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Belchertown, MA

2,355 Population
5 square miles 468.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.5 ±9.2 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,724 ±$13,091 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $45,568 ±$1,512
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$77,428 ±$8,846 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $87,001 ±$3,028
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.2% ±5.6% (334  ±149) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 11.3% 15,746 (±0.9% / ±1,191)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

27.8 minutes ±2.2 (26,635  ±8,567) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 23.2 1,512,885 (±0.5 / ±47,197)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,107 ±275 Number of households
  • the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 62,114 ±588
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.7 (2,350  ±484) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 2.2 138,851 (±0 / ±175)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

1.5% ±2.5% (8  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 1.9% † 859 (±0.4% / ±190)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,164 ±285 Number of housing units
  • the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 66,786 ±115
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$346,900 ±$25,312 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $390,300 ±$6,175
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.9% ±5.9% (184  ±141.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 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)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±29.4% (1,571  ±323.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 95.4% 96,227 (±2.2% / ±2,229.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
53.2% ±2.6% (875  ±204.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 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)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.8% ±2.8% (112  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 8.4% 13,680
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±3.7% (150  ±78) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 5.1% 7,119 (±0.4% / ±602)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
150 Total veterans ±78 150 Male ±78 N/A Female ±14

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