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Chesterfield town, Hampshire County, MA

996 Population
30.8 square miles 32.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.9 ±4.9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 39.3 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$44,793 ±$5,663 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $43,639 ±$1,276
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$86,979 ±$17,053 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $84,025 ±$2,156
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

6.4% ±5% (63  ±50) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hampshire County: 10.6% 14,133 (±0.8% / ±1,052)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

31.8 minutes ±10.3 (15,675  ±3,495) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hampshire County: 23.6 1,517,185 (±0.5 / ±49,591)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

424 ±59 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 61,414 ±666
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.4 ±0.2 (996  ±166) 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

1.1% ±2.8% (2  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Hampshire County: 2.3% † 949 (±0.5% / ±211)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

504 ±70 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 66,174 ±138
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$332,600 ±$33,732 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Hampshire County: $344,200 ±$5,016
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

5.2% ±4.8% (52  ±48.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hampshire County: 20.6% 31,577 (±1% / ±1,577.5)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

94.9% ±19.6% (751  ±100) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hampshire County: 95.2% 94,985 (±2.1% / ±2,111.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
25.2% ±4.7% (199  ±48.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Hampshire County: 50.4% 50,268 (±1.5% / ±1,462.3)
  • about half 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

0.3% ±0.4% (3  ±4) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 8.8% 13,535
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

6.5% ±2.8% (53  ±24) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 5.7% 7,372 (±0.4% / ±543)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
53 Total veterans ±24 51 Male ±24 2 Female ±4

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