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Worcester city, Worcester County, MA

205,317 Population
37.4 square miles 5,495.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 40.6 ±0.4
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.2

Economics

$33,308 ±$2,010 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $44,812 ±$1,235
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $54,025 ±$626
$61,935 ±$3,723 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Worcester County: $86,258 ±$2,877
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $94,488 ±$1,260

19.9% ±2.6% (38,199  ±5,014) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in Worcester County: 10.6% 89,192 (±0.9% / ±7,353)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 700,156 (±0.3% / ±23,050)

23.9 minutes ±1.3 (2,193,085  ±152,255) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Worcester County: 28.2 10,335,035 (±0.6 / ±308,084)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 28.6 84,746,130 (±0.3 / ±1,045,915)

Families

80,177 ±3,186 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 338,087 ±2,709
  • Massachusetts: 2,797,776 ±8,835
2.4 ±0.1 (191,240  ±127) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 835,707 (±0 / ±516)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,744,191

5% ±1.6% (2,823  ±935) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 4.4% † 8,728 (±0.8% / ±1,606)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 71,722 (±0.3% / ±4,699)

Housing

85,298 ±3,203 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 355,687 ±222
  • Massachusetts: 3,036,303 ±363

$363,600 ±$13,003 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Worcester County: $393,800 ±$6,290
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $534,700 ±$4,603

17.9% ±2.5% (36,549  ±5,041.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 11% 94,094 (±1% / ±8,387.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.3% 853,188 (±0.4% / ±25,841.8)

Social

87.2% ±3.5% (115,441  ±5,706.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Worcester County: 91% 551,275 (±1.9% / ±11,509.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.3% 4,518,632 (±0.7% / ±34,936.4)
34.8% ±2.5% (45,992  ±3,557.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 37.7% 228,258 (±1.1% / ±6,784.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.7% 2,307,709 (±0.5% / ±22,481.7)

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

24.8% ±2.8% (50,901  ±5,637) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 13.9% 120,257
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18% 1,259,871

3.3% ±0.7% (5,422  ±1,155) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Worcester County: 5.3% 36,264 (±0.4% / ±2,647)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,260 (±0.1% / ±7,303)
5,422 Total veterans ±1,155 4,966 Male ±1,052 456 Female ±419

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