Joseph Petty (Democratic) has been Mayor of Worcester since 2 Jan 2012. The unemployment rate stood at 4.6% of the labour force in Aug 2026, 2.8 percentage points lower than when Joseph Petty took office in January 2012; Massachusetts's moved −2.5 percentage points over the same months. On the fall in unemployment Worcester is 21st of the 117 cities, on GDP per person 66th of 73. The violent crime rate moved −395 per 100,000 in Worcester against −130 per 100,000 for Massachusetts. Since day zero typical home value jumped 6.2% a year, 144% in all.

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