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Mendon town, Worcester County, MA

6,146 Population
17.8 square miles 345.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$49,911 ±$5,821 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Worcester County: $39,113 ±$443
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$126,806 ±$44,360 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Worcester County: $77,155 ±$994
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

1.5% ±1.3% (89  ±78) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Worcester County: 9.7% 77,219 (±0.5% / ±3,827)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

33.2 minutes ±2.2 (106,120  ±13,729) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.8 11,415,895 (±0.3 / ±165,837)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

2,059 ±125 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 314,081 ±1,269
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
3 ±0.2 (6,124  ±39) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 796,859 (±0 / ±1,325)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

4.6% ±4.8% (61  ±65) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 5.2% 9,951 (±0.5% / ±903)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

2,170 ±172 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 336,533 ±508
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$519,200 ±$52,402 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Worcester County: $295,300 ±$2,288
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

5.7% ±3.7% (348  ±224.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 10.9% 88,976 (±0.4% / ±3,598.5)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

99% ±10.7% (4,312  ±500.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 91.3% 522,517 (±0.9% / ±5,361.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
50.4% ±7.7% (2,196  ±348.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Worcester County: 37.1% 212,111 (±0.6% / ±3,320.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

6.6% ±3.8% (407  ±233) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 12.4% 102,232 (±0.4% / ±3,070)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

5% ±2.3% (234  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 6.3% 41,251 (±0.2% / ±1,279)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
234 Total veterans ±107 223 Male ±102 11 Female ±19

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