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Cheshire town, Berkshire County, MA

3,138 Population
26.8 square miles 117 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.3 ±3.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 47.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$38,874 ±$4,664 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $37,025 ±$996
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$71,653 ±$12,965 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $62,166 ±$2,305
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

5.4% ±4% (169  ±124) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Berkshire County: 9.7% † 11,627 (±1% / ±1,157)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

23.7 minutes ±3.1 (35,450  ±6,801) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 20.4 1,161,415 (±0.6 / ±40,816)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

1,556 ±165 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 54,786 ±750
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2 ±0.2 (3,138  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 119,135 (±0 / ±508)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

1.5% ±2.7% (8  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Berkshire County: 3.5% † 908 (±0.7% / ±176)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

1,718 ±174 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,149 ±232
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$200,600 ±$28,144 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Berkshire County: $221,000 ±$5,633
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

6.8% ±4.4% (214  ±137.5) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Berkshire County: 13% 16,278 (±1% / ±1,274.2)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

94.6% ±10.6% (2,393  ±333.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Berkshire County: 92.9% 86,081 (±2% / ±1,857.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
30.9% ±6.4% (782  ±173.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 35.3% 32,735 (±1.2% / ±1,120.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

2.1% ±1.8% (66  ±56) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Berkshire County: 5.6% 7,077 (±0.5% / ±599)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

8.4% ±2.9% (227  ±81) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 7.6% 7,908 (±0.5% / ±554)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
227 Total veterans ±81 227 Male ±81 N/A Female ±13

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