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Northborough has 15,750 residents (give or take 26) (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B01003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B01003?g=060XX00US2502746820, checked 2026-10-19), about 853 people per square mile.
Northborough is about 9 miles from the Census center point for Worcester in a straight line and covers 18.472 square miles of land (Census 2024 Gazetteer internal points and land area, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/, checked 2026-10-19).
Of the 5,929 occupied homes in Northborough, 35% heat with natural gas, 41% with heating oil, 14% with electricity and 7% with propane (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=060XX00US2502746820, checked 2026-10-19).
Northborough has 3 points more oil heat than Worcester County as a whole, where 38% of homes burn oil, and 6 points less electric heat than the county's 20% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25040, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25040?g=050XX00US25027, checked 2026-10-19).
Heating oil is the largest single fuel in Northborough at 41%, ahead of gas at 35%, so the usual job here is an oil boiler or furnace coming out and a cold-climate heat pump going in, with the oil tank removed.
Northborough has 6,108 housing units, 11% built before 1940 and 49% before 1980, with 19% built in 2000 or later (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=060XX00US2502746820, checked 2026-10-19).
The median Northborough home was built in 1980 (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25035, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25035?g=060XX00US2502746820, checked 2026-10-19) and the median home has 6.7 rooms (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25018, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25018?g=060XX00US2502746820, checked 2026-10-19).
Northborough has 16 points fewer pre-1940 homes than Worcester County as a whole (27%) and 4 points more homes built after 2000 than the county's 15% (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25034, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25034?g=050XX00US25027, checked 2026-10-19).
75% of Northborough homes are single-family detached, 8% are in two- to four-unit buildings and 10% are in buildings of five or more units (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25024, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25024?g=060XX00US2502746820, checked 2026-10-19).
With 75% detached houses and 8% in small multi-family buildings, a Northborough quote is usually one or two outdoor units with ducted or ductless heads sized room by room. With 17% of Northborough homes rented (ACS 2020-2024 5-year, table B25003, https://data.census.gov/table/ACSDT5Y2024.B25003?g=060XX00US2502746820, checked 2026-10-19), the landlord signs the quote in many of them.