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Sheffield town, Berkshire County, MA

3,170 Population
47.4 square miles 66.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±3.7 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

$45,123 ±$7,391 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Berkshire County: $34,287 ±$696
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$76,250 ±$11,212 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Berkshire County: $56,674 ±$1,559
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

8.2% ±4.8% (259  ±153) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Berkshire County: 11.4% 13,759 (±0.9% / ±1,122)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

17.1 minutes ±1.4 (26,530  ±3,735) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Berkshire County: 19.9 1,179,885 (±0.6 / ±39,965)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

1,384 ±95 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 55,167 ±715
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.3 ±0.2 (3,159  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 120,426 (±0 / ±530)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

3.3% ±3.9% (21  ±25) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Berkshire County: 4.4% † 1,173 (±1% / ±257)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

1,788 ±125 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,078 ±244
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$304,200 ±$28,279 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Berkshire County: $208,500 ±$6,381
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

7.2% ±3.6% (227  ±113.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berkshire County: 12.6% 15,942 (±0.9% / ±1,079.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

93.4% ±9.8% (2,320  ±259.7) 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)
32.3% ±5.9% (803  ±149.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Berkshire County: 33.4% 31,034 (±1.2% / ±1,068.7)
  • about three-quarters 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

3% ±1.9% (96  ±60) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Berkshire County: 6.4% 8,206 (±0.5% / ±660)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

11.7% ±3.7% (317  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Berkshire County: 8.4% 8,851 (±0.4% / ±467)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
317 Total veterans ±102 317 Male ±102 N/A Female ±12

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