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Petersham town, Worcester County, MA

1,269 Population
54.2 square miles 23.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.2 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.1 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$35,561 ±$3,981 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Worcester County: $36,169 ±$343
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$68,405 ±$4,443 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Worcester County: $71,895 ±$745
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

5.1% ±3.5% (63  ±44) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 10.4% 82,745 (±0.4% / ±2,770)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

33.6 minutes ±8.4 (19,675  ±3,371) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.2 11,368,090 (±0.3 / ±135,633)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

495 ±40 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 307,294 ±1,353
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.4 ±0.2 (1,192  ±129) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 2.6 792,345 (±0 / ±1,039)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

2.3% ±2.5% (7  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 4.9% 9,605 (±0.4% / ±681)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

551 ±41 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 333,830 ±426
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$278,000 ±$14,225 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Worcester County: $269,900 ±$1,901
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

9.1% ±7.2% (114  ±91.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 11.1% 90,459 (±0.4% / ±3,308)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

96.3% ±14.5% (919  ±97.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 90.4% 510,296 (±0.9% / ±4,777.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
34.3% ±4.4% (327  ±54.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 36% 202,881 (±0.5% / ±2,916.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

4.6% ±3.3% (58  ±42) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 11.9% 98,158 (±0.3% / ±2,573)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

8.8% ±2.1% (96  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 6.9% 44,391 (±0.2% / ±1,187)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
96 Total veterans ±25 87 Male ±23 9 Female ±10

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