Southbridge Town vs Worcester

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

Southbridge Town 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 17,806 in Southbridge Town). Worcester has the higher median household income ($67,544 vs $59,397 in Southbridge Town). Worcester has the higher median home value ($339,500 vs $267,000 in Southbridge Town).

Population, income & housing

	Southbridge Town	Worcester
Population	17,806	205,501
Median age	40.6 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,397	$67,544
Median home value	$267,000	$339,500
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,415
Housing units	7,644	85,371
Homeownership rate	44.3%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	34.1%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southbridge Town	Worcester
Population	16,887 → 17,806 (+5.4%)	185,143 → 205,501 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$51,270 → $59,397 (+15.9%)	$48,139 → $67,544 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$198,400 → $267,000 (+34.6%)	$227,100 → $339,500 (+49.5%)
Median gross rent	$895 → $1,157 (+29.3%)	$1,095 → $1,415 (+29.2%)

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

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)

	Southbridge Town	Worcester
Under 5	5.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.2%
18 to 24	11.9%	14.6%
25 to 34	11.6%	17.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.4%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.9%
75 and over	5.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southbridge Town	Worcester
White (non-Hispanic)	53.9%	50.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	11.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.7%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	40.2%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southbridge Town	Worcester
No high school diploma	18.3%	14.3%
High school graduate	33.5%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southbridge Town	Worcester
Drove alone	75.3%	65.8%
Carpooled	10.7%	11.6%
Public transit	0.2%	2.7%
Walked	5.1%	5.5%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.3%	10.7%
Other means	2.0%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southbridge Town	Worcester
1-unit, detached	37.3%	32.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	40.1%	33.5%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	13.9%
20 or more units	5.0%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Southbridge Town	Worcester
Poverty rate	16.2%	19.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1952	1951