Fitchburg, Massachusetts demographics

Fitchburg, MA demographics: median age 36.3; 25.1% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Fitchburg city, Massachusetts · Incorporated city · GEOID 2523875. The survey estimates a population of 41,798 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Fitchburg is 36.3 years, with a 90% margin of error of 2.0 years. There are 16,659 households (±616). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	36.3 ±2.0	40.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 41,798
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Under 18	8,608 ±774	20.6% ±1.9 pp	19.4%	22.0%
18–34	11,646 ±932	27.9% ±2.2 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	15,559 ±1,037	37.2% ±2.5 pp	38.9%	38.0%
65 and older	5,985 ±548	14.3% ±1.3 pp	17.9%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 41,798
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Male	19,137 ±853	45.8% ±2.0 pp	48.9%	49.5%
Female	22,661 ±852	54.2% ±2.0 pp	51.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 41,798
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
White alone	23,634 ±1,466	56.5% ±3.5 pp	68.6%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	3,125 ±756	7.5% ±1.8 pp	6.8%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	62 ±68 · low precision	0.1% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.9%
Asian alone	953 ±419	2.3% ±1.0 pp	7.3%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	3 ±7 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race alone	4,116 ±884	9.8% ±2.1 pp	5.8%	7.1%
Two or more races	9,905 ±1,603	23.7% ±3.8 pp	11.1%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 41,798
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	27,804 ±1,329	66.5% ±3.2 pp	86.7%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13,994 ±1,325	33.5% ±3.2 pp	13.3%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 16,659
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Married-couple family	5,452 ±511	32.7% ±2.8 pp	45.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,403 ±290	8.4% ±1.7 pp	4.7%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	3,007 ±504	18.1% ±3.0 pp	11.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	5,234 ±682	31.4% ±3.9 pp	28.8%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,563 ±398	9.4% ±2.4 pp	8.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 16,659
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Households with people under 18	5,045 ±515	30.3% ±2.9 pp	27.9%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	11,614 ±941	69.7% ±5.0 pp	72.1%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 16,659
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	5,234 ±682	31.4% ±3.9 pp	28.8%	28.7%
Two-person households	4,924 ±595	29.6% ±3.4 pp	33.3%	33.8%
Three-person households	2,987 ±453	17.9% ±2.6 pp	16.5%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,282 ±493	13.7% ±2.9 pp	13.5%	12.6%
Five-person households	758 ±168	4.6% ±1.0 pp	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	261 ±110	1.6% ±0.7 pp	1.8%	2.2%
Seven or more people	213 ±106	1.3% ±0.6 pp	0.9%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 41,798
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Native	36,380 ±886	87.0% ±2.1 pp	82.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	5,418 ±885	13.0% ±2.1 pp	18.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 39,165
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
English only	26,728 ±1,267	68.2% ±3.1 pp	74.9%	77.7%
Spanish	9,205 ±1,079	23.5% ±2.7 pp	9.7%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	984 ±327	2.5% ±0.8 pp	1.9%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	75 ±57 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	4 ±8 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,118 ±473	2.9% ±1.2 pp	6.1%	2.0%
Korean	7 ±12 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	37 ±47 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	2.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	61 ±89 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	15 ±24 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	398 ±201 · low precision	1.0% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.3%	1.1%
Arabic	132 ±154 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	401 ±180	1.0% ±0.5 pp	1.0%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 27,893
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	3,697 ±564	13.3% ±2.0 pp	8.6%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	9,165 ±809	32.9% ±2.8 pp	22.6%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	5,543 ±639	19.9% ±2.2 pp	14.1%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,499 ±547	9.0% ±1.9 pp	7.5%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	4,825 ±597	17.3% ±2.1 pp	25.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2,164 ±418	7.8% ±1.5 pp	21.8%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 41,379
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Massachusetts	U.S.
Same house	36,926 ±880	89.2% ±2.1 pp	88.3%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,941 ±577	4.7% ±1.4 pp	5.6%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,637 ±551	4.0% ±1.3 pp	3.0%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	775 ±354	1.9% ±0.9 pp	2.2%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	100 ±69 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.9%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

2.0% of Fitchburg residents (±0.5 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 2.6% in Massachusetts and 8.4% nationally. 91.2% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Fitchburg	Massachusetts	U.S.	Compared with Massachusetts
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	2.0% ±0.5 pp	2.6%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.2% ±2.2 pp	92.8%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	4.3% ±0.9 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Not statistically different

Reading and reusing the estimates

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