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Sterling town, Worcester County, MA

8,130 Population
30.6 square miles 265.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$55,912 ±$6,821 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Worcester County: $39,113 ±$443
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$122,810 ±$16,126 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Worcester County: $77,155 ±$994
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

2.4% ±1.4% (196  ±109) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Worcester County: 9.7% 77,219 (±0.5% / ±3,827)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

31.3 minutes ±7.5 (125,745  ±31,881) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.8 11,415,895 (±0.3 / ±165,837)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

3,143 ±255 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 314,081 ±1,269
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.5 ±0.2 (7,969  ±100) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 796,859 (±0 / ±1,325)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

3.7% ±3.4% (49  ±46) 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

3,260 ±256 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 336,533 ±508
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$367,500 ±$16,624 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Worcester County: $295,300 ±$2,288
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

5.7% ±2.8% (463  ±222.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 10.9% 88,976 (±0.4% / ±3,598.5)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

96.8% ±9.8% (5,798  ±628.6) 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)
54.6% ±7.8% (3,268  ±486.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 37.1% 212,111 (±0.6% / ±3,320.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

3.3% ±2.2% (264  ±180) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Worcester County: 12.4% 102,232 (±0.4% / ±3,070)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

8.4% ±2.9% (526  ±181) 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)
526 Total veterans ±181 482 Male ±177 44 Female ±40

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