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Peru town, Berkshire County, MA

732 Population
25.9 square miles 28.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 47.2 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$37,848 ±$3,748 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Berkshire County: $37,025 ±$996
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$71,979 ±$12,114 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

4.5% ±2.3% (33  ±17) 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)

29.6 minutes ±2.9 (14,040  ±2,330) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Berkshire County: 20.4 1,161,415 (±0.6 / ±40,816)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

325 ±40 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 54,786 ±750
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.3 ±0.1 (732  ±92) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 119,135 (±0 / ±508)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

7.6% ±4.1% (10  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Berkshire County: 3.5% † 908 (±0.7% / ±176)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

403 ±51 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,149 ±232
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$200,000 ±$21,845 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

6.6% ±4% (48  ±29.5) 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

92.1% ±3.8% (535  ±66.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Berkshire County: 92.9% 86,081 (±2% / ±1,857.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
22.2% ±5.4% (129  ±34.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berkshire County: 35.3% 32,735 (±1.2% / ±1,120.3)
  • about half 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

1.4% ±1.5% (10  ±11) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter 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)

7.9% ±3.3% (48  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • a little 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)
48 Total veterans ±21 48 Male ±21 N/A Female ±13

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