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Worcester city, Worcester County, MA

207,629 Population
37.4 square miles 5,557.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 40.5 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1

Economics

$36,808 ±$2,401 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $48,086 ±$1,418
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
$69,262 ±$3,772 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $94,099 ±$3,131
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355

20.9% ±3.1% (40,509  ±6,007) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Worcester County: 11% 92,382 (±1% / ±8,760)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)

26.2 minutes ±1.8 (2,448,090  ±214,395) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 30.8 11,858,120 (±1 / ±456,778)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.9 93,102,016 (±0.2 / ±1,049,623)

Families

81,973 ±3,147 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 336,660 ±3,316
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
2.4 ±0.1 (193,345  ±89) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 839,036 (±0 / ±211)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 † 6,760,613 (±,198.3 / ±-555,555,600)

6% ±2.6% (3,354  ±1,462) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 6.3% † 12,436 (±1.2% / ±2,302)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)

Housing

90,160 ±3,621 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 357,234 ±149
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257

$378,900 ±$16,577 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $433,900 ±$7,510
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746

17.8% ±2.7% (36,419  ±5,590.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Worcester County: 12.6% 107,851 (±1.2% / ±10,333.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)

Social

85.4% ±3.7% (117,156  ±6,154.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 90.9% 554,818 (±2% / ±12,269.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
38.3% ±2.8% (52,533  ±4,160.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 41.4% 252,970 (±1.3% / ±8,081.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)

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

24.1% ±2.5% (50,071  ±5,268) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 15.3% † 132,508 (±9,796.4% / ±7,654)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% † 1,263,580 (±1,432.1% / ±22,521)

3.2% ±0.8% (5,343  ±1,378) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Worcester County: 4.5% 31,102 (±0.4% / ±2,435)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
5,343 Total veterans ±1,378 4,998 Male ±1,262 345 Female ±324

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