What is the population of Fitchburg city?

Fitchburg city has 41,633 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #34 of 248 in Massachusetts.

What is the median household income in Fitchburg city?

Median household income in Fitchburg city is $70,659 a year, 10% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fitchburg city?

Median gross rent is $1,131 a month and the median home value is $295,500, so rent absorbs about 19.2% of median household income.

Is Fitchburg city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fitchburg city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Fitchburg, MA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Fitchburg, MA — Census place “Fitchburg city”) is 41,633 residents, ranking #34 of 248 places in Massachusetts. Median household income is $70,659, the median home is worth $295,500 and median gross rent runs $1,131 a month. Looking for the Fitchburg Massachusetts ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Fitchburg, MA: 01420.

Population: 41,633Fitchburg city residents
Median household income: $70,659Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $295,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,131Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 56.4%Owner-occupied households

Fitchburg ZIP codes (Massachusetts)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Fitchburg.

The Fitchburg MA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

01420

What the numbers mean in Fitchburg city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Fitchburg city median would spend about 19.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.5% of residents and 56.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Fitchburg city, MA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Fitchburg city is a small city in Massachusetts, with 41,633 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #34 of 248 ranked by population — larger than 86% of them. The median age here is 37.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Fitchburg city earn a median of $70,659 a year, 10% below the national figure of $78,538 and 29% below the $99,537 median for the 222 Massachusetts cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 15.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Fitchburg city is valued at $295,500, 2.6% below the national figure and 41% below the $497,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,131 a month, 19.6% below the national figure, or roughly $13,572 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 56.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Fitchburg city?: Fitchburg city has 41,633 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #34 of 248 in Massachusetts.
What is the median household income in Fitchburg city?: Median household income in Fitchburg city is $70,659 a year, 10% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Fitchburg city?: Median gross rent is $1,131 a month and the median home value is $295,500, so rent absorbs about 19.2% of median household income.
Is Fitchburg city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Fitchburg city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Fitchburg city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.