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Palmer Town city, Hampden County, MA

12,372 Population
31.6 square miles 391.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.5 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 39.8 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$44,562 ±$3,142 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $37,810 ±$633
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$78,789 ±$7,373 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $70,535 ±$1,145
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

8.6% ±2.4% (1,052  ±297) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Hampden County: 15.7% 70,787 (±0.7% / ±3,315)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

31.8 minutes ±4.1 (184,675  ±29,183) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hampden County: 22.9 4,394,490 (±0.2 / ±76,278)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

5,546 ±301 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 184,217 ±840
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.2 ±0.1 (12,300  ±36) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampden County: 2.4 449,657 (±0 / ±123)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

6.8% ±4.7% (173  ±121) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hampden County: 5.1% † 5,571 (±0.7% / ±732)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

5,792 ±327 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 197,210 ±122
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$255,000 ±$16,341 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hampden County: $276,300 ±$2,749
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

10.3% ±3.5% (1,266  ±434.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 8.6% 39,308 (±0.5% / ±2,378)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

88.4% ±7.2% (8,675  ±793.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hampden County: 87.2% 278,861 (±1.3% / ±4,284.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
24% ±4.8% (2,354  ±477.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 28.9% 92,525 (±0.8% / ±2,397.9)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.1% ±1% (259  ±129) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hampden County: 9.4% 43,693
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

7.3% ±2.5% (766  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 5.7% 20,944 (±0.3% / ±1,109)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
766 Total veterans ±261 699 Male ±248 67 Female ±68

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