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December 31, 2018

Sudbury has highest household income in Central Mass.

Photo/Google Meadow Walk, a new development on Route 20 in Sudbury, includes a Whole Foods Market and high-end housing. Sudbury has the state's fourth-highest household income and the highest in Central Massachusetts.

Sudbury has the highest median household income of any community in Central Massachusetts and the fourth highest in the state at $170,945, according to new Census data.

Worcester has the region's lowest median household income at just $45,869. The region's other older manufacturing cities have struggled with lower incomes, including Gardner, whose median income is $48,915 and Southbridge, at $50,202.

Many of the state's wealthiest communities lie west of Boston, in close-in suburbs like Dover, which has the state's highest median household income at $204,018. Many other MetroWest towns make that list, including Sherborn ($170,872), Wayland ($166,893), Bolton ($151,618), Hopkinton ($151,357), and Stow ($144,766).

Among other notable high-earning towns are Southborough ($142,426), Harvard ($134,355) and Princeton ($128,006).

The region's Gateway Cities still suffer from lower earnings. Leominster's median household income is $57,610 and Fitchburg's is $51,412.

Those communities, along with Worcester, are closer to the state's poorest communities than they are some of their wealthier neighbors. The state's poorest community is Monroe, a small town on the Vermont border where the median income is $31,458. Close behind are Springfield, Holyoke and North Adams.

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