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Worcester city, Worcester County, MA

205,917 Population
37.4 square miles 5,511.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 40 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,772 ±$2,337 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $41,994 ±$1,027
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $49,746 ±$459
$63,194 ±$6,342 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $84,952 ±$2,579
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,645 ±$1,287

18.6% ±3% (35,706  ±5,735) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Worcester County: 10% † 83,039 (±1.1% / ±8,818)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,138 (±0.3% / ±21,871)

23.9 minutes ±0.9 (2,018,515  ±139,244) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 28 9,669,935 (±0.5 / ±282,427)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 27.5 73,941,424 (±0.2 / ±862,637)

Families

76,065 ±2,991 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 333,435 ±3,137
  • Massachusetts: 2,759,018 ±9,086
2.5 ±0.1 (190,787  ±2,196) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 833,668 (±0 / ±3,018)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,738,001 (±0)

3.9% ±1.3% (2,341  ±794) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 4.2% † 8,329 (±0.8% / ±1,515)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,136 (±0.3% / ±4,819)

Housing

82,375 ±3,165 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 353,841 ±1,198
  • Massachusetts: 3,017,772 ±315

$317,800 ±$10,186 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $365,700 ±$5,075
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $480,600 ±$3,093

17.1% ±2.2% (34,916  ±4,392) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Worcester County: 11.9% 101,438 (±0.9% / ±7,894.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 872,355 (±0.3% / ±22,449.6)

Social

83.7% ±3.9% (111,741  ±6,018.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 91% 549,022 (±1.8% / ±11,096.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,495,563 (±0.7% / ±33,250.2)
34.4% ±2.6% (45,964  ±3,668.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 40% 241,490 (±1.2% / ±7,188.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,300,423 (±0.5% / ±23,318)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

22.4% ±2.3% (46,053  ±4,663) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 13.4% 115,723 (±0.9% / ±8,054)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,488 (±0.3% / ±21,752)

3.2% ±0.8% (5,244  ±1,344) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 5% 33,932 (±0.4% / ±2,807)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.2% 238,039 (±0.1% / ±7,249)
5,244 Total veterans ±1,344 4,827 Male ±1,311 417 Female ±329

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