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By The
Numbers
Our annual quantitative snapshots
of the region's economy
$368.8M
21
Number of bank
branches in
Framingham,
second only to
Worcester in
Central Mass.
The value of
construction costs
throughout Central
Mass. in 2013, a
jump of 27 percent
over 2012.
$10,111
Spending per pupil in the
Grafton Public Schools in
fiscal year 2013, the
lowest in Central Mass.
63.1%
Average occupancy rate from
January through August for hotels
in Worcester County, up from 60.5
percent last year.
Property
foreclosures in
Central Mass.
from September
2013 to
August 2014,
representing
28 percent
of all Mass.
forecloseures.
19.3%
Office vacancy rate in
Worcester during the
third quarter of 2014.
$36.2M
Value of tax-exempt property
in Boxborough, representing
the lowest percentage –
3.7% – within Central Mass.
94%
Percentage of Grafton
1oth-graders scoring
"proficient" or better
on the MCAS English test.
153
NUMBER OF BANKS
IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS
33.9%
Population
growth in
Upton from
2000 to 2013,
the highest
of any
community in
Central Mass
.
702
14.03%
(State average: $14,021)
(State average: 90 percent)
3.5%
Unemployment
rate for Stow in
July 2014, the
lowest of any
community in
Central Mass.
374
Number of patents issued in 2013
to EMC Corp. of Hopkinton, a jump
of 17% from 319 the previous year.
39
Building permits
for single-family
homes issued last
year in Leominster,
a 255 percent
jump from 2009
Operating margin
for fiscal year
2013 for Saint
Vincent Hospital
in Worcester, the
highest of any
Central Mass.
hospital.
The gap between
the residential
($18.29) and
commercial/
industrial ($40.92) property
tax rates in Framingham in
fiscal year 2014, the widest
among the 17 Central Mass.
communities with dual rates.
$22.63
50
Number of LEED
(Leadership in Energy
& Environmental
Design) certified
buildings in
Central Mass.
