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Massachusetts·Worcester County
46 tracts·207K people·$374K median·5,542/mi²
White 49 · Hispanic 25 · Black 12 · Asian 7 · Multiracial 5 · Other 1
Other 35 · Married couple 34 · Living alone 31
Health 51 · Professional 19 · Retail 11 · Manufacturing 8 · Leisure 6 · Public admin 3 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 43 · Service 21 · Sales · office 18 · Production · transport 12 · Construction · maintenance 7
Drive alone 65 · Carpool 22 · Work from home 12 · Walk 6 · Transit 3 · Bike 0
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Worcester is $374,400 (Census ACS) — 0.8× the US median of $458,812.
Worcester has 207,055 residents across 46 census tracts and 30 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 33.9; the population is 48.6% White, 25.3% Hispanic or Latino, 12.1% Black, 7.2% Asian, 5.4% Multiracial and 1.4% Other; the average household has 2.4 people; 35.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 19.6% (Census ACS).
West Tatnuck (59%), Flagg Street (53%) and Worcester Arts Magnet School (47%) lead the elementary schools; Sullivan Middle (46%), Burncoat Middle School (27%) and Forest Grove Middle (21%) lead the middle schools; Doherty Memorial High (42%), Worcester Technical High (39%) and Burncoat Senior High (37%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $1,487/month, 6% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Worcester is $70,102 a year, 19% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Worcester, median rent is $1,487/month and the median home value is $374,400 (Census ACS).
Worcester reported 3.5 violent crimes and 7.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 79°F; winter lows average 20°F; there are 90 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 50 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Worcester are ice storm (88), landslide (84) and strong wind (66), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.21g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Worcester, 5.8% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).