County · Massachusetts

Worcester County, Massachusetts

Worcester County, Massachusetts has a quality-of-life score of 83 out of 100 (very high), ranking #522 of 3,143 US counties. Within Massachusetts it ranks #9 of 14 counties. It ranks best on uninsured residents (under 65) (low), firearm deaths (low) and suicide rate (low). It ranks worst on time spent in the emergency room (high), child care cost burden (high) and cost of buying a home today (high).

83Very high

Quality-of-life score: #522 of 3,143 counties
Massachusetts: #9 of 14 in MA
Population: 888,502 (2025)
Land area: 1,511 mi²
Density: 588.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 25027

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 80 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety88#385/3,096
Economy74#831/3,143
Housing6#2,963/3,140
Health87#409/3,144
Healthcare97#107/3,143
Environment75#781/3,108
Education86#444/3,144
Infrastructure87#409/3,144
Community63#1,158/3,144
Leisure & amenities52#1,522/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Worcester County, Massachusetts ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Uninsured residents (under 65) · low3.2%
100/100Massachusetts 3.3%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Firearm deaths · low4.2 /100k
99/100Massachusetts 3.5 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Suicide rate · low8.0 /100k
99/100Massachusetts 8.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Mental health providers · high621 /100k
95/100Massachusetts 787 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Traffic deaths · low6.1 /100k
95/100Massachusetts 5.4 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional data
Flu vaccinations · high53.0%
94/100Massachusetts 55.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Time spent in the emergency room · high219 min
5/100Massachusetts 216 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Child care cost burden · high38.7%
9/100Massachusetts 39.7%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Cost of buying a home today · high39.5%
11/100Massachusetts 47.2%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
High ozone days · high2 days
12/100Massachusetts 2 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Home price to income ratio · high4.4×
13/100Massachusetts 5.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Effective property tax rate · high1.25%
15/100Massachusetts 1.00%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
3% (2021) → 45% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+42 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
High ozone daysImproving
6 days (2017) → 2 days (2022)
−67%5 yearsUS 9 days → 7 days
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
28.3% (Dec 2021) → 39.5% (Aug 2026)
+11 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Homicide rateWorsening
1.3 /100k (2021) → 2.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+54%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
37.0 /100k (2021) → 19.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−47%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Property crime rateImproving
1,023 /100k (2020) → 622 /100k (2025)
−39%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Worcester County, Massachusetts improved on 11 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 16 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Unemployment−4.5 points9.1% → 4.6%
Violent crime−31%323 /100k → 223 /100k
Overdose deaths−43%34.5 /100k → 19.5 /100k
Bachelor's++3.3 points36.4% → 39.7%
Property crime−39%1,023 /100k → 622 /100k

Declined4

Transit use−0.4 points2.0% → 1.5%
Price / income+0.7×3.8× → 4.4×
Rent burden+2.7 points47.9% → 50.6%
Rent / income+1.1 points29.2% → 30.3%

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Worcester County, Massachusetts between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.6 /10k2020	3.7 /10k2025	+3.7%	Within the margin of error	47%
Average commute time	29.7 min2015-2019	29.2 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	70%
Average weekly wage	$1,2052020	$1,4242025	+18%	Improved	15%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%2015-2019	39.7%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Improved	59%
Broadband subscriptions	85.6%2015-2019	92.9%2020-2024	+7.3 points	Improved	25%
Child poverty rate	11.9%2019	10.6%2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Distance to an airport	36 mi2020	36 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	34.5 /100k2020	19.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−43%	Improved	69%
Effective property tax rate	1.46%2015-2019	1.25%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	76%
Firearm deaths	3.5 /100k2020	4.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+20%	Within the margin of error	23%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	−2.6%	Within the margin of error	43%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.4 /10k2025	−5.1%	Within the margin of error	32%
High school diploma or higher	90.7%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Home price to income ratio	3.8×2015-2019	4.4×2020-2024	+0.7×	Declined	25%
Homicide rate	1.9 /100k2020	2.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+5.3%	Within the margin of error	17%
Income adjusted for local prices	$55,8482019	$70,1392024	+26%	Improved	15%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4552015-2019	0.4532020-2024	−0.003	Within the margin of error	59%
Median household income	$77,7952019	$96,0052024	+23%	Improved	42%
New business applications	7.0 /1k2020	9.0 /1k2025	+28%	Improved	30%
Pharmacies	1.9 /10k2020	1.6 /10k2025	−16%	Within the margin of error	30%
Poverty rate	9.4%2019	9.6%2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Property crime rate	1,023 /100k2020	622 /100k2025	−39%	Improved	56%
Public libraries	0.8 /10k2019	0.8 /10k2024	−6.2%	Within the margin of error	20%
Public transit commuters	2.0%2015-2019	1.5%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Declined	34%
Rent as share of income	29.2%2015-2019	30.3%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Declined	38%
Rent-burdened households	47.9%2015-2019	50.6%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Declined	37%
Restaurants and bars	7.7 /10k2020	7.2 /10k2025	−6.2%	Within the margin of error	33%
Students per teacher	13.3×2019	12.7×2024	−0.7×	Improved	50%
Suicide rate	9.1 /100k2020	8.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−12%	Within the margin of error	78%
Traffic deaths	6.5 /100k2015-2019	6.1 /100k2020-2024	−6.9%	Within the margin of error	64%
Unemployment rate	9.1%2020	4.6%2025	−4.5 points	Improved	89%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.5%2019	3.2%2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Violent crime rate	323 /100k2020	223 /100k2025	−31%	Improved	69%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Worcester County, Massachusetts five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Worcester County, Massachusetts in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Worcester County, Massachusetts itself moved −0.6 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

867,788 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

335,826 households (±1,207)

Worcester County, Massachusetts
Massachusetts share

Under $25k13%43,437
$25k–50k14%46,042
$50k–75k14%45,365

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

335,826 households (±1,207)

Worcester County, Massachusetts
Massachusetts share

Own66%220,916
Rent34%114,910

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

436,993 workers (±3,246)

Worcester County, Massachusetts
Massachusetts share

Drive alone71%308,148
Carpool7.8%34,145
Public transit1.5%6,654

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Worcester, MA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Worcester County has 19,181 employer establishments, 219 for every 10,000 residents (0.88× the US rate of 248; 0.84× Massachusetts's), with 319,255 paid employees at an average annual pay of $63,330. The Census Bureau also counts 68,262 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 19,181; 68,262 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 219; US 248 · Massachusetts 260
Paid employees: 319,255
Average annual pay: $63,330; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Worcester County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	1,756	20.1	1.30×More than typical	12,210	$81,343	5,825
Restaurants and other eating places	1,463	16.7	0.91×About typical	22,818	$25,792	313
Ambulatory health care services	1,415	16.2	0.78×Fewer than typical	24,632	$79,575	3,016
Services to buildings and dwellings	781	8.9	1.33×More than typical	4,256	$45,592	3,291
Construction of buildings	780	8.9	1.18×About typical	3,462	$85,590	2,325
Building equipment contractors	682	7.8	1.30×More than typical	5,184	$79,376	1,209
Lessors of real estate	644	7.4	0.60×Fewer than typical	2,425	$59,915	5,828
Limited-service restaurants	603	6.9	0.86×About typical	8,605	$23,401	115
Full-service restaurants	602	6.9	0.90×About typical	11,216	$27,947	112
Automotive repair and maintenance	522	6	1.19×About typical	2,587	$52,234	704
Landscaping services	514	5.9	1.68×More than typical	2,018	$58,465	834
Building finishing contractors	422	4.8	1.27×More than typical	1,691	$63,930	2,181

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 874,225 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $112.2M on contracts performed in Worcester County, Massachusetts: $126 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $112.2M; −39% vs FY2025
Per resident: $126; US $1,994
Sole-source: 18%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$24.5M22%
Defense Logistics Agency$21.4M19%
Department of the Army$14.5M13%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administration and Management$13M12%
Department of the Air Force$7.8M7.0%
National Institutes of Health$6.2M5.5%
Department of the Navy$5.4M4.8%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$4.9M4.3%

Top recipients

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL$25.4M23%
SOLVUS GLOBAL LLC$14M12%
DAVID CLARK COMPANY INCORPORATED$13.7M12%
ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES INC$12.9M12%
CIRCOR NAVAL SOLUTIONS LLC$9.7M8.7%

Spending by fiscal year

144MFY2017
151.4MFY2018
152.9MFY2019
159.5MFY2020
134.6MFY2021
177.6MFY2022
246MFY2023
195.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

General medical and surgical hospitals · 6221$24.3M22%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$23.3M21%
Technical and trade schools · 6115$12.9M12%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$9.2M8.2%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$6.4M5.7%
Audio and video equipment manufacturing · 3343$5.4M

Largest awards

UNACCOMPANIED ENLISTED PERSONNEL HOUSING (UEPH) BARRACKS REPLACEMENT, FORT. MEADE, MARYLAND$87.7M
CONSIGLI CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.· Worcester County, MA· Construction & real property· Jun 9, 2023 – Jun 11, 2026· W912DR23C0017
GRAFTON JOB CORPS CENTER OPERATIONS,WITH OUTREACH/ADMISSIONS AND CAREER TRANSITION SERVICES MOD 0 AAPP 8003 CONTRACT #1630J1-19-C-0003 INITIAL CONTRACT AWARD FUNDING$63.1M
ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES INC· Worcester County, MA· Facilities & utilities· Dec 21, 2018 – Feb 10, 2026· 1630J119C0006
OPERATION OF THE GRAFTON JOB CORPS CENTER WITH OUTREACH AND ADMISSIONS AND CAREER TRANSITION SERVICES$36.4M
ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES INC· Worcester County, MA· Education & social services· Dec 13, 2023 – Aug 14, 2026· 1605JE24C0007

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $5.7B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Worcester County, Massachusetts: $6,393 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $5.7B; −2.4% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,393; US $12,955
Loan face value: $219.4M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.1%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$3.2B56%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$461.8M8.1%
93.774 · Medicare Supplementary Medical Insurance$327.7M5.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$295.4M5.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$252.8M4.4%
93.773 · Medicare Hospital Insurance$209M3.7%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$164.2M2.9%
93.770 · Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage$108.6M1.9%

Top recipients (organizations)

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL$206.8M3.6%
WORCESTER, MA
MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$80.5M1.4%
BOSTON, MA
WORCESTER HOUSING AUTHORITY$70.9M1.2%
WORCESTER, MA
WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE$29M0.5%
WORCESTER, MA
QUINSIGAMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$4.1B71%
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services$645.3M11%
Department of Health and Human Services
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$344.6M6.1%
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Institutes of Health$219.7M3.9%
Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

4.7BFY2021
4.7BFY2022
5.1BFY2023
5.4BFY2024
5.8BFY2025
5.7BFY2026

County aggregates

89%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Worcester County, Massachusetts compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Worcester County, Massachusetts
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Worcester County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2017	$174	$1,436
FY2018	$183	$1,552
FY2019	$184	$1,654
FY2020	$186	$1,880
FY2021	$156	$1,810
FY2022	$205	$1,917
FY2023	$281	$2,079
FY2024	$221	$2,047
FY2025	$206	$2,165
FY2026	$126 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Worcester County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2017	$0.94	$93.28
FY2018	$3.17	$105
FY2019	$2.59	$128
FY2020	$1.76	$145
FY2021	$4.45	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Worcester County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$861	$5,748
FY2022	$766	$5,221
FY2023	$891	$5,364
FY2024	$897	$5,501
FY2025	$760	$5,732
FY2026

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Worcester County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$71.45	$298
FY2022	$155	$357
FY2023	$155	$301
FY2024	$178	$319
FY2025	$145	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Worcester County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$202	$239
FY2022	$197	$185
FY2023	$236	$229
FY2024	$260	$229
FY2025	$228	$249
FY2026	$155

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Worcester County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$297	$2,304
FY2022	$219	$2,197
FY2023	$259	$2,274
FY2024	$283	$2,267
FY2025	$276	$2,397
FY2026	$282

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Worcester County, Massachusetts and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
FY2021	$879	$1,186
FY2022	$352	$465
FY2023	$46.97	$76.52
FY2024	$96.41	$120
FY2025	$114	$148
FY2026	$54.93

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Worcester County, Massachusetts
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Worcester County, Massachusetts and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	1.9%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/25027

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Worcester County, Massachusetts is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Metro area

The metro or micro area Worcester County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Worcester, MA81Central county

Cities and towns in Worcester County

Places whose residents live mostly in Worcester County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
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Calendar years	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	−3.7%	−4.2%
2015	−1.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+3.3%
2018	+5.0%	+6.8%
2019	+8.2%	+10.5%
2020	+19.0%	+19.4%
2021	+23.3%	+26.1%
2022	+27.1%	+30.6%
2023	+30.3%	+35.0%
2024	+36.0%	+41.0%
2025	+40.6%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	−6.7%	−5.5%
2015	−2.6%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.4%	+4.1%
2018	+5.8%	+8.9%
2019	+10.6%	+13.5%
2020	+20.8%	+20.8%
2021	+27.1%	+32.1%
2022	+29.8%	+35.4%
2023	+35.6%	+42.9%
2024	+41.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	1.6/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.6/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.8/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.0/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.9/1k	4.1/1k
2019	2.1/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.2/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	1.4/1k	4.5/1k
2024	2.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	1.9/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	−5.6%	−6.9%
2015	−5.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.7%	+4.7%
2018	+3.9%	+7.5%
2019	+12.6%	+14.0%
2020	+12.8%	+16.9%
2021	+22.5%	+21.0%
2022	+24.6%	+29.7%
2023	+35.5%	+34.9%
2024	+39.0%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	−10.2% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−6.0% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+7.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+17.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+30.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+45.4% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+59.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+73.6% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+83.6% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+86.6% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	6.1%	6.2%
2015	5.1%	5.3%
2016	4.2%	4.9%
2017	4.0%	4.4%
2018	3.6%	3.9%
2019	3.3%	3.7%
2020	9.1%	8.1%
2021	5.4%	5.4%
2022	3.8%	3.7%
2023	3.6%	3.6%
2024	4.0%	4.0%
2025	4.6%	4.3%

Calendar years	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	11.5%	15.5%
2015	12.1%	14.7%
2016	9.6%	14.0%
2017	10.4%	13.4%
2018	9.0%	13.1%
2019	9.4%	12.3%
2020	9.5%	11.9%
2021	10.0%	12.8%
2022	10.6%	12.6%
2023	10.9%	12.5%
2024	9.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
2015	−4.5% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+5.4% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.2% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+18.6% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+26.0% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+40.8% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+53.5% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+64.7% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+74.2% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+82.3% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	3.5%	13.5%
2015	2.9%	10.9%
2016	2.8%	10.0%
2017	3.2%	10.2%
2018	3.1%	10.4%
2019	3.5%	10.8%
2020	2.8%	10.4%
2021	3.0%	10.2%
2022	3.2%	9.5%
2023	3.2%	9.5%
2024	3.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Worcester County, Massachusetts	United States
2014	5.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	5.9/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.0/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	6.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	7.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	8.6/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	9.2/1k	16.2/1k
2024	8.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.0/1k	16.6/1k

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