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Palmer Town city, Hampden County, MA

12,422 Population
31.6 square miles 393.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47 ±3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 39.5 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$40,449 ±$4,243 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $35,884 ±$527
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$73,568 ±$10,713 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $66,619 ±$1,433
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

8.2% ±3.1% (1,014  ±386) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Hampden County: 15.8% 71,252 (±0.8% / ±3,805)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

32.5 minutes ±3.8 (184,280  ±26,786) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hampden County: 22.8 4,375,665 (±0.4 / ±87,331)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

5,401 ±319 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 183,380 ±1,017
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.3 ±0.1 (12,360  ±38) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampden County: 2.5 451,263 (±0 / ±109)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

10.8% ±5.6% (281  ±150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Hampden County: 5.4% † 5,864 (±0.7% / ±764)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

5,714 ±365 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 196,957 ±134
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$232,300 ±$16,199 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hampden County: $258,100 ±$2,681
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

9.6% ±3.6% (1,182  ±,437.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Hampden County: 9.4% 43,252 (±0.6% / ±2,532.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

86.5% ±6.7% (7,979  ±,731.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hampden County: 86.7% 275,963 (±1.3% / ±4,067.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
24.6% ±4.7% (2,268  ±,452.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 28.7% 91,226 (±0.7% / ±2,191.5)
  • about half 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

3.5% ±1.5% (432  ±188) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hampden County: 9.3% 43,130
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

8.3% ±2.4% (839  ±242) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hampden County: 6.2% 22,488 (±0.3% / ±1,162)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
839 Total veterans ±242 727 Male ±254 112 Female ±90

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