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Worcester, MA real estate and demographic information

Most Expensive Worcester Neighborhoods

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7 Pleasant St / Park Ave
8 University Park
9 June Street
10 Tatnuck / West Tatnuck
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Worcester, MA Information

Population 181,631

About Worcester

Worcester is a relatively large city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 181,631 people and 44 constituent neighborhoods, Worcester is the second largest community in Massachusetts. Worcester has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

Unlike some cities, Worcester isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Worcester are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Worcester is a city of sales and office workers, service providers and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Worcester who work in office and administrative support (14.97%), sales jobs (10.96%) and management occupations (7.10%).

Combining city textures and college town sensibilities, Worcester really has a nice blend of characteristics. While not a huge city, Worcester is big enough to offer a healthy dose of diversion, opportunity, and amenity to its residents and to the thousands of college students who descend on it every fall. Its size and diversity makes Worcester more than just a college town, but removing the students from the equation would undeniably change Worcester’s character and quality of life.

Worcester Information and Demographics

The education level of Worcester citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.62% of adults in Worcester have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Worcester in 2010 was $24,326, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,304 for a family of four. However, Worcester contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Worcester is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Worcester home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Worcester residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Worcester also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Worcester include Irish, Italian, French, English, Polish and French Canadian.

In addition, Worcester has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.61%).

The languages spoken by people in Worcester are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Worcester is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, African languages, Vietnamese and Portuguese.

WORCESTER INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 181,631
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 68,613
WORCESTER HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 47.03%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 52.97%
% VACANT 7.54%
TYPE OF WORCESTER HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 32.98%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 6.32%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 32.46%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 28.08%
MOBILE HOMES 0.12%
OTHER 0.04%
SIZE OF WORCESTER HOMES
NO BEDROOM 2.01%
1 BEDROOM 16.24%
2 BEDROOMS 32.60%
3 BEDROOMS 36.85%
4 BEDROOMS 9.64%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 2.67%
AGE OF WORCESTER HOMES
NEWER HOMES (2000 OR LATER) 4.60%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1999) 21.65%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 23.70%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 50.05%
WORCESTER REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $213,707
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $731
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0 - $47,000 1.90%
$47,001 - $94,000 1.81%
$94,001 - $189,000 27.09%
$189,001 - $283,000 47.59%
$283,001 - $378,000 16.15%
$378,001 - $472,000 3.21%
$472,001 - $708,000 1.58%
$708,001 - $944,000 0.34%
> $944,000 0.33%
PEOPLE OF WORCESTER DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 6.56%
5 TO 17 15.50%
18 TO 24 15.31%
25 TO 34 14.68%
35 TO 54 26.28%
55 TO 64 9.98%
65 YEARS AND OVER 11.69%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 84.04%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 29.62%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $45,036
PER CAPITA INCOME $24,326
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 18.32%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Healthcare (19.66%)
Manufacturing (14.39%)
Retail (10.34%)
Education (9.19%)
Finance (5.79%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (5.28%)
Construction (4.94%)
Public Service (4.94%)
Other (4.78%)
Accommodation (4.75%)
Transportation (4.07%)
Wholesale (3.19%)
Information Technology (2.97%)
Administration (2.73%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 10.79%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 69.43%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 11.63%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.42%
ASIAN 6.09%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDERS 0.05%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 8.39%
TWO OR MORE RACES 3.98%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 20.89%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Irish (12.24%)
Italian (9.33%)
French (6.22%)
English (3.48%)
Polish (3.48%)
French Canadian (2.28%)
FOREIGN BORN 19.61%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (67.57%)
Spanish (15.99%)
African languages (2.59%)
Vietnamese (2.32%)
Portuguese (2.26%)
Other Indo-European (1.36%)
Chinese (1.03%)

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