Northborough is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 14,013 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Northborough is the 133rd largest community in Massachusetts.

Northborough is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.49% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Northborough is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Northborough who work in management occupations (15.83%), sales jobs (13.16%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.07%).

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

In addition, Northborough is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Northborough is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Northborough a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Northborough has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Northborough's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents of Northborough by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98.6% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Northborough may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

Being a small town, Northborough does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Northborough Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Northborough. 51.05% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Northborough in 2000 was $32,889, which is upper middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,556 for a family of four. However, Northborough contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Northborough home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Northborough is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Northborough include Irish, Italian, English, German, French, French Canadian, Swedish, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Northborough is English.