Leominster vs Southbridge Town

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

Leominster and Southbridge Town 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 17,806 in Southbridge Town). Leominster has the higher median household income ($81,556 vs $59,397 in Southbridge Town). Leominster has the higher median home value ($345,000 vs $267,000 in Southbridge Town).

Population, income & housing

	Leominster	Southbridge Town
Population	43,697	17,806
Median age	41.8 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,556	$59,397
Median home value	$345,000	$267,000
Median gross rent	$1,282	$1,157
Housing units	18,957	7,644
Homeownership rate	62.9%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leominster	Southbridge Town
Population	41,606 → 43,697 (+5.0%)	16,887 → 17,806 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$61,825 → $81,556 (+31.9%)	$51,270 → $59,397 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$241,800 → $345,000 (+42.7%)	$198,400 → $267,000 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,282 (+31.8%)	$895 → $1,157 (+29.3%)

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

Southbridge Town

Population

16,88717,806

Median household income

$51,270$59,397

Median home value

$198,400$267,000

Median gross rent

$895$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leominster	Southbridge Town
Under 5	5.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	11.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	9.0%
75 and over	7.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leominster	Southbridge Town
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	53.9%
Black or African American	4.9%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	40.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leominster	Southbridge Town
No high school diploma	9.7%	18.3%
High school graduate	30.8%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leominster	Southbridge Town
Drove alone	79.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	7.9%	10.7%
Public transit	1.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.4%
Worked from home	10.7%	5.3%
Other means	0.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leominster	Southbridge Town
1-unit, detached	48.7%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	40.1%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	15.7%
20 or more units	11.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Leominster	Southbridge Town
Poverty rate	10.1%	16.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1966	1952