Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Berlin
Berlin is a small Worcester County town of about 3,158 residents, set on roughly 13 square miles of hills and former farmland between the Nashua and Assabet river valleys. It is a settled, high-income community: the median household income is about 122,000 dollars and the typical home is valued near 567,000 dollars. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Land
- Population (2020 Census): 3,158
- Population (recent estimate): 3,311
- Households: 1,447
- Land area: 12.97 square miles
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 90.3%
- White (non-Hispanic): 90.0%
- Asian: 2.2%
- Black or African American: 1.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 2.9%
- Source: 2020 Census and ACS
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $122,411
- Poverty rate: 4.7%
- Median home value: $566,800
- Median gross rent: $1,432
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Berlin’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all, which makes them the group every candidate has to win.
- Total registered: 3,022
- Unenrolled (no party): 2,142 (70.88%)
- Democrats: 537 (17.77%)
- Republicans: 317 (10.49%)
Sources
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