Fitchburg vs Leominster

A side-by-side comparison of Fitchburg and Leominster: population, income, housing, and more.

Fitchburg and Leominster are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leominster has the higher population (43,697 vs 41,633 in Fitchburg). Leominster has the higher median household income ($81,556 vs $70,659 in Fitchburg). Leominster has the higher median home value ($345,000 vs $295,500 in Fitchburg).

Population, income & housing

	Fitchburg	Leominster
Population	41,633	43,697
Median age	37.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,659	$81,556
Median home value	$295,500	$345,000
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,282
Housing units	17,945	18,957
Homeownership rate	56.4%	62.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fitchburg	Leominster
Population	40,702 → 41,633 (+2.3%)	41,606 → 43,697 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$57,207 → $70,659 (+23.5%)	$61,825 → $81,556 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $295,500 (+50.3%)	$241,800 → $345,000 (+42.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,131 (+11.3%)	$973 → $1,282 (+31.8%)

Fitchburg

Population

40,70241,633

Median household income

$57,207$70,659

Median home value

$196,600$295,500

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,131

Leominster

Population

41,60643,697

Median household income

$61,825$81,556

Median home value

$241,800$345,000

Median gross rent

$973$1,282

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fitchburg	Leominster
Under 5	5.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	13.5%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.2%	13.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.4%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.2%
65 to 74	8.3%	10.7%
75 and over	5.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fitchburg	Leominster
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	68.3%
Black or African American	5.7%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fitchburg	Leominster
No high school diploma	12.6%	9.7%
High school graduate	32.5%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fitchburg	Leominster
Drove alone	73.4%	79.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.9%
Public transit	2.3%	1.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.3%	10.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fitchburg	Leominster
1-unit, detached	44.5%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	29.2%	19.7%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	14.3%
20 or more units	10.6%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Fitchburg	Leominster
Poverty rate	15.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1950	1966