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West Stockbridge town, Berkshire County, MA

1,164 Population
18.5 square miles 63.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.1 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 47.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$48,741 ±$12,579 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Berkshire County: $39,952 ±$1,270
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$83,571 ±$12,086 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Berkshire County: $63,159 ±$2,188
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

12.5% ±7.5% (145  ±90) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Berkshire County: 10.1% 12,388 (±1% / ±1,164)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

27 minutes ±1 (12,900  ±3,062) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Berkshire County: 20.4 1,153,180 (±0.6 / ±40,417)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

488 ±71 Number of households
  • Berkshire County: 55,525 ±781
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.4 ±0.1 (1,159  ±172) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Berkshire County: 2.2 122,383 (±0 / ±528)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

2.6% ±2.9% (6  ±7) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Berkshire County: 4.1% † 1,075 (±0.9% / ±242)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

889 ±56 Number of housing units
  • Berkshire County: 69,575 ±258
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$345,500 ±$29,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Berkshire County: $232,900 ±$5,165
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

12.9% ±8.7% (150  ±103.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Berkshire County: 12.8% 16,417 (±1.1% / ±1,378.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

95.8% ±0.3% (833  ±115.9) 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)
67.8% ±6.3% (590  ±98.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in Berkshire County: 36.1% 34,347 (±1.4% / ±1,294)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

4.9% ±1.9% (57  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Berkshire County: 6% 7,705 (±0.5% / ±699)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

4.1% ±2.7% (37  ±25) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Berkshire County: 7.1% 7,583 (±0.5% / ±529)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
37 Total veterans ±25 37 Male ±25 N/A Female ±13

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