Demographics of Winchendon town, Massachusetts

Winchendon town, Massachusetts had 10,620 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +275 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Winchendon town, in four figures

10,620
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 10,440 ±55.; +2.7%
Change since July 2020: +275 people.; 39.6 ±1.9
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $75,690 ±$13,643
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a town, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Winchendon town, Massachusetts's population grew 2.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Winchendon town, Massachusetts's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Winchendon town, Massachusetts's population grew 2.7% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Winchendon town, Massachusetts's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	10,345	100.0	100.0
2021	10,400	100.5	100.2
2022	10,457	101.1	100.7
2023	10,531	101.8	101.6
2024	10,605	102.5	102.5
2025	10,620	102.7	103.1

Population of Winchendon town, Massachusetts on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	10,345	—
2021	10,400	+55
2022	10,457	+57
2023	10,531	+74
2024	10,605	+74
2025	10,620	+15

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 39.6 ±1.9: for men 39.4 ±3.6 and for women 39.7 ±1.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Winchendon town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Under 5	523 ±178	5.0% ±1.7	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,755 ±370	16.8% ±3.5	14.4% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	975 ±301	9.3% ±2.9	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,522 ±383	24.2% ±3.7	27.1% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	2,896 ±396	27.7% ±3.8	25.9% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,769 ±282	16.9% ±2.7	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $75,690 ±$13,643, and income per person $35,668 ±$2,502, in 2024 dollars. The median is $103,960 ±$527 in Massachusetts and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Winchendon town by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Under $25,000	673 ±194	17.8% ±5.1	13.2% ±0.2	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	593 ±198	15.7% ±5.2	12.5% ±0.2	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	616 ±177	16.3% ±4.6	12.0% ±0.2	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	430 ±124	11.4% ±3.2	10.7% ±0.2	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	664 ±208	17.6% ±5.4	17.5% ±0.2	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	373 ±168	9.9% ±4.4	11.9% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	431 ±132	11.4% ±3.4	22.3% ±0.2	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Winchendon town by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Massachusetts	United States
All ages	1,906 ±470	18.5% ±4.6	10.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	788 ±306	35.4% ±11.8	11.7% ±0.3	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	713 ±189	13.3% ±3.3	9.3% ±0.2	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	405 ±185	15.0% ±6.5	10.4% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Winchendon town, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Winchendon town	Massachusetts	United States
Housing units	4,077 ±208	3,030,406 ±453	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	92.7% ±1.5	91.9% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	7.3% ±3.3	8.1% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	76.6% ±4.0	62.5% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	23.4% ±4.3	37.5% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$323,800 ±$18,577	$562,100 ±$2,169	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,255 ±$163	$1,762 ±$9	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1981 ±3	1964 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Winchendon town by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Hispanic or Latino	45 to 621	0.4% to 5.9%	13.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	9,292 ±375	89.0% ±3.6	66.6% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	39 to 161	0.4% to 1.5%	6.4% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	64 to 202	0.6% to 1.9%	7.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	1.2% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	582 ±281	5.6% ±2.7	5.1% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Winchendon town by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Massachusetts	United States
Born in the state	8,494 ±371	81.4% ±3.5	58.7% ±0.2	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	1,507 ±337	14.4% ±3.2	20.3% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	18 to 124	0.2% to 1.2%	2.9% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	368 ±141	3.5% ±1.4	18.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	120 to 380	1.1% to 3.6%	9.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	51 to 185	0.5% to 1.8%	8.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Winchendon town among the places and towns of Massachusetts

183rd of 291 places and towns of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Massachusetts page.

Places of Massachusetts near Winchendon town in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Leicester town	11,113 ±35
Maynard CDP	10,712 ±23
Hanson town	10,660 ±28
Acushnet town	10,624 ±26
Southborough town	10,493 ±23
Winchendon town	10,440 ±55
Brewster town	10,420 ±19
Littleton town	10,280 ±43
Hull CDP	10,138 ±18
Ware town	10,048 ±21
Nantucket CDP	10,017 ±739

Rankings this appears in

No. 3 Places in Massachusetts by poverty rate
No. 80 Places in Massachusetts by homeownership rate
No. 116 Places in Massachusetts by median age
No. 141 Places in Massachusetts by median rent
No. 169 Places in Massachusetts by foreign-born share
No. 191 Places in Massachusetts by median household income

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026