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North Adams city, Berkshire County, MA

12,660 Population
20.3 square miles 622.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 47.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$35,537 ±$4,666 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Berkshire County: $47,668 ±$1,661
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$48,521 ±$9,791 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Berkshire County: $72,565 ±$2,511
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

18.1% ±4.3% (2,142  ±508) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Berkshire County: 11% † 13,481 (±1.1% / ±1,353)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

17.3 minutes ±1.2 (82,770  ±10,545) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 20.7 1,108,210 (±0.6 / ±44,094)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

5,763 ±372 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 56,517 ±835
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.1 ±0.1 (11,840  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 121,995 (±0 / ±77)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

9.4% ±5.6% (235  ±143) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Berkshire County: 3.7% † 948 (±0.9% / ±221)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

6,833 ±407 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,861 ±109
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$185,300 ±$14,426 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Berkshire County: $283,800 ±$5,711
  • about one-third of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

11.8% ±2.6% (1,481  ±324.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Berkshire County: 11.6% 14,809 (±1.1% / ±1,335.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

89.4% ±5.5% (8,081  ±606.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Berkshire County: 93.7% 89,726 (±2% / ±1,937.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
27% ±3.4% (2,443  ±328.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berkshire County: 38.3% 36,639 (±1.3% / ±1,248.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

5.4% ±2.2% (687  ±278) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 6% 7,620
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

8.2% ±1.8% (867  ±189) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Berkshire County: 6% 6,457 (±0.5% / ±533)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
867 Total veterans ±189 809 Male ±182 58 Female ±54

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