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Wales town, Hampden County, MA

1,957 Population
15.8 square miles 124.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 39.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$42,502 ±$4,620 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $35,884 ±$527
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$90,688 ±$9,909 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hampden County: $66,619 ±$1,433
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

4.6% ±2% (89  ±41) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hampden County: 15.8% 71,252 (±0.8% / ±3,805)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

31.8 minutes ±7 (28,945  ±4,242) 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

787 ±98 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 183,380 ±1,017
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.5 ±0.1 (1,957  ±267) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hampden County: 2.5 451,263 (±0 / ±109)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

1.9% ±2.4% (7  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in Hampden County: 5.4% † 5,864 (±0.7% / ±764)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

928 ±130 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 196,957 ±134
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$254,500 ±$16,346 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Hampden County: $258,100 ±$2,681
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

2.8% ±1.8% (55  ±36.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Hampden County: 9.4% 43,252 (±0.6% / ±2,532.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

93.1% ±15.7% (1,315  ±,153.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 86.7% 275,963 (±1.3% / ±4,067.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
26.8% ±5.8% (379  ±94.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hampden County: 28.7% 91,226 (±0.7% / ±2,191.5)
  • about three-fifths 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

1.9% ±1.1% (38  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Hampden County: 9.3% 43,130
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

11.5% ±2.9% (172  ±48) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Hampden County: 6.2% 22,488 (±0.3% / ±1,162)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
172 Total veterans ±48 149 Male ±45 23 Female ±19

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