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Population (year 2000): 20,770. Estimated
population in July 2005: 20,908 (+0.7% change)
Males: 10,645 (51.3%), Females: 10,125 (48.7%)
Worcester County
Zip codes: .
Median resident age: 37.5 years
Median household income: $37,334 (year 2000)
Median house value: $106,300 (year 2000)
Races in Gardner:
- White Non-Hispanic (90.9%)
- Hispanic (4.1%)
- Black (2.3%)
- Two or more races (1.6%)
- Other race (1.2%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Other Asian (0.5%)
Ancestries: French (18.8%), French Canadian
(18.1%), Irish (17.0%), English (9.3%), Italian (7.7%), Polish
(6.6%).
Elevation: 1100 feet
Land area: 22.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Gardner
- High school or higher: 78.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 15.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.0%
- Unemployed: 4.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 24.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Gardner city
- Never married: 26.4%
- Now married: 50.3%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 8.9%
- Divorced: 11.6%
7.1% Foreign born (3.9% North America, 1.2%
Latin America, 0.8% Europe, 0.8% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +581 (+2.9%).
Hospital/medical center in Gardner:
- HEYWOOD HOSPITAL (242 GREEN STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Gardner:
- ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles; ATHOL, MA)
- HEALTH ALLIANCE HOSPITALS INC (about 17 miles;
LEOMINSTER, MA)
- MONADNOCK COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 22 miles;
PETERBOROUGH, NH)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Gardner:
- WORCESTER REGIONAL (about 23 miles; WORCESTER, MA;
ID: ORH)
- MANCHESTER (about 46 miles; MANCHESTER, NH; ID: MHT)
- WESTOVER ARB/METROPOLITAN (about 47 miles;
SPRINGFIELD/CHICOPEE, MA; ID: CEF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gardner:
- GARDNER MUNI (about 3 miles; GARDNER, MA; ID: GDM)
- JAFFREY AIRPORT-SILVER RANCH (about 16 miles;
JAFFREY, NH; ID: AFN)
- FITCHBURG MUNI (about 17 miles; FITCHBURG, MA; ID:
FIT)
College/University in Gardner:
- MOUNT WACHUSETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time
enrollment: 2,023; Location: 444 GREEN ST; Public)
Other colleges/universities with over 2000 students near
Gardner:
- FITCHBURG STATE COLLEGE (about 13 miles; FITCHBURG,
MA; Full-time enrollment: 3,660)
- QUINSIGAMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 23 miles;
WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 3,359)
- WORCESTER STATE COLLEGE (about 24 miles; WORCESTER,
MA; FT enrollment: 3,846)
- WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (about 25 miles;
WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 3,426)
- ASSUMPTION COLLEGE (about 25 miles; WORCESTER, MA;
FT enrollment: 2,356)
- COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS (about 26 miles;
WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 2,808)
- CLARK UNIVERSITY (about 26 miles; WORCESTER, MA; FT
enrollment: 2,563)
Public high school in Gardner:
- GARDNER HIGH (Students: 979; Location: 200
CATHERINE STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Gardner:
- GARDNER MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 810;
Location: 297 CATHERINE STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- ELM STREET SCHOOL (Students: 651; Location:
160 ELM STREET; Grades: 03 - 05)
- WATERFORD STREET (Students: 547; Location: 62
WATERFORD STREET; Grades: PK - 02)
- HELEN MAE SAUTER ELEM (Students: 265;
Location: 130 ELM STREET; Grades: 01 - 03)
- PROSPECT (Students: 7; Location: 75 EAST
BROADWAY; Grades: KG - 12)
Private primary/middle schools in Gardner:
- OUR LADY OF THE HOLY ROSARY (Students: 394;
Location: 99 NICHOLS STREET; Grades: KG - 8)
- SACRED HEART-JESUS ELEM SCHOOL (Students:
169; Location: LYNDE STREET; Grades: KG - 8)
Library in Gardner:
- LEVI HEYWOOD MEMORIAL LIBRARY (Operating
income: $526,127; Location: 57 CITY HALL AVENUE; 89,604
books; 1,745 audio materials; 1,881 video materials; 184
serial subscriptions)
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