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Bernardston town, Franklin County, MA

2,051 Population
23.4 square miles 87.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.7 ±2.4 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 46.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$34,712 ±$3,066 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $34,202 ±$1,277
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$64,940 ±$5,062 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $59,522 ±$1,827
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

8.5% ±5.8% (174  ±119) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 10.4% 7,226 (±1% / ±701)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

29.4 minutes ±3.6 (28,665  ±4,543) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 24.4 821,810 (±0.7 / ±28,667)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

879 ±69 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 30,328 ±460
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.3 ±0 (2,051  ±163) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 69,280 (±0 / ±314)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

4.6% ±3.6% (16  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 5% † 746 (±1% / ±152)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

984 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,071 ±153
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$237,600 ±$12,293 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Franklin County: $229,300 ±$3,575
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

7.6% ±4% (155  ±81.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 11% 7,727 (±1% / ±705.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

97.1% ±4.4% (1,506  ±132.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 93.1% 49,540 (±2% / ±1,071.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
24.8% ±3.5% (384  ±61.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 37.2% 19,786 (±1.3% / ±701.2)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.7% ±0.6% (14  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 5.5% † 3,898 (±0.6% / ±405)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

13.1% ±2.7% (214  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 9% 5,270 (±0.5% / ±292)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
214 Total veterans ±47 192 Male ±45 22 Female ±22

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