Middleborough is a medium-sized town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 24,376 people and five associated neighborhoods, Middleborough is the 84th largest community in Massachusetts. Housing costs in Middleborough are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Massachusetts.Middleborough is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Middleborough is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Middleborough who work in management occupations (13.04%), office and administrative support (11.57%), and food service (6.39%). Also of interest is that Middleborough has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.29% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Middleborough has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Middleborough a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Middleborough, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.14 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The percentage of people in Middleborough who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.36% of adults in Middleborough have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Middleborough in 2022 was $46,826, which is lower middle income relative to Massachusetts, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $187,304 for a family of four. However, Middleborough contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Middleborough home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Middleborough residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Middleborough include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Portuguese. The most common language spoken in Middleborough is English. Other important languages spoken here include Portuguese and Spanish.
