Table I.

Demographic Profile of Study Site(6)

	City of Worcester	Census Tract 7,313 (Main South)	Census Tract 7,314 (Main Middle/Piedmont)	Census Tract 7,315 (Piedmont)	Census Tract 7,316 (Elm Park/Piedmont)
Population	172,648	3,679	4,516	4,801	6,791
Race/ethnicity
% White alone	70.1	30.2	25.2	39.6	70
% Black alone	6.4	7.6	14.3	12.7	6.8
% Asian alone	4.5	11.5	7.8	5.1	5.4
% Latino	15	44.3	47.7	39.6	12.4
Place of birth
% Native	85.4	80.8	74.4	69.8	79.1
% Puerto Rican	5.5	19.8	18.9	14.5	3.8
% Foreign born	14.5	19.1	25.5	30.1	20.8
Median household income	35,623	23,029	17,754	19,599	22,188
% below poverty level	17.9	40.4	38.1	33.6	35.0
100% count of housing units	70,723	1,380	1,831	2,078	2,782
Median year housing built	1946	Before 1940	Before 1940	1942	Before 1940
Occupancy status—% vacant	5.2	10.1	12.1	10.0	6.7
Tenure—% owner-occupied	43.3	13.6	12.9	12.1	11.0
Median gross rent as% of household income	25.1	29.8	28.1	27.2	31.2
Population density (no./sq. mile)	4,600	12,640	16,129	20,517	14,480