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Webster town, Worcester County, MA

16,973 Population
12.4 square miles 1,373.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.2 ±2.7 Median age
  • a little 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

$32,001 ±$2,432 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $37,574 ±$367
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$62,281 ±$3,836 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $74,679 ±$1,014
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

9.6% ±2.1% (1,582  ±347) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 10.1% 80,612 (±0.4% / ±3,037)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

29.7 minutes ±1.7 (230,910  ±17,930) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Worcester County: 29.7 11,602,180 (±0.3 / ±157,013)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

6,946 ±268 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 309,951 ±1,360
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.4 ±0.1 (16,639  ±123) 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

5.2% ±2.4% (201  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 4.9% 9,489 (±0.3% / ±639)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

7,830 ±339 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 335,104 ±588
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$233,500 ±$9,788 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $280,600 ±$1,868
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

14.8% ±3.3% (2,485  ±551.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Worcester County: 10.9% 88,994 (±0.4% / ±3,373.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

88.4% ±4.8% (10,756  ±692.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 90.8% 515,925 (±0.8% / ±4,608.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
25% ±2.7% (3,042  ±348.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Worcester County: 36.4% 206,929 (±0.5% / ±2,758.6)
  • about three-fifths of 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

8.4% ±2% (1,418  ±345) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Worcester County: 12.1% 100,071 (±0.3% / ±2,431)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

8.6% ±1.6% (1,156  ±213) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Worcester County: 6.7% 43,487 (±0.2% / ±1,349)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
1,156 Total veterans ±213 1,108 Male ±208 48 Female ±36

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