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Montague town, Franklin County, MA

8,279 Population
30.1 square miles 274.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 46.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$30,317 ±$2,199 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
$54,430 ±$5,780 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $60,950 ±$1,931
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

11.2% ±2.9% (910  ±235) 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)

21.7 minutes ±2.2 (89,135  ±11,399) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 24.9 823,455 (±0.6 / ±27,549)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

3,804 ±206 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 30,569 ±316
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.1 ±0.1 (8,136  ±95) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 69,010 (±0 / ±276)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

2.4% ±1.9% (49  ±38) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Franklin County: 4.9% † 716 (±1% / ±149)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

4,097 ±228 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,134 ±155
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$218,200 ±$10,771 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

7.9% ±2.2% (655  ±177.3) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters 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

93.4% ±6.2% (5,980  ±444.3) 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)
27.2% ±3.3% (1,740  ±220.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 37.3% 19,824 (±1.3% / ±706.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

6.3% ±2.4% (524  ±201) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 5.1% † 3,584 (±0.6% / ±413)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

9% ±1.8% (629  ±130) Population with veteran status
  • a little 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)
629 Total veterans ±130 597 Male ±126 32 Female ±28

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