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Belchertown town, Hampshire County, MA

15,304 Population
52.6 square miles 290.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 39.3 ±0.4
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$46,208 ±$3,194 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $43,639 ±$1,276
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$99,365 ±$15,901 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $84,025 ±$2,156
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

8.3% ±3.2% (1,268  ±488) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 10.6% 14,133 (±0.8% / ±1,052)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

29.1 minutes ±1 (214,190  ±17,121) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 23.6 1,517,185 (±0.5 / ±49,591)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

6,419 ±366 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 61,414 ±666
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.4 ±0.1 (15,299  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 2.2 132,946 (±0 / ±173)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

4.9% ±2.7% (153  ±87) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Hampshire County: 2.3% † 949 (±0.5% / ±211)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

6,560 ±368 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 66,174 ±138
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$335,900 ±$12,620 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Hampshire County: $344,200 ±$5,016
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

11.2% ±3.4% (1,693  ±,512.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Hampshire County: 20.6% 31,577 (±1% / ±1,577.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

97.6% ±6.5% (11,047  ±,837.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hampshire County: 95.2% 94,985 (±2.1% / ±2,111.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
45.1% ±4.4% (5,104  ±531) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 50.4% 50,268 (±1.5% / ±1,462.3)
  • about the same as 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

5.5% ±1.8% (843  ±271) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hampshire County: 8.8% 13,535
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

6.2% ±1.6% (760  ±196) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 5.7% 7,372 (±0.4% / ±543)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
760 Total veterans ±196 755 Male ±197 5 Female ±11

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