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Worcester city, Worcester County, MA

185,186 Population
37.4 square miles 4,956.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$28,945 ±$781 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $39,113 ±$443
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$51,647 ±$2,546 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Worcester County: $77,155 ±$994
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

19.7% ±1.5% (33,813  ±2,509) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Worcester County: 9.7% 77,219 (±0.5% / ±3,827)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

24.6 minutes ±0.6 (2,000,000  ±69,198) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 29.8 11,415,895 (±0.3 / ±165,837)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

72,289 ±1,083 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 314,081 ±1,269
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.4 ±0 (170,450  ±932) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 796,859 (±0 / ±1,325)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

5.2% ±0.8% (2,596  ±375) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Worcester County: 5.2% 9,951 (±0.5% / ±903)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

78,258 ±1,032 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 336,533 ±508
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$241,800 ±$3,887 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $295,300 ±$2,288
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

15.3% ±1.1% (28,043  ±2,081.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Worcester County: 10.9% 88,976 (±0.4% / ±3,598.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

85.8% ±1.9% (104,067  ±2,564.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 91.3% 522,517 (±0.9% / ±5,361.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
31.2% ±1.2% (37,816  ±1,519.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 37.1% 212,111 (±0.6% / ±3,320.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

21% ±1.1% (38,875  ±2,041) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 12.4% 102,232 (±0.4% / ±3,070)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

4.4% ±0.4% (6,529  ±629) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Worcester County: 6.3% 41,251 (±0.2% / ±1,279)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
6,529 Total veterans ±629 5,929 Male ±582 600 Female ±206

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