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Colrain town, Franklin County, MA

1,771 Population
43.1 square miles 41.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.7 ±4.9 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

$34,193 ±$4,592 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Franklin County: $35,908 ±$1,427
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$62,689 ±$8,001 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

11.4% ±6.3% (202  ±113) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 9.7% 6,730 (±1% / ±656)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

30 minutes ±1.8 (25,235  ±4,085) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 24.9 823,455 (±0.6 / ±27,549)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

751 ±55 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 30,569 ±316
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.4 ±0.1 (1,771  ±165) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 69,010 (±0 / ±276)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

6.8% ±6% (21  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Franklin County: 4.9% † 716 (±1% / ±149)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

919 ±69 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,134 ±155
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$217,300 ±$20,604 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Franklin County: $232,100 ±$3,376
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

7.7% ±3.8% (134  ±66.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 10.8% 7,520 (±0.9% / ±640.3)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

94.2% ±2.8% (1,244  ±115.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 93.3% 49,574 (±2.1% / ±1,136)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
33% ±4.3% (436  ±68.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 37.3% 19,824 (±1.3% / ±706.4)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.5% ±1.2% (45  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 5.1% † 3,584 (±0.6% / ±413)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

8.9% ±2.5% (131  ±38) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 8.6% 5,017 (±0.6% / ±358)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
131 Total veterans ±38 131 Male ±38 N/A Female ±12

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