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Palmer Town city, Hampden County, MA

12,381 Population
31.6 square miles 392.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.8 ±5.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 40 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$45,032 ±$4,270 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $38,219 ±$597
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$78,480 ±$7,854 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $71,306 ±$1,758
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

8.3% ±3% (1,019  ±362) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Hampden County: 16.3% 73,610 (±0.8% / ±3,424)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

31.3 minutes ±3.8 (185,725  ±28,562) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hampden County: 22.8 4,264,735 (±0.3 / ±86,477)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

5,496 ±357 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 184,471 ±919
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.2 ±0.2 (12,300  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampden County: 2.4 449,447 (±0 / ±150)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

5.6% ±4.7% (150  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 4.7% † 5,082 (±0.6% / ±681)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

5,907 ±423 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 197,591 ±170
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$271,400 ±$21,289 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hampden County: $298,800 ±$3,575
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

10.3% ±3.9% (1,268  ±475.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 8.3% 38,001 (±0.5% / ±2,450.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

89.8% ±8.1% (8,681  ±866.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampden County: 87.2% 279,909 (±1.3% / ±4,229.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
23.5% ±5.1% (2,270  ±498.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 29.3% 94,089 (±0.8% / ±2,496.3)
  • about half 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

1.2% ±0.8% (150  ±94) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Hampden County: 9.4% 43,693
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

6.8% ±2.7% (703  ±279) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 5.5% 20,195 (±0.3% / ±1,039)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
703 Total veterans ±279 640 Male ±284 63 Female ±62

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