Worcester County, Massachusetts

867,788 people. The median home is worth $423,700 (typical Massachusetts town: $510,150) and the median household earns $95,939.

Towns in Worcester County

Town	People	Median home	Income	Median age
Worcester	206,518	$374,400	$70,102	33.9
Leominster	43,782	$380,400	$83,816	43.3
Fitchburg	41,946	$336,400	$73,040	36.3
Shrewsbury	38,325	$592,300	$139,302	40.6
Milford	30,379	$476,700	$96,365	38.9
Milford	26,971	$464,700	$93,310	38.5
Westborough	21,567	$685,300	$141,944	38.8
Gardner	21,287	$301,600	$67,518	43.7
Holden	19,905	$470,700	$141,923	41.5
Grafton	19,664	$525,300	$131,484	41.1
Webster	17,776	$361,500	$72,895	39.9
Southbridge Town	17,740	$294,800	$66,287	40.9
Auburn	16,889	$400,000	$116,711	44.8
Northbridge	16,335	$448,600	$111,319	43.8
Northborough	15,741	$620,000	$153,199	45.0
Clinton	15,428	$387,300	$89,781	38.6
Uxbridge	14,162	$441,100	$124,725	41.7
Millbury	13,831	$450,100	$118,790	42.6
Oxford	13,347	$374,900	$103,862	42.0
Charlton	13,315	$427,500	$117,587	43.0
Webster	12,194	$333,100	$63,837	37.2
Spencer	11,992	$382,000	$80,533	48.9
Athol	11,945	$268,100	$69,316	41.3
Dudley	11,921	$392,600	$84,604	40.2
Lunenburg	11,782	$463,900	$112,828	43.2
Leicester	11,087	$413,100	$105,173	42.4
Southborough	10,450	$821,100	$196,808	43.6
Winchendon	10,364	$323,800	$75,690	39.6
Sturbridge	9,867	$425,800	$136,759	47.2
Sutton	9,357	$523,100	$147,125	44.3
Blackstone	9,208	$404,400	$94,191	43.2
Rutland	9,049	$462,800	$145,707	41.4
Douglas	8,983	$470,600	$152,267	44.0
Athol	8,486	$248,700	$67,394	36.8
Lancaster	8,441	$519,100	$134,833	43.1
Westminster	8,213	$422,000	$106,331	48.3
Clinton	8,166	$375,600	$79,516	40.9
Templeton	8,149	$358,500	$101,154	40.3
Upton	8,000	$576,700	$155,508	46.4
Sterling	7,985	$498,800	$129,063	51.5
West Boylston	7,877	$440,000	$104,551	45.5
Harvard	6,851	$833,600	$213,996	44.1
Whitinsville	6,750	$449,600	$96,145	38.8
Northborough	6,474	$560,500	$133,839	48.8
Ashburnham	6,315	$390,700	$118,809	40.7
Mendon	6,228	$616,000	$132,256	44.1
Hopedale	6,017	$466,100	$115,722	44.4
Oxford	5,928	$345,700	$89,623	41.7
Spencer	5,810	$341,300	$59,931	53.4
Bolton	5,665	$796,000	$205,449	41.2
Barre	5,530	$394,300	$107,727	43.8
Paxton	5,004	$472,300	$134,083	41.8
Warren	4,975	$333,700	$66,082	38.7
Boylston	4,849	$578,600	$140,962	48.2
North Brookfield	4,735	$359,100	$79,285	45.2
Hubbardston	4,328	$371,600	$123,500	46.8
Westborough	4,255	$584,900	$106,200	37.5
Winchendon	4,160	$276,300	$55,809	33.2
Hopedale	3,939	$424,800	$107,909	41.5
West Brookfield	3,833	$354,000	$95,613	58.5
Princeton	3,495	$520,500	$158,750	46.1
Brookfield	3,439	$341,900	$81,250	52.4
Millville	3,174	$444,600	$127,188	46.0
Berlin	3,158	$616,600	$121,336	49.7
Upton	3,090	$476,300	$110,900	43.3
Fiskdale	2,797	$409,300	$112,400	42.2
Cordaville	2,703	$765,900	$165,375	39.2
East Douglas	2,702	$434,600	$138,309	38.6
Hardwick	2,667	$346,700	$75,000	45.3

People and housing

	Worcester County	Typical Massachusetts town
Median home value	$423,700	$510,150
Median rent	$1,426	$1,561
Median household income	$95,939	$108,622
Median age	40.2	44.8
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	45.7%
Below the poverty line	10.3%	6.3%

Jobs and pay

351,476 jobs in 2024, average pay $71,641 a year.

BLS QCEW 2024.

BLS LAUS via USDA ERS, annual averages.

Storms since 1996

NOAA recorded 1,768 storm events in Worcester County from 1996 to 2026, with 6 deaths.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

Federal disaster declarations

Worcester County has been included in 32 FEMA declarations since 1953.

Declared	Incident	Declaration
May 15, 2024	Flood	DR-4780: Severe Storms And Flooding
September 15, 2023	Hurricane	EM-3599: Hurricane Lee
March 27, 2020	Biological	DR-4496: Covid-19 Pandemic
March 13, 2020	Biological	EM-3438: Covid-19
July 19, 2018	Snowstorm	DR-4379: Severe Winter Storm And Snowstorm
April 13, 2015	Severe Storm	DR-4214: Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, And Flooding

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024; BLS QCEW and LAUS; NOAA Storm Events; FEMA OpenFEMA (not endorsed by FEMA).