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West Brookfield, MA

1,518 Population
1.3 square miles 1,202 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.7 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$34,833 ±$5,106 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $47,780 ±$583
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$59,734 ±$20,172 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $93,561 ±$1,275
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

14.5% ±11.4% (195  ±161) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 10.3% 86,428 (±0.5% / ±3,926)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

38.6 minutes ±10.8 (18,695  ±9,171) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 29.6 10,985,600 (±0.3 / ±175,685)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

622 ±165 Number of households
  • the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 333,273 ±1,196
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.2 ±0.8 (1,347  ±339) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 2.5 834,338 (±0 / ±191)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

9.2% ±12.5% (19  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 5% 9,926 (±0.4% / ±828)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

744 ±182 Number of housing units
  • the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 353,405 ±195
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$282,900 ±$70,442 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $390,700 ±$3,366
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

6.3% ±2.7% (95  ±45.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 11.2% 95,738 (±0.5% / ±3,956.3)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

92.4% ±31.4% (1,205  ±256.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 91.3% 550,060 (±0.9% / ±5,579.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
25.8% ±7.2% (336  ±129.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 39% 235,094 (±0.6% / ±3,514)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

0.6% ±1.1% (9  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 13.8% 119,141
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

26.1% ±12.9% (343  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 5.3% 36,007 (±0.2% / ±1,605)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
343 Total veterans ±191 308 Male ±173 35 Female ±48

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