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Cheshire town, Berkshire County, MA

3,216 Population
26.8 square miles 119.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.7 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 47.3 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$42,961 ±$4,821 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Berkshire County: $49,365 ±$2,153
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$69,803 ±$14,119 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Berkshire County: $76,013 ±$3,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

8.6% ±4.7% (278  ±151) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Berkshire County: 11.4% † 14,169 (±1.1% / ±1,408)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

29 minutes ±3.1 (40,680  ±7,587) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Berkshire County: 21.2 1,130,325 (±0.7 / ±48,512)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

1,515 ±138 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 57,585 ±622
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.1 ±0.2 (3,213  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Berkshire County: 2.1 123,286 (±0 / ±71)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

5.2% ±4.9% (28  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Berkshire County: 3.5% † 916 (±1% / ±262)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

1,676 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 70,004 ±96
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$268,200 ±$48,192 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Berkshire County: $305,400 ±$9,204
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

3.8% ±2.4% (121  ±76.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Berkshire County: 11.3% 14,561 (±1.1% / ±1,441.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

93.4% ±11.9% (2,334  ±321.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Berkshire County: 94.1% 90,419 (±2.1% / ±2,066.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
26.9% ±6% (672  ±153.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berkshire County: 40% 38,388 (±1.4% / ±1,341.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.9% ±2.4% (93  ±77) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Berkshire County: 6.2% 7,974
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

7.8% ±2.9% (213  ±80) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Berkshire County: 5.9% 6,411 (±0.5% / ±539)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
213 Total veterans ±80 196 Male ±74 17 Female ±19

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