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Belchertown, MA

2,299 Population
5 square miles 457 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±9.5 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$51,319 ±$12,046 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $45,006 ±$1,600
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$68,393 ±$16,746 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $86,391 ±$2,372
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

16.5% ±5.9% (379  ±157) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 10.9% 14,750 (±0.9% / ±1,264)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

30.1 minutes ±15.5 (27,715  ±9,857) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 23.5 1,512,990 (±0.6 / ±53,129)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

1,251 ±271 Number of households
  • the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 61,770 ±606
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
1.8 ±0.6 (2,294  ±483) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 2.2 134,947 (±0 / ±166)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

2.5% ±3.9% (11  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 2.2% † 933 (±0.5% / ±201)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

1,300 ±280 Number of housing units
  • the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 66,490 ±84
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$331,500 ±$24,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $363,400 ±$5,426
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

9.9% ±6% (227  ±144.7) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 20.8% 32,447 (±1.1% / ±1,643.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

97.2% ±29.7% (1,696  ±349.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 95.5% 95,477 (±2.1% / ±2,133.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
42.5% ±6% (741  ±197.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 51.1% 51,116 (±1.5% / ±1,544.7)
  • about 90 percent 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

4.2% ±3.3% (97  ±79) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 8.4% 13,156
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

6.7% ±3% (127  ±63) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 5.7% 7,532 (±0.5% / ±644)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
127 Total veterans ±63 127 Male ±63 N/A Female ±14

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