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Becket town, Berkshire County, MA

2,152 Population
46.1 square miles 46.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Berkshire County: 47.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$42,134 ±$6,044 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $39,952 ±$1,270
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$60,833 ±$16,201 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Berkshire County: $63,159 ±$2,188
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

11.2% ±8.3% (241  ±180) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 10.1% 12,388 (±1% / ±1,164)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

35.4 minutes ±4.7 (36,570  ±7,276) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Berkshire County: 20.4 1,153,180 (±0.6 / ±40,417)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

974 ±179 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 55,525 ±781
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.2 ±0.5 (2,152  ±264) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 122,383 (±0 / ±528)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

7.7% ±5.3% (31  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Berkshire County: 4.1% † 1,075 (±0.9% / ±242)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

1,884 ±187 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,575 ±258
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$278,100 ±$33,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $232,900 ±$5,165
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

11.2% ±4.8% (238  ±106.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 12.8% 16,417 (±1.1% / ±1,378.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

94.8% ±3.3% (1,615  ±219.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Berkshire County: 93% 88,602 (±2.1% / ±2,049.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
34.4% ±4% (585  ±102.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Berkshire County: 36.1% 34,347 (±1.4% / ±1,294)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

3.9% ±1.5% (83  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berkshire County: 6% 7,705 (±0.5% / ±699)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

7.4% ±2.3% (131  ±45) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 7.1% 7,583 (±0.5% / ±529)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
131 Total veterans ±45 131 Male ±45 N/A Female ±13

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