Metro area · CBSA 49340
Worcester
The Worcester, MA metro area has 867,788 people. Median rent is $1,426, 17.8% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in Worcester County at $2,043. Of the 33 places we track here, Northborough has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$95,939
Median home value
$423,700
Unemployment
5.3%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$2,043
HUD, Worcester County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester | 207,055 | $1,487 | 25.5% |
| Leominster | 43,909 | $1,354 | 19.4% |
| Fitchburg | 41,798 | $1,222 | 20.1% |
| Milford | 27,731 | $1,889 | 24.3% |
| Gardner | 21,148 | $1,109 | 19.7% |
| Southbridge Town | 17,928 | $1,256 | 22.7% |
| Webster | 12,228 | $1,198 | 22.5% |
| Athol | 8,801 | $1,120 | 19.9% |
| Clinton | 7,658 | $1,415 | 21.4% |
| Whitinsville | 7,115 | $1,197 | 14.9% |
| Northborough | 6,392 | $1,135 | 10.2% |
| Oxford | 5,671 | $1,203 | 16.1% |
| Spencer | 5,661 | $1,049 | 21.0% |
| Westborough | 4,699 | $1,627 | 18.4% |
| Hopedale | 4,360 | $1,805 | 20.1% |
| Winchendon | 4,331 | $1,163 | 25.0% |
| Upton | 3,234 | $939 | 10.2% |
| Cordaville | 2,989 | $1,844 | 13.4% |
| East Douglas | 2,987 | $1,458 | 12.6% |
| North Brookfield | 2,659 | $993 | 15.3% |
| Baldwinville | 2,528 | $786 | 18.2% |
| Sturbridge | 2,443 | $2,009 | 18.3% |
| Fiskdale | 2,311 | $1,071 | 11.4% |
| South Lancaster | 2,177 | $1,426 | 15.7% |
| Lunenburg | 2,057 | $1,426 | 15.6% |
| Rutland | 2,019 | $1,061 | 13.3% |
| West Brookfield | 1,563 | $1,128 | 17.7% |
| South Ashburnham | 1,500 | $1,426 | 13.6% |
| East Brookfield | 1,445 | $1,134 | 19.5% |
| Warren | 1,426 | $1,426 | 42.4% |
| Brookfield | 828 | $1,237 | 15.5% |
| Barre | 673 | $1,426 | 17.8% |
| West Warren | 613 | $844 | 15.1% |
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Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.