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Dalton town, Berkshire County, MA

6,256 Population
21.8 square miles 287.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.7 ±5.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 47.3 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$48,844 ±$4,620 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Berkshire County: $49,365 ±$2,153
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$79,438 ±$7,763 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $76,013 ±$3,051
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

7.4% ±4% (460  ±248) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berkshire County: 11.4% † 14,169 (±1.1% / ±1,408)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

22.2 minutes ±3.8 (50,660  ±12,013) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 21.2 1,130,325 (±0.7 / ±48,512)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

2,907 ±238 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 57,585 ±622
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.1 ±0.2 (6,183  ±31) 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

3,096 ±290 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 70,004 ±96
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$295,700 ±$25,547 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Berkshire County: $305,400 ±$9,204
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

9.3% ±4.3% (581  ±269) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 11.3% 14,561 (±1.1% / ±1,441.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

97% ±10.2% (4,582  ±527.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 94.1% 90,419 (±2.1% / ±2,066.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
44.3% ±7.2% (2,093  ±352.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 40% 38,388 (±1.4% / ±1,341.4)
  • a little less than 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

2.7% ±1.5% (167  ±92) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Berkshire County: 6.2% 7,974
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

10.1% ±4.2% (501  ±212) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Berkshire County: 5.9% 6,411 (±0.5% / ±539)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
501 Total veterans ±212 434 Male ±197 67 Female ±68

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