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Wales town, Hampden County, MA

1,927 Population
15.8 square miles 122.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Hampden County: 39.8 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$44,682 ±$4,363 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
$93,971 ±$11,717 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hampden County: $70,535 ±$1,145
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

4.8% ±1.9% (91  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Hampden County: 15.7% 70,787 (±0.7% / ±3,315)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

34.5 minutes ±1 (28,810  ±5,054) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Hampden County: 22.9 4,394,490 (±0.2 / ±76,278)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

766 ±83 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 184,217 ±840
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.5 ±0.2 (1,927  ±245) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Hampden County: 2.4 449,657 (±0 / ±123)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

4.7% ±3.8% (17  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 5.1% † 5,571 (±0.7% / ±732)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

919 ±108 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 197,210 ±122
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$272,600 ±$16,604 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Hampden County: $276,300 ±$2,749
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

1.7% ±1.1% (32  ±21.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hampden County: 8.6% 39,308 (±0.5% / ±2,378)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

90.9% ±0.4% (1,262  ±140) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampden County: 87.2% 278,861 (±1.3% / ±4,284.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
26.1% ±5.7% (363  ±88.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 28.9% 92,525 (±0.8% / ±2,397.9)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1.1% ±0.8% (21  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 9.4% 43,693
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

12.5% ±3% (183  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Hampden County: 5.7% 20,944 (±0.3% / ±1,109)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
183 Total veterans ±48 161 Male ±45 22 Female ±20

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