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Cheshire town, Berkshire County, MA

3,172 Population
26.8 square miles 118.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 46.7 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$34,974 ±$5,270 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Berkshire County: $34,287 ±$696
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$64,979 ±$14,004 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $56,674 ±$1,559
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

4.4% ±2.6% (139  ±82) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Berkshire County: 11.4% 13,759 (±0.9% / ±1,122)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

24.5 minutes ±3.2 (37,505  ±6,909) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 19.9 1,179,885 (±0.6 / ±39,965)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

1,435 ±129 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 55,167 ±715
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.2 ±0.2 (3,172  ±33) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 120,426 (±0 / ±530)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

5.3% ±6.1% (33  ±39) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 4.4% † 1,173 (±1% / ±257)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

1,626 ±151 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,078 ±244
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$194,400 ±$16,478 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Berkshire County: $208,500 ±$6,381
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

8.6% ±4.6% (268  ±143.1) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berkshire County: 12.6% 15,942 (±0.9% / ±1,079.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

93.8% ±7.7% (2,340  ±262.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 91.1% 84,675 (±1.8% / ±1,691.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
25.1% ±5.3% (625  ±139.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Berkshire County: 33.4% 31,034 (±1.2% / ±1,068.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

1.2% ±1% (39  ±33) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Berkshire County: 6.4% 8,206 (±0.5% / ±660)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

10.9% ±3.2% (298  ±89) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Berkshire County: 8.4% 8,851 (±0.4% / ±467)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
298 Total veterans ±89 298 Male ±89 N/A Female ±12

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