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16th Worcester District, MA

44,810 Population
8.1 square miles 5,536.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,609 ±$3,082 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,487 ±$6,103 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.7% ±3% (6,107  ±1,263) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

24.5 minutes ±1 (520,305  ±41,024) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

17,267 ±821 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (41,553  ±2,153) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.8% ±2.7% (831  ±335) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

18,785 ±768 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$356,400 ±$13,239 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.6% ±2.1% (6,871  ±976.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.8% ±2.3% (25,369  ±1,469.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29% ±2.3% (8,674  ±814.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

25.2% ±3% (11,287  ±1,465) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.3% ±0.9% (1,177  ±326) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,177 Total veterans ±326 1,120 Male ±309 57 Female ±58

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