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Plainfield town, Hampshire County, MA

616 Population
21.1 square miles 29.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.6 ±9.5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hampshire County: 37.4 ±0.4
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$40,036 ±$6,941 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hampshire County: $45,568 ±$1,512
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$63,500 ±$13,875 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hampshire County: $87,001 ±$3,028
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

16.9% ±11.4% (103  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hampshire County: 11.3% 15,746 (±0.9% / ±1,191)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

37.9 minutes ±13.5 (8,405  ±1,856) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Hampshire County: 23.2 1,512,885 (±0.5 / ±47,197)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

246 ±38 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 62,114 ±588
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.5 ±0.2 (611  ±108) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 2.2 138,851 (±0 / ±175)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

13.4% ±10% (15  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Hampshire County: 1.9% † 859 (±0.4% / ±190)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

290 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 66,786 ±115
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$309,000 ±$46,806 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hampshire County: $390,300 ±$6,175
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

7.7% ±3.9% (47  ±25.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hampshire County: 19.9% 32,125 (±1.1% / ±1,821.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

97.7% ±18.6% (457  ±57.3) 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)
52.6% ±4.9% (246  ±41.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hampshire County: 51.6% 52,034 (±1.6% / ±1,656.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

4.7% ±2.5% (29  ±16) 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

6.2% ±2.5% (31  ±13) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than 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)
31 Total veterans ±13 31 Male ±13 N/A Female ±14

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