Leominster is a medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 41,303 people and eight constituent neighborhoods, Leominster is the 31st largest community in Massachusetts.

Leominster is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Leominster is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leominster who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.59%), sales jobs (10.24%), and management occupations (8.03%).

Also of interest is that Leominster has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Although the majority of commuting trips in the city are by private automobile, Leominster is somewhat unusual for a city of its size for having a substantial number of people who use public transportation. Taxis helps to get a lot of people to and from their jobs every morning, which benefits everyone in the Leominster area by reducing both traffic and air pollution.

Leominster Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Leominster is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 21.94% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Leominster in 2000 was $21,769, which is lower middle income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $87,076 for a family of four.

Leominster is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Leominster home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Leominster is White, followed by African-American. Leominster also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.04% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Leominster include Italian, Irish, French, French Canadian, English, German, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Leominster is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.