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Charlemont town, Franklin County, MA

1,086 Population
26.2 square miles 41.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.4 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 46.7 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$28,612 ±$2,602 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $35,908 ±$1,427
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$62,794 ±$15,869 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Franklin County: $60,950 ±$1,931
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

13.8% ±5.5% (149  ±62) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Franklin County: 9.7% 6,730 (±1% / ±656)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

37.9 minutes ±6.5 (16,485  ±4,242) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Franklin County: 24.9 823,455 (±0.6 / ±27,549)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

442 ±52 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 30,569 ±316
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.5 ±0.2 (1,086  ±143) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 69,010 (±0 / ±276)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

8.6% ±5.7% (17  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 4.9% † 716 (±1% / ±149)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

594 ±63 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,134 ±155
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$235,600 ±$11,104 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $232,100 ±$3,376
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

9.8% ±4.3% (105  ±48.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 10.8% 7,520 (±0.9% / ±640.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

90.7% ±15.9% (727  ±82.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 93.3% 49,574 (±2.1% / ±1,136)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
31.2% ±4.4% (250  ±48.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 37.3% 19,824 (±1.3% / ±706.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 43.7% 2,089,065 (±0.2% / ±9,152.3)

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

3.6% ±2.2% (39  ±24) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 5.1% † 3,584 (±0.6% / ±413)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

9.9% ±3.6% (88  ±34) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 8.6% 5,017 (±0.6% / ±358)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
88 Total veterans ±34 85 Male ±33 3 Female ±5

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