Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of New Marlborough
New Marlborough is a rural hilltown of about 1,528 people spread across five villages and roughly 47 square miles of land, which works out to only about 33 residents per square mile. It skews older than most of the Commonwealth: one resident in four is 65 or over. More than nine in ten of its homes are owner-occupied, households average 2.5 people, and about one resident in seventeen was born outside the United States. 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): 1,528
- Households: 670
- Persons per household: 2.5
- Foreign-born: 5.7% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 25.0%
- Under 18: 21.2%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 94.2%
- Asian: 0.0%
- Black or African American: 2.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 8.7%
- Two or more races: 2.9%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 5.4%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $94,038
- Poverty rate: 2.9%
- Median home value: $486,800
- Median gross rent: $1,933
- Homeownership: 91.5% of units
- In the labor force: 64.5%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s enrollment snapshot from February 1, 2025. As in most of the state, New Marlborough’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 1,267
- Unenrolled (no party): 808 (63.77%)
- Democrats: 336 (26.52%)
- Republicans: 112 (8.84%)
Sources
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