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Becket town, Berkshire County, MA

1,941 Population
46.1 square miles 42.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 47.1 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$40,229 ±$4,306 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $35,616 ±$942
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$73,977 ±$17,559 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $59,230 ±$1,868
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

7% ±3.4% (135  ±68) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berkshire County: 10.9% 13,063 (±0.9% / ±1,073)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

33.3 minutes ±2.7 (32,625  ±4,888) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Berkshire County: 19.8 1,170,140 (±0.5 / ±35,728)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

825 ±80 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 54,813 ±569
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.4 ±0.1 (1,941  ±203) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 119,598 (±0 / ±461)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

9.2% ±5.7% (35  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Berkshire County: 4.4% † 1,161 (±0.9% / ±225)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

1,808 ±53 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,079 ±313
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$258,600 ±$13,993 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $216,100 ±$5,956
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

10.5% ±5.1% (202  ±99.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 12.7% 15,893 (±0.9% / ±1,143.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

95.4% ±12.4% (1,474  ±132.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 91.4% 84,612 (±1.8% / ±1,685.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
31% ±3.5% (479  ±70) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 33.6% 31,156 (±1.1% / ±1,017)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

3.7% ±1.5% (72  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berkshire County: 6.1% 7,657 (±0.6% / ±706)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

9% ±2.4% (144  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 8% 8,354 (±0.5% / ±507)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
144 Total veterans ±41 141 Male ±40 3 Female ±4

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