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Templeton town, Worcester County, MA

8,130 Population
31.9 square miles 255 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$39,294 ±$4,504 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Worcester County: $37,574 ±$367
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$77,031 ±$11,504 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Worcester County: $74,679 ±$1,014
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

4.4% ±2.4% (351  ±191) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 10.1% 80,612 (±0.4% / ±3,037)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

33.6 minutes ±4.3 (148,820  ±21,987) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.7 11,602,180 (±0.3 / ±157,013)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

3,317 ±224 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 309,951 ±1,360
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.4 ±0.2 (8,021  ±104) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Worcester County: 2.6 794,775 (±0 / ±1,409)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

5.7% ±4.3% (99  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 4.9% 9,489 (±0.3% / ±639)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

3,487 ±233 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 335,104 ±588
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$194,700 ±$20,685 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Worcester County: $280,600 ±$1,868
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

8.2% ±3.7% (668  ±301.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Worcester County: 10.9% 88,994 (±0.4% / ±3,373.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

90.1% ±8.1% (5,372  ±603.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Worcester County: 90.8% 515,925 (±0.8% / ±4,608.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
22% ±4.4% (1,308  ±274.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 36.4% 206,929 (±0.5% / ±2,758.6)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

4.1% ±2.4% (330  ±198) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Worcester County: 12.1% 100,071 (±0.3% / ±2,431)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

11.9% ±2.6% (772  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 6.7% 43,487 (±0.2% / ±1,349)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
772 Total veterans ±175 720 Male ±172 52 Female ±50

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