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Pittsfield city, Berkshire County, MA

43,730 Population
40.5 square miles 1,080.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 47.5 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$42,303 ±$4,442 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Berkshire County: $45,300 ±$1,872
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$66,859 ±$2,931 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Berkshire County: $69,744 ±$2,608
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

13.8% ±2.2% (5,914  ±934) 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)

17.8 minutes ±1.1 (353,005  ±27,060) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 21 1,167,185 (±0.7 / ±47,648)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

19,237 ±422 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 56,078 ±771
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.2 ±0.1 (42,662  ±39) 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

4.5% ±1.7% (421  ±158) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 3.9% † 1,004 (±0.8% / ±215)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

21,283 ±443 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,762 ±76
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$219,600 ±$6,431 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Berkshire County: $266,400 ±$6,255
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

10.2% ±1.8% (4,438  ±,777.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 12.2% 15,645 (±1% / ±1,272)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

92.7% ±3.9% (30,268  ±1,366.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Berkshire County: 93.4% 89,378 (±2% / ±1,913.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
34.2% ±2.5% (11,186  ±,828.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 38% 36,320 (±1.3% / ±1,199.8)
  • about three-quarters 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

6.8% ±1.3% (2,985  ±572) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 5.9% 7,569
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

5.9% ±0.9% (2,105  ±313) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 6.3% 6,774 (±0.4% / ±457)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
2,105 Total veterans ±313 1,947 Male ±297 158 Female ±82

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