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Sheffield town, Berkshire County, MA

3,312 Population
47.4 square miles 69.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.2 ±11.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 47.5 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$58,648 ±$15,897 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Berkshire County: $45,300 ±$1,872
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$87,604 ±$24,722 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

10% ±5% (330  ±166) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 11% 13,518 (±1% / ±1,204)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

17.9 minutes ±1.6 (32,650  ±6,383) 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

1,385 ±165 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 56,078 ±771
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.4 ±0.3 (3,305  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 122,634 (±0 / ±82)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,769 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,762 ±76
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$389,400 ±$36,996 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Berkshire County: $266,400 ±$6,255
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

8.7% ±4.7% (287  ±,155.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berkshire County: 12.2% 15,645 (±1% / ±1,272)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

95.4% ±11.6% (2,535  ±372) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
35.2% ±7.1% (934  ±,203.3) 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

5.1% ±5.1% (168  ±169) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 5.9% 7,569
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

8.1% ±3.6% (242  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Berkshire County: 6.3% 6,774 (±0.4% / ±457)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
242 Total veterans ±107 242 Male ±107 N/A Female ±14

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