Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Lunenburg
Lunenburg covers about 26.4 square miles of land in Worcester County, at roughly 447 people to the square mile. Just under a quarter of residents are under 18, and 16.8 percent are 65 or older. Four homes in five are lived in by their owners. The median household income is $109,753 and the poverty rate is 5.2 percent. About 7.2 percent of residents were born outside the United States, and 11.0 percent of residents speak a language other than English at home. 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 & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 11,782
- Households: 4,529
- Persons per household: 2.6
- Foreign-born: 7.2% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 16.8%
- Under 18: 23.2%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 87.0%
- Asian: 3.4%
- Black or African American: 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 6.7%
- Two or more races: 3.8%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 11.0%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $109,753
- Poverty rate: 5.2%
- Median home value: $442,800
- Median gross rent: $1,784
- Homeownership: 81.3% of units
- In the labor force: 68.0%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Lunenburg’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all, which is worth knowing before anyone tells you how this town votes.
- Total registered: 9,709
- Unenrolled (no party): 6,855 (70.60%)
- Democrats: 1,552 (15.99%)
- Republicans: 1,177 (12.12%)
Sources
See how Lunenburg fits into the broader Commonwealth.