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North Brookfield town, Worcester County, MA

4,764 Population
21.3 square miles 224 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$33,347 ±$3,170 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $36,169 ±$343
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$73,599 ±$5,345 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Worcester County: $71,895 ±$745
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

6.2% ±3.1% (296  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 10.4% 82,745 (±0.4% / ±2,770)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

30.7 minutes ±3.1 (75,870  ±9,739) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.2 11,368,090 (±0.3 / ±135,633)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

1,821 ±124 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 307,294 ±1,353
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.6 ±0.2 (4,752  ±38) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Worcester County: 2.6 792,345 (±0 / ±1,039)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

5.7% ±5% (66  ±58) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 4.9% 9,605 (±0.4% / ±681)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

2,084 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 333,830 ±426
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$246,900 ±$17,050 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $269,900 ±$1,901
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

6.1% ±2.2% (287  ±105) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 11.1% 90,459 (±0.4% / ±3,308)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

91.4% ±6.9% (3,064  ±278.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Worcester County: 90.4% 510,296 (±0.9% / ±4,777.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
26.5% ±4.4% (890  ±153.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Worcester County: 36% 202,881 (±0.5% / ±2,916.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

1.9% ±1% (88  ±47) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Worcester County: 11.9% 98,158 (±0.3% / ±2,573)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

9.5% ±2.7% (362  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Worcester County: 6.9% 44,391 (±0.2% / ±1,187)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
362 Total veterans ±104 336 Male ±98 26 Female ±28

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