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West Brookfield, MA

1,563 Population
1.3 square miles 1,237.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.9 ±7 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$43,700 ±$8,754 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $48,914 ±$542
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$76,625 ±$25,177 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $95,939 ±$1,131
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

13.4% ±9.5% (186  ±139) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 10.3% 86,943 (±0.5% / ±3,940)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

41.1 minutes ±0.8 (21,025  ±9,262) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 29.2 10,775,935 (±0.3 / ±161,123)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

627 ±162 Number of households
  • the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 335,826 ±1,207
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.2 ±0.8 (1,392  ±339) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 2.5 839,576 (±0 / ±210)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

12% ±7.8% (26  ±21) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 5.1% 10,089 (±0.5% / ±925)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

747 ±182 Number of housing units
  • the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 355,185 ±112
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$313,700 ±$80,260 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: $423,700 ±$3,371
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

8% ±3.8% (123  ±64.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 11.2% 96,030 (±0.4% / ±3,422.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

94.3% ±30.6% (1,297  ±263.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 91.2% 555,478 (±0.9% / ±5,498.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
28.9% ±8% (397  ±149.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 39.7% 241,579 (±0.6% / ±3,509.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

0.7% ±1.1% (11  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 14.6% 126,246
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

21.2% ±10.7% (296  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Worcester, MA Metro Area: 5% 34,457 (±0.2% / ±1,338)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
296 Total veterans ±166 264 Male ±153 32 Female ±42

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