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Worcester city, Worcester County, MA

185,883 Population
37.4 square miles 4,975.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 40 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.2

Economics

$26,973 ±$1,278 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $37,069 ±$698
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,349 ±$382
$46,967 ±$4,526 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Worcester County: $71,853 ±$2,035
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $79,835 ±$970

17.9% ±3% (30,874  ±5,225) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in Worcester County: 8.8% † 71,000 (±0.9% / ±7,114)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 663,918 (±0.3% / ±20,551)

24.9 minutes ±1.2 (2,073,990  ±136,547) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 30.6 12,161,405 (±0.6 / ±296,472)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.5 102,698,470 (±0.2 / ±837,302)

Families

71,688 ±3,338 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 308,831 ±3,525
  • Massachusetts: 2,624,294 ±8,879
2.4 ±0.1 (171,092  ±1,892) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 2.6 801,417 (±0 / ±2,396)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,653,753 (±0)

5.6% ±1.8% (2,788  ±905) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Worcester County: 5.3% † 10,330 (±0.8% / ±1,632)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,345 (±0.2% / ±4,014)

Housing

78,085 ±3,039 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 336,474 ±919
  • Massachusetts: 2,915,043 ±327

$245,200 ±$10,358 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $291,800 ±$4,028
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $400,700 ±$2,804

14% ±2.1% (25,646  ±3,928.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Worcester County: 10.4% 85,099 (±1% / ±8,076.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 864,299 (±0.4% / ±24,918.7)

Social

87.2% ±4% (107,792  ±5,634.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 91.5% 527,066 (±1.9% / ±10,791.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,386,424 (±0.7% / ±31,907.4)
32.2% ±2.6% (39,767  ±3,338.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 37.7% 216,797 (±1.1% / ±6,487.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,152,010 (±0.4% / ±20,295.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

24.5% ±2.3% (45,520  ±4,248) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in Worcester County: 13% 107,849 (±0.8% / ±6,339)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.4% 1,198,148 (±0.3% / ±20,609)

4.5% ±0.9% (6,885  ±1,298) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Worcester County: 6.7% 43,809 (±0.5% / ±3,310)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 292,644 (±0.2% / ±8,712)
6,885 Total veterans ±1,298 6,008 Male ±1,182 877 Female ±544

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