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Franklin County, MA

70,836 Population
699.2 square miles 101.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40.3 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,160 ±$2,352 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $55,897 ±$450
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$71,296 ±$4,373 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $99,858 ±$1,355
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12% ±2.1% (8,382  ±1,497) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.4% 706,730 (±0.4% / ±24,578)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.6 minutes ±0.6 (703,475  ±26,386) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

32,430 ±738 Number of households
  • Massachusetts: 2,800,984 ±8,760
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.1 ±0.1 (69,268  ±71) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,760,613
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.1% ±3.1% (727  ±436) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,773 (±0.4% / ±5,978)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

34,560 ±44 Number of housing units
  • Massachusetts: 3,045,867 ±257
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$329,300 ±$9,607 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $570,800 ±$3,746
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.4% ±1.8% (5,899  ±1,254.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.8% 816,565 (±0.4% / ±25,330.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

93.1% ±4.8% (50,991  ±2,674.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,546,817 (±0.7% / ±33,154.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
42.3% ±3.3% (23,181  ±1,817) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.8% 2,377,209 (±0.5% / ±22,965.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

5.1% (3,613  ±633) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,263,580
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.5% ±0.9% (3,268  ±538) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.1% 234,066 (±0.1% / ±7,800)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
3,268 Total veterans ±538 3,149 Male ±538 119 Female ±107

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