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Worcester, MA--CT Urban Area

496,386 Population
260.3 square miles 1,907 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,748 ±$1,605 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$94,001 ±$5,093 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

10.2% ±1.4% (48,488  ±6,761) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

27.9 minutes ±0.8 (6,185,260  ±308,113) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

195,839 ±3,870 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (476,551  ±9,684) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±1.5% (5,698  ±1,733) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

205,358 ±4,223 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$482,400 ±$10,659 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

12.3% ±1.4% (60,595  ±7,078.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.8% ±2.1% (318,954  ±9,695.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
44.3% ±1.6% (155,557  ±6,428.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

21.8% ±1.5% (108,076  ±7,582) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.5% ±0.5% (18,064  ±2,123) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
18,064 Total veterans ±2,123 16,421 Male ±2,073 1,643 Female ±685

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