Webster vs Whitinsville

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

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

Webster has the higher population (12,300 vs 7,250 in Whitinsville). Whitinsville has the higher median household income ($93,504 vs $60,384 in Webster). Whitinsville has the higher median home value ($440,100 vs $303,900 in Webster).

Population, income & housing

	Webster	Whitinsville
Population	12,300	7,250
Median age	36.4 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,384	$93,504
Median home value	$303,900	$440,100
Median gross rent	$1,112	$1,271
Housing units	5,541	3,146
Homeownership rate	43.6%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Webster	Whitinsville
Population	11,943 → 12,300 (+3.0%)	7,220 → 7,250 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$49,051 → $60,384 (+23.1%)	$77,340 → $93,504 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$202,900 → $303,900 (+49.8%)	$319,200 → $440,100 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $1,112 (+22.3%)	$1,031 → $1,271 (+23.3%)

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

Whitinsville

Population

7,2207,250

Median household income

$77,340$93,504

Median home value

$319,200$440,100

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Webster	Whitinsville
Under 5	5.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	10.1%
25 to 34	15.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.6%
75 and over	6.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Webster	Whitinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	62.1%	84.4%
Black or African American	6.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	25.0%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Webster	Whitinsville
No high school diploma	9.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	35.6%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Webster	Whitinsville
Drove alone	79.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.4%
Public transit	0.9%	1.6%
Walked	3.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	13.4%
Other means	4.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Webster	Whitinsville
1-unit, detached	33.6%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	20.4%
2 to 4 units	44.0%	24.0%
5 to 19 units	14.5%	7.6%
20 or more units	3.3%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Webster	Whitinsville
Poverty rate	19.7%	10.2%
Average household size	2.35	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1953	1963