)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

25.8 minutes ±1.7 (484,160  ±39,575) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 29.6 11,348,220 (±0.3 / ±164,636)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

16,398 ±545 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 326,571 ±1,393
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.4 ±0.1 (40,085  ±236) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 827,691 (±0 / ±1,379)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

7% ±3.3% (694  ±333) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Worcester County: 5.2% 10,392 (±0.4% / ±844)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

17,697 ±609 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 349,131 ±525
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$232,400 ±$7,452 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $314,900 ±$2,858
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

12.4% ±2.1% (5,139  ±882.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 10.9% 92,756 (±0.4% / ±3,464.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

88.3% ±4% (24,399  ±1,358.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 91.6% 544,025 (±0.9% / ±5,094.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
23.7% ±2.2% (6,546  ±654.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 38.1% 226,111 (±0.6% / ±3,308.4)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

9.5% ±1.8% (3,978  ±748) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Worcester County: 13% 111,477 (±0.3% / ±2,751)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

6.6% ±1.1% (2,187  ±362) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 5.9% 40,119 (±0.2% / ±1,231)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
2,187 Total veterans ±362 2,051 Male ±362 136 Female ±65

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