Leominster vs Webster

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

Leominster and Webster 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 12,300 in Webster). Leominster has the higher median household income ($81,556 vs $60,384 in Webster). Leominster has the higher median home value ($345,000 vs $303,900 in Webster).

Population, income & housing

	Leominster	Webster
Population	43,697	12,300
Median age	41.8 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,556	$60,384
Median home value	$345,000	$303,900
Median gross rent	$1,282	$1,112
Housing units	18,957	5,541
Homeownership rate	62.9%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leominster	Webster
Population	41,606 → 43,697 (+5.0%)	11,943 → 12,300 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$61,825 → $81,556 (+31.9%)	$49,051 → $60,384 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$241,800 → $345,000 (+42.7%)	$202,900 → $303,900 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,282 (+31.8%)	$909 → $1,112 (+22.3%)

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

Webster

Population

11,94312,300

Median household income

$49,051$60,384

Median home value

$202,900$303,900

Median gross rent

$909$1,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leominster	Webster
Under 5	5.3%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.8%
75 and over	7.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leominster	Webster
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	62.1%
Black or African American	4.9%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	3.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.5%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leominster	Webster
No high school diploma	9.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	30.8%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leominster	Webster
Drove alone	79.4%	79.5%
Carpooled	7.9%	5.9%
Public transit	1.0%	0.9%
Walked	0.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.7%	5.7%
Other means	0.3%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leominster	Webster
1-unit, detached	48.7%	33.6%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	44.0%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	14.5%
20 or more units	11.6%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Leominster	Webster
Poverty rate	10.1%	19.7%
Average household size	2.38	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1966	1953