Southbridge Town vs Webster

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

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

Southbridge Town has the higher population (17,806 vs 12,300 in Webster). Webster has the higher median household income ($60,384 vs $59,397 in Southbridge Town). Webster has the higher median home value ($303,900 vs $267,000 in Southbridge Town).

Population, income & housing

	Southbridge Town	Webster
Population	17,806	12,300
Median age	40.6 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,397	$60,384
Median home value	$267,000	$303,900
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,112
Housing units	7,644	5,541
Homeownership rate	44.3%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	18.8%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southbridge Town	Webster
Population	16,887 → 17,806 (+5.4%)	11,943 → 12,300 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$51,270 → $59,397 (+15.9%)	$49,051 → $60,384 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$198,400 → $267,000 (+34.6%)	$202,900 → $303,900 (+49.8%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,157 (+29.3%)	$909 → $1,112 (+22.3%)

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

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)

	Southbridge Town	Webster
Under 5	5.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	16.2%	16.7%
18 to 24	11.9%	10.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	13.2%
45 to 54	14.1%	12.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.8%
75 and over	5.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southbridge Town	Webster
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	62.1%
Black or African American	2.6%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	40.2%	25.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southbridge Town	Webster
No high school diploma	18.3%	9.1%
High school graduate	33.5%	35.6%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	13.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southbridge Town	Webster
Drove alone	75.3%	79.5%
Carpooled	10.7%	5.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.9%
Walked	5.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.3%	5.7%
Other means	2.0%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southbridge Town	Webster
1-unit, detached	37.3%	33.6%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	40.1%	44.0%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	14.5%
20 or more units	5.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Southbridge Town	Webster
Poverty rate	16.2%	19.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1952	1953