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Pittsfield city, Berkshire County, MA

43,559 Population
40.5 square miles 1,076.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.2 ±1.5 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

$44,159 ±$3,994 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Berkshire County: $47,668 ±$1,661
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$68,386 ±$3,772 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Berkshire County: $72,565 ±$2,511
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

13.6% ±2.4% (5,808  ±1,024) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 11% † 13,481 (±1.1% / ±1,353)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

18.1 minutes ±1.2 (349,980  ±29,244) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 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

19,566 ±560 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 56,517 ±835
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.2 ±0.1 (42,494  ±83) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 121,995 (±0 / ±77)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

3.9% ±1.8% (374  ±174) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 3.7% † 948 (±0.9% / ±221)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

21,589 ±468 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,861 ±109
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$233,700 ±$7,012 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Berkshire County: $283,800 ±$5,711
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

11.4% ±2.1% (4,933  ±925.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Berkshire County: 11.6% 14,809 (±1.1% / ±1,335.5)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

92.5% ±3.8% (30,313  ±1,345.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
34.2% ±2.5% (11,204  ±847.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 38.3% 36,639 (±1.3% / ±1,248.2)
  • about three-quarters 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

6.8% ±1.4% (2,970  ±611) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 6% 7,620
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

5.3% ±0.8% (1,893  ±290) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 6% 6,457 (±0.5% / ±533)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
1,893 Total veterans ±290 1,729 Male ±285 164 Female ±80

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