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Hancock town, Berkshire County, MA

772 Population
35.7 square miles 21.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.2 ±7.5 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

$41,337 ±$6,295 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Berkshire County: $45,300 ±$1,872
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$88,889 ±$28,371 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $69,744 ±$2,608
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

13.9% ±6.3% (107  ±52) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 11% 13,518 (±1% / ±1,204)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

25.7 minutes ±1.8 (9,005  ±2,150) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 21 1,167,185 (±0.7 / ±47,648)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

302 ±51 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 56,078 ±771
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.6 ±0.1 (772  ±134) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 122,634 (±0 / ±82)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

18.5% ±8.9% (29  ±17) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Berkshire County: 3.9% † 1,004 (±0.8% / ±215)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

779 ±71 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,762 ±76
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$333,600 ±$28,875 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $266,400 ±$6,255
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

5.2% ±4.5% (39  ±34.4) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Berkshire County: 12.2% 15,645 (±1% / ±1,272)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

96.1% ±19.9% (535  ±75.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
39.3% ±7.2% (219  ±52.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little 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

5.8% ±2.4% (45  ±20) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Berkshire County: 5.9% 7,569
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

7% ±2.1% (43  ±15) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 6.3% 6,774 (±0.4% / ±457)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
43 Total veterans ±15 41 Male ±15 2 Female ±3

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