Westborough vs Winchendon

A side-by-side comparison of Westborough and Winchendon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Winchendon has the higher population (4,407 vs 4,234 in Westborough). Westborough has the higher median household income ($100,037 vs $67,188 in Winchendon). Westborough has the higher median home value ($540,600 vs $258,300 in Winchendon).

Population, income & housing

	Westborough	Winchendon
Population	4,234	4,407
Median age	43.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$100,037	$67,188
Median home value	$540,600	$258,300
Median gross rent	$1,503	$1,217
Housing units	2,040	1,649
Homeownership rate	52.4%	59.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.6%	25.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Westborough	Winchendon
Population	3,957 → 4,234 (+7.0%)	3,999 → 4,407 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$87,557 → $100,037 (+14.3%)	$56,773 → $67,188 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$380,800 → $540,600 (+42.0%)	$184,100 → $258,300 (+40.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,226 → $1,503 (+22.6%)	$695 → $1,217 (+75.1%)

Westborough

Population

3,9574,234

Median household income

$87,557$100,037

Median home value

$380,800$540,600

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,503

Winchendon

Population

3,9994,407

Median household income

$56,773$67,188

Median home value

$184,100$258,300

Median gross rent

$695$1,217

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Westborough	Winchendon
Under 5	4.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.2%	16.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	14.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.6%
65 to 74	11.1%	10.9%
75 and over	7.1%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Westborough	Winchendon
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	81.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Westborough	Winchendon
No high school diploma	5.9%	5.1%
High school graduate	18.8%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	25.8%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Westborough	Winchendon
Drove alone	73.0%	78.0%
Carpooled	4.1%	9.3%
Public transit	1.7%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	20.6%	8.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Westborough	Winchendon
1-unit, detached	42.5%	50.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	29.4%	21.7%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	16.3%
20 or more units	11.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Westborough	Winchendon
Poverty rate	6.3%	14.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1947	1943