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Great Barrington town, Berkshire County, MA

7,169 Population
44.8 square miles 160 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.9 ±6.8 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

$41,587 ±$7,283 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
$65,192 ±$16,631 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $63,159 ±$2,188
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

6% ±3.1% (373  ±194) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berkshire County: 10.1% 12,388 (±1% / ±1,164)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

18.3 minutes ±2.6 (53,845  ±11,229) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 20.4 1,153,180 (±0.6 / ±40,417)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

3,096 ±255 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 55,525 ±781
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2 ±0.2 (6,215  ±187) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 122,383 (±0 / ±528)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

1.1% ±2% (15  ±28) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Berkshire County: 4.1% † 1,075 (±0.9% / ±242)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

3,742 ±326 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,575 ±258
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$379,900 ±$33,431 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Berkshire County: $232,900 ±$5,165
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

15.5% ±5.1% (1,105  ±365.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 12.8% 16,417 (±1.1% / ±1,378.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

95.7% ±10.1% (4,837  ±595.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than 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)
46.9% ±7.2% (2,372  ±393.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Berkshire County: 36.1% 34,347 (±1.4% / ±1,294)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

6.3% ±2.6% (451  ±189) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 6% 7,705 (±0.5% / ±699)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

4.5% ±2.4% (257  ±140) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berkshire County: 7.1% 7,583 (±0.5% / ±529)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
257 Total veterans ±140 226 Male ±127 31 Female ±39

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