Groton is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) comprising the main village in the town of Groton in Middlesex County,

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,353 at the 2020 census, out of 11,315 in the entire town of Groton.

Geography

Groton village is located in northwestern Middlesex County at (42.608216, -71.572526), in the center of the town of Groton. Several state highways converge in the village.

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leads north to Pepperell and to

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, while to the south it leads to Ayer. Route 119 runs northwest out of the village with Route 111 but instead leads to Townsend, while to the southeast it leads to West Concord. Route 40 leads east to North Chelmsford, and Route 225 runs southeast out of Groton with Route 119 but leads to

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. According to the

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, the Groton CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.06%, are water. It is in the

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watershed.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,113 people, 442 households, and 260 families residing in the CDP. The

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was . There were 459 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.61%

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, 0.72%

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, 0.27% Native American, 1.08% Asian, 0.18%

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, 0.99% from other races, and 2.16% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.44% of the population. There were 442 households, out of which 33.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.8% were

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living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 3.14. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 27.7% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 31.3% from 25 to 44, 21.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 86.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.5 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $58,409, and the median income for a family was $80,981. Males had a median income of $60,833 versus $32,292 for females. The

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for the CDP was $33,044. About 6.6% of families and 11.4% of the population were below the

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, including 15.3% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

References

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