Worcester, MA (Massachusetts) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 172,648 (All urban)

Worcester, Massachusetts Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 70,723 (67,028 occupied: 29,042 owner occupied, 37,986 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	57%
State:	38%

Housing density: 1883 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2005: $262,100 (lower quartile is $208,200, upper quartile is $326,300)

Median contract rent in 2005: $689 (lower quartile is $456, upper quartile is $853)

Housing units in Worcester with a mortgage: 14,542 (1,182 second mortgage, 1,784 home equity loan, 42 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,049

Median year house/condo built: 1948

Median year apartment built: 1941

Household type by relationship

Households: 161,512

In family households: 127,050 (25,119 male householders, 14,613 female householders)
26,447 spouses, 47,755 children (45,246 natural, 972 adopted, 1,537 stepchildren), 2,511 grandchildren, 2,528 brothers or sisters, 1,527 parents, 2,486 other relatives, 4,064 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 34,462 (13,045 male householders (9,727 living alone)), 14,306 female householders (12,399 living alone)), 7,111 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 11,136 (2,649 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 15,297 2-persons, 10,024 3-persons, 8,027 4-persons, 3,890 5-persons, 1,767 6-persons, 727 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 22,126 1-person, 4,182 2-persons, 718 3-persons, 243 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons.

22,353 married couples with children.
14,313 single-parent households (2,075 men, 12,238 women).

71.9% of residents of Worcester speak English at home.
13.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (54% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
8.7% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (59% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 34% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
2.2% of residents speak other language at home (72% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 25,097 (14.5%)
(35.8% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	4.0

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Worcester, Massachusetts:

1 room: 49
2 rooms: 95
3 rooms: 511
4 rooms: 2,478
5 rooms: 6,713
6 rooms: 8,626
7 rooms: 5,120
8 rooms: 2,894
9 or more rooms: 2,556

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Worcester, Massachusetts:

1 room: 1,543
2 rooms: 3,843
3 rooms: 6,855
4 rooms: 8,580
5 rooms: 9,077
6 rooms: 6,140
7 rooms: 1,253
8 rooms: 397
9 or more rooms: 298

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 455
1995 to 1998: 1,014
1990 to 1994: 2,164
1980 to 1989: 6,939
1970 to 1979: 6,617
1960 to 1969: 6,571
1950 to 1959: 8,389
1940 to 1949: 7,979
1939 or earlier: 30,595

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Worcester:

no bedroom: 59
1 bedroom: 914
2 bedrooms: 7,821
3 bedrooms: 14,683
4 bedrooms: 4,293
5 or more bedrooms: 1,272

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Worcester:

no bedroom: 1,691
1 bedroom: 10,975
2 bedrooms: 14,438
3 bedrooms: 9,449
4 bedrooms: 1,167
5 or more bedrooms: 266

Cars and other vehicles available in Worcester in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 1,763
1 vehicle: 11,348
2 vehicles: 12,420
3 vehicles: 2,751
4 vehicles: 603
5 or more vehicles: 157

Cars and other vehicles available in Worcester in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 10,376
1 vehicle: 18,789
2 vehicles: 7,375
3 vehicles: 1,072
4 vehicles: 150
5 or more vehicles: 224

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Worcester, MA:

Less than $10,000: 10
$10,000 to $14,999: 35
$15,000 to $19,999: 16
$20,000 to $24,999: 11
$25,000 to $29,999: 15
$30,000 to $34,999: 6
$35,000 to $39,999: 22
$40,000 to $49,999: 55
$50,000 to $59,999: 130
$60,000 to $69,999: 447
$70,000 to $79,999: 841
$80,000 to $89,999: 1800
$90,000 to $99,999: 2623
$100,000 to $124,999: 6099
$125,000 to $149,999: 4416
$150,000 to $174,999: 2263
$175,000 to $199,999: 982
$200,000 to $249,999: 876
$250,000 to $299,999: 440
$300,000 to $399,999: 311
$400,000 to $499,999: 139
$500,000 to $749,999: 49
$750,000 to $999,999: 5
$1,000,000 or more: 0

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Worcester:

Less than $100: 696
$100 to $149: 1050
$150 to $199: 2299
$200 to $249: 1503
$250 to $299: 1211
$300 to $349: 1699
$350 to $399: 2022
$400 to $449: 3411
$450 to $499: 4100
$500 to $549: 5645
$550 to $599: 3847
$600 to $649: 3221
$650 to $699: 1987
$700 to $749: 1061
$750 to $799: 832
$800 to $899: 1297
$900 to $999: 754
$1,000 to $1,249: 350
$1,250 to $1,499: 48
$1,500 to $1,999: 52
$2,000 or more: 46
No cash rent: 777

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 8,858
1990 to 1994: 4,728
1985 to 1989: 3,496
1980 to 1984: 2,653
1975 to 1979: 1,318
1970 to 1974: 876
1970 to 1974: 790
1965 to 1969: 2,378

Worcester, MA Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 85.2%
Number of people working at home: 1,267 (1.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 2667
5 to 9 minutes: 9391
10 to 14 minutes: 15551
15 to 19 minutes: 13976
20 to 24 minutes: 10395
25 to 29 minutes: 3681
30 to 34 minutes: 7457
35 to 39 minutes: 1402
40 to 44 minutes: 1252
45 to 59 minutes: 3584
60 to 89 minutes: 3610
90 or more minutes: 1304

Worcester mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 55,588 (74%)
Carpooled: 9,438 (12%)
Bus or trolley bus: 2,578 (3%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 25 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 41 (0%)
Railroad: 273 (0%)
Taxi: 319 (0%)
Motorcycle: 41 (0%)
Bicycle: 201 (0%)
Walked: 5,284 (7%)
Other means: 482 (1%)
Worked at home: 1,267 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 9744
$10,000 to $14,999: 5126
$15,000 to $19,999: 4536
$20,000 to $24,999: 4523
$25,000 to $29,999: 4733
$30,000 to $34,999: 4325
$35,000 to $39,999: 3852
$40,000 to $44,999: 3586
$45,000 to $49,999: 3392
$50,000 to $59,999: 5757
$60,000 to $74,999: 6208
$75,000 to $99,999: 5771
$100,000 to $124,999: 2814
$125,000 to $149,999: 1117
$150,000 to $199,999: 800
$200,000 or more: 799

First ancestries reported:

Other groups: 37322
Irish: 23681
Italian: 16248
French (except Basque): 11095
Polish: 7545
United States or American: 6054
English: 6032
French Canadian: 5998
Subsaharan African:: 3758
Swedish: 3619
German: 3074
Lithuanian: 2618
Greek: 2157
African: 1948
Arab:: 1933
Russian: 1834
Albanian: 1820
Scottish: 1370
Lebanese: 1142
Armenian: 1111
Scotch-Irish: 1079
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 1072
Brazilian: 1063
Ghanian: 983
Portuguese: 970
Finnish: 661
Syrian: 478
European: 476
Canadian: 449
Jamaican: 397
British: 373
Norwegian: 333
Dutch: 316
Haitian: 313
Kenyan: 312
Romanian: 242
Hungarian: 184
Iranian: 183
Welsh: 174
Cape Verdean: 169
Ukrainian: 168
Yugoslavian: 148
West Indian: 145
Nigerian: 118
Israeli: 111
Liberian: 110
Slovak: 109
Eastern European: 109
Guyanese: 105
Austrian: 101
Turkish: 99
Arab/Arabic: 98
Other Subsaharan African: 92
Danish: 91
Czechoslovakian: 89
British West Indian: 86
Belgian: 72
Jordanian: 71
Latvian: 70
Scandinavian: 66
Egyptian: 58
Palestinian: 51
Celtic: 51
Northern European: 51
Czech: 50
Barbadian: 50
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 45
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 45
Croatian: 35
Swiss: 35
Estonian: 32
Macedonian: 30
Bulgarian: 26
Slavic: 26
Moroccan: 18
Zimbabwean: 17
Other Arab: 17
Bahamian: 15
Cypriot: 15
U.S. Virgin Islander: 12
Slovene: 10
Bermudan: 9
Ugandan: 9
Pennsylvania German: 7

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Vietnam (14%)
Other Eastern Europe (8%)
Dominican Republic (6%)
Ghana (6%)
Brazil (6%)
Poland (5%)
El Salvador (4%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 109702
Northeast: 17387
Midwest: 2855
South: 4743
West: 2283

54% of Worcester residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 70% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Massachusetts.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 770
Nursery to 4th grade: 499
5th and 6th grade: 1,047
7th and 8th grade: 2,015
9th grade: 1,539
10th grade: 2,000
11th grade: 1,404
12th grade, no diploma: 2,596
High school graduate (or equivalency): 14,733
Less than 1 year of college: 2,968
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 5,770
Associate degree: 3,140
Bachelor's degree: 7,216
Master's degree: 2,938
Professional school degree: 1,152
Doctorate degree: 948

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 1,221
Nursery to 4th grade: 361
5th and 6th grade: 950
7th and 8th grade: 2,469
9th grade: 2,143
10th grade: 2,070
11th grade: 1,603
12th grade, no diploma: 2,700
High school graduate (or equivalency): 17,168
Less than 1 year of college: 3,767
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,575
Associate degree: 3,899
Bachelor's degree: 7,535
Master's degree: 4,242
Professional school degree: 897
Doctorate degree: 434

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.2%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 6.6%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 10.4%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 23.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 6.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 6.7%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 10.3%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 14.2%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 11.7%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 7.8%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 5.2%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 13.3%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 13.2%

Median household income in 1999 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $38,607
Black householders: $31,115
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $32,639
Asian householders: $38,722
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $18,750
Some other race householders: $20,349
Two or more races householders: $24,958
Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $21,240

Worcester household income for White Non-Hispanic householders

Worcester household income for Black or African American householders

Worcester household income for American Indian or Alaska Native householders

Worcester household income for Asian householders

Worcester household income for some other race householders

Worcester household income for two or more races householders

Worcester household income for Hispanic or Latino householders

Worcester marital status for males

Worcester marital status for females

Median house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $119,800
Black or African American householders: $109,300
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $97,900
Asian householders: $119,600
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $350,000
Some other race householders: $99,800
Two or more races householders: $135,200
Hispanic or Latino householders: $117,700

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 23,101
One, attached: 2,836
Two: 7,426
3 or 4: 18,695
5 to 9: 5,652
10 to 19: 4,107
20 to 49: 2,894
50 or more: 5,794
Mobile homes: 211
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 7

Median worth of mobile homes: $56,600

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Worcester:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (56%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
Electricity (7%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (57%)
Electricity (26%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (12%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
No fuel used (1%)
Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,056

Here:	10.6%
Massachusetts:	10.8%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 1,653

Here:	19.1%
Massachusetts:	12.2%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 9,523

Here:	61.1%
Massachusetts:	48.2%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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