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Deerfield town, Franklin County, MA

5,017 Population
32.4 square miles 154.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.2 ±4.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 46.7 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$43,325 ±$6,230 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $35,908 ±$1,427
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$83,295 ±$14,898 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Franklin County: $60,950 ±$1,931
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

7.5% ±4.9% (364  ±238) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 9.7% 6,730 (±1% / ±656)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

23.5 minutes ±1.9 (55,320  ±7,946) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 24.9 823,455 (±0.6 / ±27,549)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

1,960 ±179 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 30,569 ±316
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.4 ±0.3 (4,784  ±202) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent 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

5% ±4.5% (47  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 4.9% † 716 (±1% / ±149)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

2,045 ±196 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,134 ±155
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$291,700 ±$19,562 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $232,100 ±$3,376
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

8.4% ±4.1% (418  ±202.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 10.8% 7,520 (±0.9% / ±640.3)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

95.3% ±9.3% (3,478  ±406.9) 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)
49.4% ±6.6% (1,803  ±267.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Franklin County: 37.3% 19,824 (±1.3% / ±706.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

4.3% ±2% (217  ±98) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 5.1% † 3,584 (±0.6% / ±413)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

5.8% ±2.3% (234  ±95) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 8.6% 5,017 (±0.6% / ±358)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
234 Total veterans ±95 204 Male ±88 30 Female ±32

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