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Montague town, Franklin County, MA

8,527 Population
30.1 square miles 282.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±2.4 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 47.1 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$35,941 ±$2,517 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $40,282 ±$1,258
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$70,208 ±$7,038 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $70,383 ±$2,141
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

9.2% ±2.6% (772  ±215) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 12% 8,360 (±1.2% / ±834)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

22 minutes ±1.7 (87,430  ±11,154) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 24 732,315 (±0.2 / ±22,180)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

3,753 ±239 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 31,234 ±361
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.2 ±0.1 (8,390  ±21) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.2 69,441 (±0 / ±34)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

3.9% ±2% (77  ±41) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 5.1% † 723 (±1.3% / ±191)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

4,058 ±269 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,395 ±96
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$252,400 ±$16,046 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $284,100 ±$5,754
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

6.7% ±2.3% (565  ±,196.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 8.9% † 6,258 (±0.9% / ±,652.7)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

92.9% ±6.4% (6,057  ±,485.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 93.7% 50,679 (±2.3% / ±1,253.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
34.5% ±4.4% (2,246  ±302) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 39.8% 21,530 (±1.4% / ±,777.9)
  • 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

3.6% ±1.5% (303  ±129) 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

7.6% ±2.1% (528  ±149) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 7.5% 4,433 (±0.7% / ±421)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
528 Total veterans ±149 518 Male ±150 10 Female ±13

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