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Deerfield town, Franklin County, MA

5,029 Population
32.4 square miles 155.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.3 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 47 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$46,006 ±$5,144 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Franklin County: $35,919 ±$942
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$87,015 ±$15,177 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Franklin County: $61,198 ±$1,823
  • a little higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

5.5% ±3.6% (268  ±175) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 10.5% † 7,286 (±1.3% / ±887)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

20.1 minutes ±1.2 (52,730  ±7,820) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 24.5 789,320 (±0.5 / ±25,101)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

2,167 ±214 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 30,790 ±338
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.2 ±0.2 (4,826  ±104) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Franklin County: 2.2 69,033 (±0 / ±221)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

5.6% ±5.1% (52  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 5.2% † 745 (±1.2% / ±178)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

2,337 ±246 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,164 ±115
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$310,000 ±$37,054 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Franklin County: $239,900 ±$4,478
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

7.8% ±3.4% (388  ±169.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 9.6% † 6,710 (±1% / ±711.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

96.3% ±12.4% (3,755  ±524.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 93.4% 49,934 (±2.3% / ±1,212.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
47.5% ±7.3% (1,854  ±300.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 38.3% 20,456 (±1.3% / ±713.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

5.7% ±2.2% (286  ±111) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 4.7% † 3,306 (±0.5% / ±362)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

5.7% ±2.2% (237  ±92) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 8.3% 4,852 (±0.6% / ±367)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
237 Total veterans ±92 221 Male ±90 16 Female ±19

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