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Dalton town, Berkshire County, MA

6,332 Population
21.8 square miles 290.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.8 ±6.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 47.5 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$47,459 ±$5,986 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $45,300 ±$1,872
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$76,198 ±$11,354 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $69,744 ±$2,608
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

7.9% ±5% (492  ±309) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Berkshire County: 11% 13,518 (±1% / ±1,204)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

19.6 minutes ±4 (54,180  ±12,828) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 21 1,167,185 (±0.7 / ±47,648)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

2,884 ±236 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 56,078 ±771
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.2 ±0.2 (6,243  ±29) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 122,634 (±0 / ±82)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

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

Housing

3,003 ±261 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,762 ±76
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$285,800 ±$23,961 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $266,400 ±$6,255
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

14.2% ±7.1% (899  ±,449.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 12.2% 15,645 (±1% / ±1,272)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

95.7% ±9.4% (4,543  ±,498.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Berkshire County: 93.4% 89,378 (±2% / ±1,913.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
40.9% ±6.2% (1,944  ±,310.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 38% 36,320 (±1.3% / ±1,199.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

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

3.2% ±1.6% (203  ±104) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Berkshire County: 5.9% 7,569
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

9.1% ±4.2% (462  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Berkshire County: 6.3% 6,774 (±0.4% / ±457)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
462 Total veterans ±214 401 Male ±202 61 Female ±59

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