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Belchertown town, Hampshire County, MA

15,393 Population
52.6 square miles 292.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 37.4 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$47,143 ±$3,655 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $45,568 ±$1,512
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$108,068 ±$15,245 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $87,001 ±$3,028
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

8.5% ±2.6% (1,309  ±396) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hampshire County: 11.3% 15,746 (±0.9% / ±1,191)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

28.8 minutes ±1.9 (203,385  ±20,121) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 23.2 1,512,885 (±0.5 / ±47,197)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

6,126 ±314 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 62,114 ±588
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.5 ±0.1 (15,388  ±33) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 2.2 138,851 (±0 / ±175)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

3.7% ±2.6% (128  ±92) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Hampshire County: 1.9% † 859 (±0.4% / ±190)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

6,295 ±326 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 66,786 ±115
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$371,300 ±$12,429 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Hampshire County: $390,300 ±$6,175
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

9.3% ±3.2% (1,420  ±488.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Hampshire County: 19.9% 32,125 (±1.1% / ±1,821.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

97.7% ±6.5% (10,651  ±794.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hampshire County: 95.4% 96,227 (±2.2% / ±2,229.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
47.3% ±4.7% (5,159  ±537.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 51.6% 52,034 (±1.6% / ±1,656.9)
  • about the same as 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

4.8% ±1.8% (744  ±269) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hampshire County: 8.4% 13,680
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

6.6% ±1.9% (812  ±242) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hampshire County: 5.1% 7,119 (±0.4% / ±602)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
812 Total veterans ±242 780 Male ±238 32 Female ±30

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