Compare Worcester County, MA vs Massachusetts (MA) vs United States

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Metric	Worcester County, MA County	Massachusetts (MA) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	867,788	7,044,056	334,922,499
Rent	$1,426	$1,762	$1,413
Year built	1967	1964	1980
Household income	$95,939	$103,960	$80,734
Per capita income	$48,914	$57,897	$44,673
Poverty rate	10.3%	10.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.0%	4.0%
Household size	2.5	2.4	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	47.9%	48.9%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	867,788	7,044,056	334,922,499
Adults over 25	609,049	4,987,302	230,807,303
Total households	335,826	2,785,042	129,227,496
Household size	2.5	2.4	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$95,939	$103,960	$80,734
Per capita income	$48,914	$57,897	$44,673
Poverty rate	10.3%	10.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.0%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	47.9%	48.9%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,426	$1,762	$1,413
Year built	1967	1964	1980
Households that rent	34.2%	37.5%	34.8%
Households that own	65.8%	62.5%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.7	5.5	5.5
Race
White	72.7%	68.6%	61%
Black	5.2%	6.8%	12.2%
Asian	5.3%	7.3%	6%
Two or more races	11.7%	11.1%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	13.3%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	86.3%	86.7%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	84.4%	81.4%	84.9%
Commute time to work	29.0 min	29.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	15.6%	18.6%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	23.8%	21.1%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	26.3%	22.6%	26%
Some college or associate degree	10.3%	9%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	39.7%	47.3%	35.7%