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17th Worcester District, MA

42,532 Population
14.8 square miles 2,869.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,381 ±$1,281 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$57,686 ±$5,043 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

23.1% ±2.7% (9,284  ±1,158) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

25 minutes ±0.6 (461,755  ±33,167) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

15,845 ±694 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.5 ±0 (39,783  ±1,869) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

6.6% ±2% (778  ±242) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

16,853 ±685 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$310,800 ±$14,318 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

14.7% ±2% (6,169  ±874.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

80.8% ±2.7% (22,000  ±1,209.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
23.7% ±2.1% (6,469  ±636.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

25.6% ±2.5% (10,902  ±1,166) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

3.7% ±1% (1,255  ±330) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,255 Total veterans ±330 1,096 Male ±293 159 Female ±109

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