Winchendon is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 10,385 people and three associated neighborhoods, Winchendon is the 179th largest community in Massachusetts.Winchendon is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Winchendon is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Winchendon who work in office and administrative support (13.13%), management occupations (9.47%), and sales jobs (8.85%). Also of interest is that Winchendon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Winchendon telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.92% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Winchendon has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Winchendon has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Winchendon than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Winchendon may be for you. In Winchendon, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.16 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. The education level of Winchendon citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 23.35% of adults in Winchendon have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Winchendon in 2022 was $37,393, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,572 for a family of four. However, Winchendon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Winchendon is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Winchendon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Winchendon residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Winchendon include French, Irish, Italian, English, and German. The most common language spoken in Winchendon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
