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Heath town, Franklin County, MA

671 Population
24.9 square miles 26.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.4 ±8.2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 47 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,914 ±$7,986 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $35,919 ±$942
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$92,650 ±$22,855 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Franklin County: $61,198 ±$1,823
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

2.3% ±1.6% (15  ±11) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Franklin County: 10.5% † 7,286 (±1.3% / ±887)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

38.7 minutes ±22.2 (11,425  ±2,752) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Franklin County: 24.5 789,320 (±0.5 / ±25,101)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

300 ±86 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 30,790 ±338
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.2 ±0.8 (671  ±148) 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

4.8% ±5.4% (5  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 5.2% † 745 (±1.2% / ±178)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

607 ±92 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,164 ±115
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$227,200 ±$11,694 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Franklin County: $239,900 ±$4,478
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

6.9% ±5.3% (46  ±36.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 9.6% † 6,710 (±1% / ±711.5)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

94.2% ±28.5% (500  ±102.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as 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)
40.5% ±13.7% (215  ±87.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 38.3% 20,456 (±1.3% / ±713.2)
  • about 90 percent of 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

3% ±3.1% (20  ±21) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 4.7% † 3,306 (±0.5% / ±362)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

6.6% ±2.5% (39  ±17) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 8.3% 4,852 (±0.6% / ±367)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
39 Total veterans ±17 39 Male ±17 N/A Female ±13

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