Housing units in Worcester County

Housing units in Worcester County was 355,185 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.5% from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 14 counties in 2024.

2024, count355,185

Change on 2023+0.5%

Rank3rd of 14Counties in Massachusetts ranked

Series high355,1852024

Series low349,1312021

Next release: Friday, 29 January 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Housing units in Worcester County, 2021 to 2024

count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-01-29.

All 4 values

Period	count
2024	355,185
2023	353,405
2022	351,506
2021	349,131

Compared with Massachusetts and United States

Place	2024
Worcester County	355,185
Massachusetts	3,030,406
United States	143,775,355

Rankings

US states by housing units 51 places
Counties in Massachusetts by housing units 14 places

Definition

All housing units, occupied and vacant: houses, apartments, mobile homes and rooms intended as separate living quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.

A survey estimate averaged over five years, not a count on one date.

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2026). American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units (Housing units, Worcester County, 2021 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat

MLA 9

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, Housing units, Worcester County, 2021 to 2024. U.S. Census Bureau, 29 Jan. 2026, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/housing-units/worcester-county-massachusetts. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2026. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. Housing units, Worcester County, 2021 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/housing-units/worcester-county-massachusetts.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2026) American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units, Housing units, Worcester County, 2021 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/housing-units/worcester-county-massachusetts (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{census_housing_units_worcester_county_2024,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units: Housing units, Worcester County, 2021 to 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/housing-units/worcester-county-massachusetts. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary\_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b25001.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

RIS

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What is the housing units in Worcester County?

Housing units in Worcester County was 355,185 in 2024, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.5% from 2023. That is the 3rd highest of 14 counties in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B25001: total housing units. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest housing units in Worcester County?

355,185 in 2024, the highest value since 2021 in this series.

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