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Pittsfield city, Berkshire County, MA

43,457 Population
40.5 square miles 1,073.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 47.3 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$45,178 ±$4,606 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Berkshire County: $49,365 ±$2,153
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$70,582 ±$4,572 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

14.9% ±2.2% (6,372  ±958) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Berkshire County: 11.4% † 14,169 (±1.1% / ±1,408)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

18.5 minutes ±1.4 (351,795  ±32,543) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 21.2 1,130,325 (±0.7 / ±48,512)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

19,510 ±474 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 57,585 ±622
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.2 ±0.1 (42,371  ±43) 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

4.8% ±1.9% (459  ±185) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Berkshire County: 3.5% † 916 (±1% / ±262)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

21,054 ±473 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 70,004 ±96
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$256,900 ±$7,767 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Berkshire County: $305,400 ±$9,204
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

12% ±2.2% (5,177  ±957.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 11.3% 14,561 (±1.1% / ±1,441.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

92.4% ±3.8% (29,900  ±1,334.9) 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)
34.2% ±2.4% (11,078  ±800.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 40% 38,388 (±1.4% / ±1,341.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

7.6% ±1.5% (3,282  ±658) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 6.2% 7,974
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

5.1% ±0.8% (1,812  ±281) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 5.9% 6,411 (±0.5% / ±539)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
1,812 Total veterans ±281 1,641 Male ±279 171 Female ±90

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