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Oakham town, Worcester County, MA

1,623 Population
20.8 square miles 78 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.1 ±3.6 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$47,978 ±$4,795 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Worcester County: $47,780 ±$583
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$96,207 ±$12,751 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Worcester County: $93,561 ±$1,275
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

6.1% ±1.8% (98  ±30) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 10.3% 86,428 (±0.5% / ±3,926)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

40.6 minutes ±4.3 (27,825  ±4,304) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Worcester County: 29.6 10,985,600 (±0.3 / ±175,685)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

640 ±53 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 333,273 ±1,196
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.5 ±0.3 (1,606  ±115) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 834,338 (±0 / ±191)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

6.2% ±4.6% (17  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 5% 9,926 (±0.4% / ±828)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

697 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 353,405 ±195
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$379,600 ±$16,180 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Worcester County: $390,700 ±$3,366
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

5.2% ±2.9% (84  ±46.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 11.2% 95,738 (±0.5% / ±3,956.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

94.4% ±5.5% (1,149  ±104.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Worcester County: 91.3% 550,060 (±0.9% / ±5,579.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
38.9% ±4.6% (473  ±64.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Worcester County: 39% 235,094 (±0.6% / ±3,514)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

2.2% ±1.2% (36  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Worcester County: 13.8% 119,141
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

7.9% ±2.7% (105  ±37) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 5.3% 36,007 (±0.2% / ±1,605)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
105 Total veterans ±37 105 Male ±37 N/A Female ±14

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