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Bernardston town, Franklin County, MA

2,081 Population
23.4 square miles 89 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.6 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 47.2 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$35,461 ±$3,504 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Franklin County: $37,740 ±$1,014
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$70,750 ±$12,928 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $64,949 ±$1,955
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

6.7% ±3.3% (139  ±70) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 10.6% † 7,443 (±1.2% / ±827)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

25.5 minutes ±1.8 (23,350  ±4,659) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 24 748,175 (±0.6 / ±26,898)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

838 ±90 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 30,792 ±330
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.5 ±0.1 (2,081  ±239) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 69,602 (±0 / ±248)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

1% ±1.2% (4  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Franklin County: 5% † 721 (±1.2% / ±168)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

967 ±105 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,326 ±139
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$254,500 ±$14,126 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $248,500 ±$4,494
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

3.6% ±1.7% (74  ±37) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 9.2% † 6,510 (±1.1% / ±759.5)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

96.4% ±4.2% (1,501  ±171.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 93.6% 50,482 (±2.3% / ±1,221.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
30.5% ±4.8% (475  ±89.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 38.9% 20,952 (±1.4% / ±776)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

2.9% ±1.5% (60  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 4.7% † 3,307 (±0.5% / ±373)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

8.6% ±3% (139  ±50) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 8.1% 4,752 (±0.7% / ±398)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
139 Total veterans ±50 130 Male ±48 9 Female ±9

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