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Northborough town, Worcester County, MA

15,694 Population
18.5 square miles 849.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 40.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$79,529 ±$7,877 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Worcester County: $47,780 ±$583
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$174,358 ±$23,079 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in Worcester County: $93,561 ±$1,275
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

3.6% ±1.8% (563  ±276) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Worcester County: 10.3% 86,428 (±0.5% / ±3,926)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

31.4 minutes ±1.9 (209,235  ±23,985) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Worcester County: 29.6 10,985,600 (±0.3 / ±175,685)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

5,715 ±240 Number of households
  • Worcester County: 333,273 ±1,196
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.7 ±0.1 (15,496  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Worcester County: 2.5 834,338 (±0 / ±191)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

2.3% ±1.8% (81  ±62) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Worcester County: 5% 9,926 (±0.4% / ±828)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

5,913 ±245 Number of housing units
  • Worcester County: 353,405 ±195
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$598,500 ±$22,454 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Worcester County: $390,700 ±$3,366
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

10.3% ±3.7% (1,605  ±570.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Worcester County: 11.2% 95,738 (±0.5% / ±3,956.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

97.2% ±6.2% (10,801  ±778.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Worcester County: 91.3% 550,060 (±0.9% / ±5,579.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
67.4% ±5.5% (7,485  ±655.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Worcester County: 39% 235,094 (±0.6% / ±3,514)
  • about 1.5 times 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

16.6% ±2.7% (2,603  ±428) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Worcester County: 13.8% 119,141
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

3.7% ±1.2% (451  ±152) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Worcester County: 5.3% 36,007 (±0.2% / ±1,605)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
451 Total veterans ±152 433 Male ±148 18 Female ±23

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