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West Brookfield, MA

1,532 Population
1.3 square miles 1,213.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.3 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$29,260 ±$4,775 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $44,529 ±$425
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$53,849 ±$19,622 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $86,708 ±$1,220
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

17.7% ±8.6% (243  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 10.2% 96,069 (±0.4% / ±3,990)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

31 minutes ±10.4 (16,800  ±8,269) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 29.1 12,472,165 (±0.3 / ±180,592)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

571 ±142 Number of households
  • the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 376,746 ±1,444
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.4 ±0.2 (1,341  ±345) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 2.5 943,431 (±0 / ±270)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

6.6% ±10.3% (16  ±26) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 4.8% 10,742 (±0.4% / ±876)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

713 ±163 Number of housing units
  • the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 401,365 ±519
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$227,600 ±$56,597 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $347,400 ±$2,379
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

5.7% ±3.1% (87  ±51.2) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 11% 106,091 (±0.4% / ±3,747.8)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

87.9% ±27.3% (1,121  ±,240.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 91.2% 619,704 (±0.8% / ±5,318.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
24.4% ±7.7% (311  ±120) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 36.7% 249,351 (±0.5% / ±3,339.6)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

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

0.5% ±1% (7  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 12.4% 121,334 (±0.3% / ±3,146)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

19.5% ±11.3% (251  ±156) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 5.9% 45,823 (±0.2% / ±1,656)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
251 Total veterans ±156 216 Male ±140 35 Female ±45

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