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Bernardston town, Franklin County, MA

2,164 Population
23.4 square miles 92.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49 ±3.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 47.2 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$41,916 ±$3,288 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $42,563 ±$1,191
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$81,940 ±$10,171 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $74,907 ±$3,304
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

5.2% ±2.6% (112  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 12.1% † 8,472 (±1.3% / ±881)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

19.7 minutes ±4.9 (19,765  ±3,433) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 23.8 713,475 (±0.7 / ±27,707)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

917 ±100 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 31,570 ±357
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.4 ±0.4 (2,164  ±223) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.2 69,330 (±0 / ±37)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

5% ±3.8% (23  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 5% † 715 (±1.3% / ±191)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

988 ±103 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,528 ±118
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$332,000 ±$15,431 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $329,000 ±$5,825
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

1.8% ±1.1% (38  ±23.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Franklin County: 8.4% † 5,886 (±0.9% / ±648)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

94.2% ±4.2% (1,605  ±169.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 94.5% 51,386 (±2.2% / ±1,180.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
29.1% ±4.6% (496  ±91.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 40.6% 22,083 (±1.5% / ±790.1)
  • about three-fifths 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

2.4% ±1.6% (51  ±35) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 5% 3,541
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

8.5% ±2.3% (152  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Franklin County: 6.1% † 3,575 (±0.7% / ±393)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
152 Total veterans ±44 139 Male ±43 13 Female ±12

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