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Belchertown town, Hampshire County, MA

15,366 Population
52.6 square miles 292.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 38.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$46,100 ±$3,675 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Hampshire County: $45,006 ±$1,600
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$99,089 ±$10,899 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $86,391 ±$2,372
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

8.7% ±3.2% (1,340  ±495) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 10.9% 14,750 (±0.9% / ±1,264)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

29.2 minutes ±1.4 (210,920  ±16,854) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 23.5 1,512,990 (±0.6 / ±53,129)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

6,409 ±361 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 61,770 ±606
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.4 ±0.1 (15,361  ±60) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 2.2 134,947 (±0 / ±166)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

3.8% ±2.9% (123  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hampshire County: 2.2% † 933 (±0.5% / ±201)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

6,549 ±363 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 66,490 ±84
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$350,100 ±$11,472 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Hampshire County: $363,400 ±$5,426
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

10.6% ±3.2% (1,606  ±491.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Hampshire County: 20.8% 32,447 (±1.1% / ±1,643.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

97.9% ±7.1% (10,966  ±877) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 95.5% 95,477 (±2.1% / ±2,133.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
45.9% ±4.9% (5,145  ±580.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 51.1% 51,116 (±1.5% / ±1,544.7)
  • about the same as 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

4.9% ±1.7% (758  ±264) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hampshire County: 8.4% 13,156
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

6.4% ±1.5% (780  ±187) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 5.7% 7,532 (±0.5% / ±644)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
780 Total veterans ±187 766 Male ±188 14 Female ±24

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