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Worcester city, Worcester County, MA

185,421 Population
37.4 square miles 4,963.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 40.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.7 ±0.2

Economics

$28,871 ±$1,727 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $39,098 ±$845
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $46,241 ±$464
$57,092 ±$5,532 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $78,345 ±$3,440
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $85,843 ±$991

17.1% ±2.2% (29,319  ±3,856) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Worcester County: 9.4% 75,601 (±0.8% / ±6,584)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.4% 625,763 (±0.3% / ±19,408)

26.1 minutes ±1.5 (2,289,100  ±175,926) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 30.5 12,062,715 (±0.7 / ±353,987)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 31 106,704,375 (±0.3 / ±1,055,700)

Families

69,125 ±2,617 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 316,162 ±2,896
  • Massachusetts: 2,650,680 ±9,065
2.5 ±0.1 (170,538  ±1,762) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 800,951 (±0 / ±2,663)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,646,308 (±0)

4.5% ±1.8% (2,211  ±896) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 5.2% † 9,936 (±1% / ±1,988)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 69,139 (±0.3% / ±4,227)

Housing

75,585 ±2,717 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 337,885 ±1,060
  • Massachusetts: 2,928,818 ±274

$249,600 ±$9,062 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $310,200 ±$5,876
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $418,600 ±$3,128

16.6% ±2.3% (30,417  ±4,265.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 10.9% 89,796 (±1.1% / ±8,757.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 852,503 (±0.4% / ±25,753)

Social

86.3% ±3.7% (104,629  ±5,272.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 91.9% 530,802 (±1.9% / ±11,136.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,429,635 (±0.7% / ±32,397.2)
30.8% ±2.6% (37,336  ±3,288.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 37% 213,403 (±1.2% / ±7,085.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 45% 2,181,743 (±0.5% / ±22,102.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

21.8% ±2.2% (40,376  ±4,015) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 13.7% 114,098 (±0.8% / ±6,331)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,190,192 (±0.3% / ±22,659)

4.6% ±0.8% (6,869  ±1,149) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 5.9% 38,888 (±0.4% / ±2,652)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,814 (±0.1% / ±7,591)
6,869 Total veterans ±1,149 6,727 Male ±1,162 142 Female ±152

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