Leominster is a medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 44,209 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Leominster is the 33rd largest community in Massachusetts.Leominster is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Leominster is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Leominster who work in management occupations (11.37%), office and administrative support (10.46%), and sales jobs (7.36%). Also of interest is that Leominster 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: 10.93% 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 education level of Leominster citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.50% of adults in Leominster have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Leominster in 2022 was $47,179, which is lower middle income relative to Massachusetts, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $188,716 for a family of four. However, Leominster contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Leominster is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Leominster home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Leominster residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Leominster also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.00% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Leominster include Irish, Italian, English, French, and French Canadian. Leominster also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.70%. The most common language spoken in Leominster is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
