† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupWorcesterMassachusettsUnited States
Irish13.0%18.6%9.4%
Italian8.7%11.1%4.8%
English7.2%9.7%9.5%
French6.1%4.7%1.6%
German3.8%5.4%12.5%
French Canadian3.8%——
Polish3.6%3.4%2.2%
American3.2%3.3%5.3%
Puerto Rican12.7%4.6%1.8%
Dominican3.3%2.7%0.7%
Mexican1.7%0.8%11.3%
Salvadoran1.5%1.1%0.7%
Ecuadorian1.3%0.3%—
Guatemalan0.9%0.8%0.5%
Colombian0.6%0.6%0.4%
Cuban0.4%0.2%0.7%
African American†5.9%2.6%9.9%
Ghanaian2.2%——
African1.3%0.3%0.5%
Haitian1.1%1.1%0.3%
Jamaican0.8%0.5%0.4%
Kenyan0.5%——
Asian Indian2.9%1.9%1.4%
Chinese1.2%2.5%1.3%
Vietnamese1.2%0.8%0.6%
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Korean0.3%0.4%0.4%
Pakistani0.3%——
Laotian0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Worcester
Massachusetts
United States
Median age
33.9
40.3
39.1
Age 18–24
14.9%
9.9%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
13.5%
17.9%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Worcester
Massachusetts
United States
Median household income
$70,102
$103,960
$84,427
Poverty rate
19.6%
10.1%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.2%
47.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Worcester
Massachusetts
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
39.5%
25.1%
22.3%
Spanish
18.9%
9.7%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
7.8%
6.1%
2.0%
Vietnamese
2.7%
0.7%
0.5%
Other languages
4.3%
1.0%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Worcester
Massachusetts
United States
Catholic
—
35.5%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
3.6%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
51.4%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Worcester, Massachusetts
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+37.4%
2008
+37.5%
2012
+39.3%
2016
+38.8%
2020
+38.4%
2024
+27.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
61.8%Harris40,923
34.1%Trump22,598
4.0%
D+27.7
R+10.7
D+29.2
66,186
D
68.1%Biden48,584
29.7%Trump21,169
2.3%
D+38.4
R+0.4
D+34.0
71,370
D
65.9%Clinton43,084
27.1%Trump17,732
7.0%
D+38.8
R+0.6
D+36.7
65,393
D
68.7%Obama43,787
29.3%Romney18,701
2.0%
D+39.3
D+1.9
D+35.5
63,780
D
67.7%Obama41,352
30.2%McCain18,474
2.0%
D+37.5
±0.0
D+30.2
61,075
D
67.8%Kerry39,227
30.4%Bush17,576
1.8%
D+37.4
—
D+39.9
57,826
Worcester has shifted markedly younger and more diverse since 2010, with Latino residents now comprising roughly a quarter of the population — a demographic transformation that has redrawn voter registration patterns in Middlesex-Worcester legislative districts.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 39.3 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 10.7 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 27.7 points.
A population of 207,055, a 51% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $70,102 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Schenectady and Springfield.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Worcester, Massachusetts voted Democratic by 27.7 points (D+27.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 66,186 votes cast, 40,923 went Democratic and 22,598 went Republican.
How many people live in Worcester, Massachusetts?
Worcester, Massachusetts has a population of 207,055 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Worcester, Massachusetts?
Median household income in Worcester, Massachusetts is $70,102 — below the national median of $80,734. The Massachusetts state median is $103,960.
What is the political history of Worcester, Massachusetts?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Worcester, Massachusetts from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
