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Plainfield town, Hampshire County, MA

623 Population
21.1 square miles 29.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.3 ±6.4 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Hampshire County: 38.7 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$46,164 ±$10,645 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $45,006 ±$1,600
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$78,750 ±$27,727 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hampshire County: $86,391 ±$2,372
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

14.4% ±10.2% (89  ±65) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hampshire County: 10.9% 14,750 (±0.9% / ±1,264)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

36.7 minutes ±2.2 (8,995  ±2,540) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Hampshire County: 23.5 1,512,990 (±0.6 / ±53,129)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

261 ±35 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 61,770 ±606
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.4 ±0.3 (618  ±107) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 2.2 134,947 (±0 / ±166)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

2.5% ±3.2% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 2.2% † 933 (±0.5% / ±201)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

302 ±49 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 66,490 ±84
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$278,900 ±$46,765 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hampshire County: $363,400 ±$5,426
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

6.9% ±3.6% (43  ±23.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Hampshire County: 20.8% 32,447 (±1.1% / ±1,643.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

97.5% ±18.5% (470  ±58.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
47.1% ±4.6% (227  ±39.2) 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

3.5% ±2.5% (22  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hampshire County: 8.4% 13,156
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

9.1% ±3.3% (46  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hampshire County: 5.7% 7,532 (±0.5% / ±644)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
46 Total veterans ±18 46 Male ±18 N/A Female ±14

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