Leominster vs Worcester

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

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

Worcester has the higher population (205,501 vs 43,697 in Leominster). Leominster has the higher median household income ($81,556 vs $67,544 in Worcester). Leominster has the higher median home value ($345,000 vs $339,500 in Worcester).

Population, income & housing

	Leominster	Worcester
Population	43,697	205,501
Median age	41.8 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,556	$67,544
Median home value	$345,000	$339,500
Median gross rent	$1,282	$1,415
Housing units	18,957	85,371
Homeownership rate	62.9%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leominster	Worcester
Population	41,606 → 43,697 (+5.0%)	185,143 → 205,501 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$61,825 → $81,556 (+31.9%)	$48,139 → $67,544 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$241,800 → $345,000 (+42.7%)	$227,100 → $339,500 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,282 (+31.8%)	$1,095 → $1,415 (+29.2%)

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

Worcester

Population

185,143205,501

Median household income

$48,139$67,544

Median home value

$227,100$339,500

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,415

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leominster	Worcester
Under 5	5.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.5%	14.6%
25 to 34	13.4%	17.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.9%
75 and over	7.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leominster	Worcester
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	50.5%
Black or African American	4.9%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.0%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.1%	1.3%
Two or more races	5.5%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.1%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leominster	Worcester
No high school diploma	9.7%	14.3%
High school graduate	30.8%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leominster	Worcester
Drove alone	79.4%	65.8%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.6%
Public transit	1.0%	2.7%
Walked	0.4%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.7%	10.7%
Other means	0.3%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leominster	Worcester
1-unit, detached	48.7%	32.0%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	19.7%	33.5%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	13.9%
20 or more units	11.6%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Leominster	Worcester
Poverty rate	10.1%	19.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1966	1951