Worcester Business Journal

www.wbjournal.com • Worcester Business Journal • 2016 Central Mass By The Numbers 11 We start with what's in your heart. Not what's in your bank account. Leominster Worcester Fitchburg Gardner Shirley Barre Millbury Paxton Princeton For most banks the bo omline is all numbers, but it is the needs and wants of your business that are our greatest assets. Because it is only by understanding your hopes and dreams that we can help you build las ng solu ons to take your business from point A to point wherever-you-want-to-be. Because to us our clients are way more than just numbers. So we design way more than just financial products. This is what we call, LifeDesign. It's in everything that we do. What's in your heart? Speak with any of our Small Business Specialists or Branch Managers today. 800.581.5363 fidelitybankonline.com The Central Mass. residential population grew 3.7% between 2010 and 2015 4/1/2010 7/1/14 7/1/15 % change % change Community Population Pop. Pop. 2000-2015 2010-2015 Community & Employment 4/1/2010 7/1/14 7/1/15 % change % change Community Population Pop. Pop. 2000-2015 2010-2015 4/1/2010 7/1/14 7/1/15 % change % change Community Population Pop. Pop. 2000-2015 2010-2015 Acton 21,924 23,253 23,549 1.3% 7.4% Ashburnham 6,081 6,181 6,209 0.5% 2.1% Ashby 3,074 3,209 3,226 0.5% 4.9% Ashland 16,593 17,317 17,573 1.5% 5.9% Athol 11,577 11,626 11,654 0.2% 0.7% Auburn 16,188 16,414 16,516 0.6% 2.0% Ayer 7,427 7,913 8,001 1.1% 7.7% Barre 5,398 5,464 5,496 0.6% 1.8% Bellingham 16,336 16,793 16,891 0.6% 3.4% Berlin 2,866 2,979 3,020 1.4% 5.4% Blackstone 9,026 9,092 9,104 0.1% 0.9% Bolton 4,897 5,133 5,180 0.9% 5.8% Boxborough 4,996 5,173 5,206 0.6% 4.2% Boylston 4,355 4,476 4,534 1.3% 4.1% Brookfield 3,390 3,400 3,411 0.3% 0.6% Charlton 12,981 13,308 13,406 0.7% 3.3% Clinton 13,606 13,750 13,805 0.4% 1.5% Douglas 8,470 8,683 8,728 0.5% 3.0% Dudley 11,390 11,540 11,587 0.4% 1.7% East Brookfield 2,183 2,187 2,187 0.0% 0.2% Fitchburg 40,318 40,499 40,545 0.1% 0.6% Framingham 68,326 70,856 71,209 0.5% 4.2% Franklin 31,635 33,011 33,147 0.4% 4.8% Gardner 20,228 20,270 20,333 0.3% 0.5% Grafton 17,765 18,374 18,540 0.9% 4.4% Groton 10,646 11,225 11,296 0.6% 6.1% Hardwick 2,990 3,008 3,008 0.0% 0.6% Harvard 6,520 6,568 6,573 0.1% 0.8% Holden 17,346 18,480 18,645 0.9% 7.5% Holliston 13,547 14,392 14,525 0.9% 7.2% Hopedale 5,911 5,951 5,955 0.1% 0.7% Hopkinton 14,925 16,315 16,674 2.2% 11.7% Hubbardston 4,382 4,523 4,596 1.6% 4.9% Hudson 19,063 19,754 19,864 0.6% 4.2% Lancaster 8,055 8,111 8,166 0.7% 1.4% Leicester 10,970 11,280 11,334 0.5% 3.3% Leominster 40,759 41,445 41,569 0.3% 2.0% Littleton 8,924 9,404 9,912 5.4% 11.1% Lunenburg 10,086 11,110 11,241 1.2% 11.5% Marlborough 38,499 39,656 39,818 0.4% 3.4% Maynard 10,110 10,547 10,676 1.2% 5.6% Medway 12,758 13,194 13,253 0.4% 3.9% Mendon 5,839 5,962 6,024 1.0% 3.2% Milford 27,993 28,497 28,614 0.4% 2.2% Millbury 13,261 13,455 13,537 0.6% 2.1% Millis 7,891 8,110 8,169 0.7% 3.5% Millville 3,190 3,223 3,234 0.3% 1.4% Natick 33,002 35,687 36,262 1.6% 9.9% New Braintree 999 1,022 1,022 0.0% 2.3% North Brookfield 4,680 4,749 4,749 0.0% 1.5% Northborough 14,155 14,914 15,042 0.9% 6.3% Northbridge 15,707 16,418 16,544 0.8% 5.3% Oakham 1,902 1,922 1,929 0.4% 1.4% Oxford 13,709 13,855 13,916 0.4% 1.5% Paxton 4,806 4,866 4,884 0.4% 1.6% Pepperell 11,497 12,073 12,165 0.8% 5.8% Petersham 1,234 1,246 1,246 0.0% 1.0% Phillipston 1,689 1,734 1,747 0.7% 3.4% Princeton 3,413 3,461 3,470 0.3% 1.7% Royalston 1,258 1,269 1,274 0.4% 1.3% Rutland 7,973 8,402 8,527 1.5% 6.9% Sherborn 4,119 4,281 4,300 0.4% 4.4% Shirley 7,211 7,337 7,400 0.9% 2.6% Shrewsbury 35,608 36,574 36,805 0.6% 3.4% Southborough 9,767 9,941 10,038 1.0% 2.8% Southbridge 16,719 16,830 16,865 0.2% 0.9% Spencer 11,688 11,806 11,810 0.0% 1.0% Sterling 7,808 7,941 7,992 0.6% 2.4% Stow 6,586 7,088 7,125 0.5% 8.2% Sturbridge 9,268 9,465 9,514 0.5% 2.7% Sudbury 17,659 18,737 18,874 0.7% 6.9% Sutton 8,964 9,204 9,272 0.7% 3.4% Templeton 8,013 8,168 8,176 0.1% 2.0% Townsend 8,926 9,408 9,515 1.1% 6.6% Upton 7,542 7,701 7,725 0.3% 2.4% Uxbridge 13,457 13,787 13,892 0.8% 3.2% Warren 5,135 5,179 5,189 0.2% 1.1% Wayland 12,994 13,546 13,684 1.0% 5.3% Webster 16,767 16,840 16,893 0.3% 0.8% West Boylston 7,669 7,855 7,894 0.5% 2.9% West Brookfield 3,701 3,771 3,780 0.2% 2.1% Westborough 18,272 18,781 18,934 0.8% 3.6% Westminster 7,277 7,462 7,570 1.4% 4.0% Winchendon 10,300 10,609 10,698 0.8% 3.9% Worcester 181,041 184,211 184,815 0.3% 2.1% Hopkinton has grown the most over the past five years at 11.7%. Source: U.S. Census Bureau and UMass Donahue Institute Population Estimates Program

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