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Adams, MA

5,584 Population
2.4 square miles 2,279.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±5.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 47.8 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$36,737 ±$3,170 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: $47,668 ±$1,661
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$48,750 ±$9,662 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: $72,565 ±$2,511
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

17.2% ±5.1% (960  ±292) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 11% † 13,481 (±1.1% / ±1,353)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

25.1 minutes ±2.9 (54,295  ±10,033) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 20.7 1,108,210 (±0.6 / ±44,094)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

2,970 ±235 Number of households
  • the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 56,517 ±835
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
1.9 ±0.2 (5,579  ±430) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 2.2 121,995 (±0 / ±77)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

3.3% ±3.2% (37  ±36) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 3.7% † 948 (±0.9% / ±221)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

3,294 ±207 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 69,861 ±109
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$189,100 ±$18,717 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: $283,800 ±$5,711
  • about one-third of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

7% ±4% (390  ±223.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 11.6% 14,809 (±1.1% / ±1,335.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

93.3% ±5.9% (4,066  ±403) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 93.7% 89,726 (±2% / ±1,937.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
26% ±4.4% (1,134  ±210.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 38.3% 36,639 (±1.3% / ±1,248.2)
  • about three-fifths of 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

2.4% ±1.6% (133  ±88) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 6% 7,620
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

6.5% ±2.4% (310  ±118) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 6% 6,457 (±0.5% / ±533)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
310 Total veterans ±118 274 Male ±98 36 Female ±37

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