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Petersham town, Worcester County, MA

1,142 Population
54.2 square miles 21.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.5 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$39,544 ±$4,985 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Worcester County: $39,113 ±$443
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$72,596 ±$16,903 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Worcester County: $77,155 ±$994
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

4.3% ±2.9% (47  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 9.7% 77,219 (±0.5% / ±3,827)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

32.9 minutes ±2.7 (17,760  ±3,066) 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

465 ±52 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 314,081 ±1,269
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.3 ±0.4 (1,066  ±114) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 796,859 (±0 / ±1,325)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

3.8% ±3.4% (8  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Worcester County: 5.2% 9,951 (±0.5% / ±903)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

546 ±49 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 336,533 ±508
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$299,100 ±$17,527 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Worcester County: $295,300 ±$2,288
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

7.3% ±5.1% (82  ±58.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Worcester County: 10.9% 88,976 (±0.4% / ±3,598.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

94.3% ±2.2% (812  ±88.9) 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)
39.3% ±5.3% (338  ±58) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little 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

4% ±3.1% (46  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Worcester County: 12.4% 102,232 (±0.4% / ±3,070)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

8.1% ±2.1% (80  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Worcester County: 6.3% 41,251 (±0.2% / ±1,279)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
80 Total veterans ±23 73 Male ±21 7 Female ±7

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