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01527

Millbury, MA · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
13,961
Median household income
$118,790
People below poverty
5%
Median home value
$450,100

Income

The median income of households in 01527 was $118,790. An estimated 1% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 21.3% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 01527 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 1
$10,000 to $14,999 3.5
$15,000 to $24,999 4.6
$25,000 to $34,999 4.4
$35,000 to $49,999 6.4
$50,000 to $74,999 13.1
$75,000 to $99,999 11.4
$100,000 to $149,999 19.7
$150,000 to $199,999 14.6
$200,000 or more 21.3

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 01527 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 92443
Female 64255

An estimated 79.9% of households received earnings. An estimated 37.9% of households received Social Security and an estimated 26.2 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $25,520. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 01527 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 79.9
Social Security 37.9
Retirement income 26.2
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 2.3
Cash public assistance income 1.7

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 5 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 5.7% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 7.5% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 3.9% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 01527 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 5
Children under 18 years below poverty 5.7
People 65 years old and over below poverty 7.5
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 3.9

In 2020-2024, 8.3 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 59% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 46.6% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 40.3% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 01527 in 2020-2024, 98.8% had health insurance coverage and 1.2% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 82% and public coverage was 31.9%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0%.


In 2020-2024, 01527 had a total population of 13,961 - 6,730 (48.2%) females and 7,231 (51.8%) males. The median age was 42.6 years. An estimated 20.9% of the population was under 18 years, 31.1% was 19 to 44 years, 27% was 45 to 64 years, and 20.2 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 01527 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 331 410
5 to 9 567 315
10 to 14 366 338
15 to 19 299 406
20 to 24 383 185
25 to 29 678 475
30 to 34 513 336
35 to 39 353 490
40 to 44 453 477
45 to 49 357 227
50 to 54 375 524
55 to 59 777 560
60 to 64 522 421
65 to 69 306 413
70 to 74 268 403
75 to 79 346 404
80 to 84 138 152
85 and over 199 194

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 85.5% were White; 0.9% were Black or African American; 4.4% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 3.6% were Asian; 0.7% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 8.8% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 4.9% of the people in 01527 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 84.9% of the people in 01527 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 5,572 households in 01527. The average household size was 2.47 people.

Married-couple households made up 54.7% of the households in 01527 while cohabiting couple households made up 5.5% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 18.5% of all households, while 21.2% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 12.4% of households were male householders living alone, and 10.1% were female householders living alone, for a total of 22.5% of all households.

In 01527, 28.6% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 35.1% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 01527 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 54.7
Cohabiting Couples 5.5
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
21.2
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
18.5

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 52.4% of males and 55.4% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 30.8 24.2
Now married, except separated 52.4 55.4
Separated 0.1 1.3
Widowed 3.3 9.3
Divorced 13.5 9.8

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 01527, 152 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 33.6% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 90.8% of the people living in 01527 were U.S. natives. 76.4% of the 01527 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 9.2% of 01527 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 61.5% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 59.8 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 01527 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 01527.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 01527 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 28.5
Asia 35.9
Europe 23.9
Africa 6.1
Northern America 2
Oceania 3.5

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 01527 in 2020-2024, 10.8 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 2.6% of people at least five years old; 3.4% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 01527 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 2.6
Other Indo-European languages 6.5
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 1.1
Other languages 0.6

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 91.4 % of the people at least one year old living in 01527 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 01527 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 91.4
Different house, same county 5.7
Different county, same state 1.6
Different state 1.3
Abroad 0.1

Education

In 2020-2024, 95.8 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 36.1% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 4.2% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 01527 was 2,926 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 270 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 2,008. College or graduate school enrollment was 648.

Educational Attainment of People in 01527 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 4.2
High school diploma or equivalency 30.1
Some college, no degree 19.3
Associate's degree 10.2
Bachelor's degree 19.5
Graduate or professional degree 16.6

Disability

In 01527, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 12.1 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 1.5% of people under 18 years old, to 9.7% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 30.8% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 01527, 65.4 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 32.9% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 75.5% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 19.8% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 4.4 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 5,653 75.5
Federal, state, or local government workers 1,483 19.8
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 331 4.4

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 01527 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 01527 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 0
Construction 9.1
Manufacturing 10.2
Wholesale trade 1
Retail trade 10.1
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 7.5
Information 1.8
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 8.5
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 11.2
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 26.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 3.4
Other Services, except public administration 4.4
Public administration 6.6

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 01527 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 3,569 47.7
Service occupations 909 12.1
Sales and office occupations 1,542 20.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 724 9.7
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 742 9.9

Commuting to Work

An estimated 78% of 01527 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 5.4% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 28.9 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 01527 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 78
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 5.4
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.2
Walked 0.6
Other means 1
Worked from home 14.8

In 2020-2024, 01527 had a total of 5,819 housing units. Of these housing units, 74.8% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 24.8% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0.3% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 01527 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 74.8
Apartments in multi-unit structures 24.8
Mobile homes 0.3
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

11.2% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 26.1% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 01527 was 6.1 rooms, and of these housing units 61.8% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 01527 had 5,572 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 247 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 75.4% while renters occupied 24.6%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.59 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.1.

4.7% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 15.6% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 5.9% and another 23% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 01527:

House Heating Fuel Used in 01527 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 39
Electricity 16.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 38.1
All other fuels 6.2
No fuel used 0

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 01527 was $450,100.

Of the owner-occupied households, 70.1 % had a mortgage. 29.9% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,407 and for owners without a mortgage it was $955.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 01527 was $1,623. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.