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Thursday, January 22, 2015
GoLocalWorcester News Team
The third wealthiest state in the union is Massachusetts, but its wealth is not spread evenly throughout. The majority of wealth is concentrated outside of central Massachusetts, in the eastern part of the state. Worcester County ranks 9th out of the 14 counties in the Bay State, with Franklin and Hampden counties rounding off the list as the least wealthy Massachusetts counties.
A handful of cities and towns rank high among Massachusetts’s more than 300 cities and towns. Southborough, Harvard, and Bolton all rank highly in that overall list.
GoLocalWorcester looked at the 2010 Census figures for every city and town to rank Central Massachusetts’ 25 wealthiest cities and towns based on median family income. See which towns make the list in the slideshow below:
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GoLocalWorcester looked at the 2010 Census figures for every city and town to rank Central Massachusetts’ 25 wealthiest cities and towns based on median family income. Check out where the top 25 cities are in the slideshow below.
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25. Uxbridge
Population: 13,457
Median Household Income: $81,127
During the Revolutionary War, Deborah Sampson, a woman posing as a male soldier, enlisted in the Continental Army as "Robert Shurtlieff of Uxbridge". A minister kept her secret, and she was later honored as a heroine by the Massachusetts legislature.
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24. Rutland
Population: 2,111
Median Household Income: $81,295
Rutland is the geographic center of Massachusetts. A tree, the Central Tree, located on Central Tree Road, marks the spot.
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23. Hubbardston
Population: 3,909
Median Household Income: $82,443
In 1786, Hubbardston residents marched to Worcester and, joining hundreds of other farmers, took control of the courthouse to protest the foreclosures and seizures of property by creditors that occurred during the late 1700's.
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22. New Braintree
Population: 927
Median Household Income: $85,417
The town's only restaurant, Reed's Country Store, has been owned and operated by the same couple since 1977. It has been a central town gathering point for years.
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21. Shrewsbury
Population: 35,608
Median Household Income: $85,697
Shrewsbury is the birthplace to "The Pill". The Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology in Shrewsbury was the research facility where the oral contraceptive pill was first developed. It is now part of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
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20. Douglas
Population: 8,471
Median Household Income: $86,214
General Lafayette, of France, stopped here during the Revolutionary War, on his way to Boston to join General Washington's Army.
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19. Lunenberg
Population: 10,086
Median Household Income: $86,568
Lunenburg was first settled in 1718 and was officially incorporated in 1728. The name comes from one of tKing George II's titles, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.
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18. Charlton
Population: 11,263
Median Household Income: $87,758
John "Grizzly" Adams is buried here, in Bay Path Cemetery.
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17. Boylston
Population: 4,355
Median Household Income: $88,214
Boylston was first settled around 1706. The residents petitioned to form a local town and government, but the William Shirley, British colonial Governor of Massachusetts,denied their request since he wanted to keep the number of towns to a minimum in order to restrict popular representation.
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16. Holden
Population: 15,621
Median Household Income: $88,405
Holden was founded in 1741, and the Town Square was donated by John Hancock, former Governor of Massachusetts, and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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15. Grafton
Population: 14,894
Median Household Income: $91,743
Incorporated in 1735, Grafton is the home of the Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine.
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14. Berlin
Population: 2866
Median Household Income: $92,917
Berlin was first settled in 1665 and was officially incorporated in 1812.
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13. Westborough
Population: 4,045
Median Household Income: $96,069
Westborough is home to numerous hiking trails, and Lake Chauncy, a popular swimming, boating, and fishing location.
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12. Hopedale
Population: 5,907
Median Household Income: $97,227
Joe Perry, guitarist from the band Aerosmith, was raised in Hopedale.
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11. Paxton
Population: 4,806
Median Household Income: $100,333
Paxton was first settled in 1749 and was officially incorporated in 1765. Charles Paxton, marshal of the Admiralty Court, offered a church bell to the town if it was named after him. No such gift was ever made, however.
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10. Sterling
Population: 7,257
Median Household Income: $102,115
Sterling is the setting of the famous poem, "Mary Had a Little Lamb". Mary Sawyer, the subject of the poem, lived in Sterling.
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9. Mendon
Population: 5,286
Median Household Income: $102,625
Mendon is the home to Southwick's Zoo, the largest zoo in Massachusetts, as well as the Mendon Twin Drive-In, one of only three drive-in theaters left in Massachusetts.
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8. Princeton
Population: 3,353
Median Household Income: $102,853
Princeton is the home of Wachusett Mountain Ski Area.
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7. Northborough
Population: 14,013
Median Household Income: $102,969
Northborough is the hometown of Daniel B. Wesson, co-founder of the Smith & Wesson gun manufacturing company.
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6. Sutton
Population: 8,963
Median Household Income: $105,164
Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, Sutton was a town that had farms and orchards in the area as well as three large mills. The town is part of the historic Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor
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5. Upton
Population: 7,542
Median Household Income: $107,950
Upton is the hometown of Eli Whitney, inventor of the Cotton Gin.
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4. Hopkinton
Population: 13,346
Median Household Income: $120,240
Hopkinton garners attention every April as it hosts the starting line of the Boston Marathon. In 2009, Money magazine ranked Hopkinton as the 19th best place to live in the US.
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3. Bolton
Population: 4,148
Median Household Income: $125,741
Bolton was mentioned often in "Father of Modern Horror" H.P. Lovecraft's works: as a setting in his “Herbert West — Reanimator”, and also mentioned in “The Colour out of Space” and “The Rats in the Walls”.
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2. Southborough
Population: 9,767
Median Household Income: $140,184
Southborough placed #31 in the nation on CNN Money's "100 Best Places to Live" in 2009.
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1. Harvard
Population: 5,981
Median Household Income: $141,274
Harvard is known for its well-performing public schools, with its students consistently ranking in the state's top ten in both English and math. More than 97% of its graduates go on to college.
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