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Population (year 2000): 3,804. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,895 (+2.4% change)
Males: 1,710 (45.0%), Females: 2,094 (55.0%)
Worcester County
Median resident age: 42.6 years
Median household income: $49,722 (year 2000)
Median house value: $142,700 (year 2000)
Races in West Brookfield:
- White Non-Hispanic (97.6%)
- Hispanic (1.1%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (20.9%), Irish (17.3%),
French (17.0%), French Canadian (9.1%), Polish (8.8%), Italian
(7.8%).
Elevation: 633 feet
Land area: 1.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in West Brookfield
- High school or higher: 81.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 21.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 9.2%
- Unemployed: 2.2%
- Mean travel time to work: 33.6 minutes
For population 15
years and over in West Brookfield town
- Never married: 23.1%
- Now married: 57.6%
- Separated: 0.3%
- Widowed: 10.8%
- Divorced: 8.1%
1.9% Foreign born
Hospitals/medical centers near West Brookfield:
- MARY LANE HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; WARE, MA)
- WING MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles; PALMER, MA)
- HARRINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 14 miles;
SOUTHBRIDGE, MA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to West
Brookfield:
- WORCESTER REGIONAL (about 20 miles; WORCESTER, MA;
ID: ORH)
- WESTOVER ARB/METROPOLITAN (about 28 miles;
SPRINGFIELD/CHICOPEE, MA; ID: CEF)
- BARNES MUNI (about 39 miles; WESTFIELD/SPRINGFIELD,
MA; ID: BAF)
Other public-use airports nearest to West Brookfield:
- TANNER-HILLER (about 9 miles; BARRE/BARRE PLAINS,
MA; ID: 8B5)
- METROPOLITAN (about 11 miles; PALMER, MA; ID: PMX)
- SOUTHBRIDGE MUNI (about 13 miles; SOUTHBRIDGE, MA;
ID: 3B0)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
West Brookfield:
- WORCESTER STATE COLLEGE (about 21 miles; WORCESTER,
MA; Full-time enrollment: 3,846)
- WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE (about 24 miles;
WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 3,426)
- ASSUMPTION COLLEGE (about 24 miles; WORCESTER, MA;
FT enrollment: 2,356)
- COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS (about 24 miles;
WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 2,808)
- CLARK UNIVERSITY (about 24 miles; WORCESTER, MA; FT
enrollment: 2,563)
- QUINSIGAMOND COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 25 miles;
WORCESTER, MA; FT enrollment: 3,359)
- MOUNT WACHUSETT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 26 miles;
GARDNER, MA; FT enrollment: 2,023)
Public primary/middle school in West Brookfield:
- WEST BROOKFIELD ELEM (Students: 288;
Location: 89 NORTH MAIN STREET; Grades: PK - 06)
Library in West Brookfield:
- MERRIAM-GILBERT PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating
income: $132,504; Location: 3 WEST MAIN ST.; 14,473
books; 793 audio materials; 920 video materials; 27
serial subscriptions)
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