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Shrewsbury town, Worcester County, MA

37,037 Population
20.7 square miles 1,786.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.1 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$47,316 ±$2,065 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Worcester County: $36,169 ±$343
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$105,959 ±$4,457 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Worcester County: $71,895 ±$745
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

4.3% ±1.5% (1,593  ±568) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 10.4% 82,745 (±0.4% / ±2,770)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

30.2 minutes ±1.6 (545,285  ±34,364) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.2 11,368,090 (±0.3 / ±135,633)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

13,161 ±293 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 307,294 ±1,353
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.8 ±0.1 (36,599  ±183) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 2.6 792,345 (±0 / ±1,039)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

3.2% ±1.4% (270  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Worcester County: 4.9% 9,605 (±0.4% / ±681)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

14,207 ±360 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 333,830 ±426
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$398,000 ±$14,227 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Worcester County: $269,900 ±$1,901
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

11% ±2.1% (4,041  ±753.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Worcester County: 11.1% 90,459 (±0.4% / ±3,308)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

95% ±3.9% (23,909  ±1,042.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Worcester County: 90.4% 510,296 (±0.9% / ±4,777.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
58.4% ±3.1% (14,704  ±811.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 36% 202,881 (±0.5% / ±2,916.5)
  • about 1.4 times 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

23.2% ±2.3% (8,587  ±833) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Worcester County: 11.9% 98,158 (±0.3% / ±2,573)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

5.9% ±1% (1,675  ±291) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 6.9% 44,391 (±0.2% / ±1,187)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
1,675 Total veterans ±291 1,562 Male ±273 113 Female ±79

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