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Bernardston town, Franklin County, MA

2,036 Population
23.4 square miles 87 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.7 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 47.1 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$41,341 ±$4,664 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Franklin County: $40,282 ±$1,258
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$76,761 ±$12,321 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $70,383 ±$2,141
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

5.4% ±2.9% (110  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 12% 8,360 (±1.2% / ±834)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

23.1 minutes ±5.4 (22,575  ±3,514) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 24 732,315 (±0.2 / ±22,180)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

867 ±105 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 31,234 ±361
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.4 ±0 (2,036  ±248) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.2 69,441 (±0 / ±34)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

1% ±1.5% (4  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Franklin County: 5.1% † 723 (±1.3% / ±191)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

968 ±113 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,395 ±96
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$286,400 ±$13,698 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $284,100 ±$5,754
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

3.4% ±1.6% (69  ±33.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 8.9% † 6,258 (±0.9% / ±,652.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

95.6% ±14.9% (1,528  ±,164.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 93.7% 50,679 (±2.3% / ±1,253.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
32.2% ±4.4% (514  ±91.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 39.8% 21,530 (±1.4% / ±,777.9)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.2% ±1.8% (65  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 5% 3,542
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

7.7% ±1.7% (128  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 7.5% 4,433 (±0.7% / ±421)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
128 Total veterans ±31 114 Male ±28 14 Female ±13

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