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Montague town, Franklin County, MA

8,334 Population
30.1 square miles 276.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.5 ±2.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 46.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$30,933 ±$2,744 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $34,202 ±$1,277
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$53,750 ±$7,473 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $59,522 ±$1,827
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

11% ±2.6% (900  ±215) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Franklin County: 10.4% 7,226 (±1% / ±701)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

21.4 minutes ±1.3 (85,320  ±8,642) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 24.4 821,810 (±0.7 / ±28,667)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

3,688 ±196 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 30,328 ±460
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.2 ±0.1 (8,189  ±110) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Franklin County: 2.3 69,280 (±0 / ±314)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

2.1% ±1.5% (44  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 5% † 746 (±1% / ±152)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

4,060 ±222 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,071 ±153
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$212,700 ±$11,512 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $229,300 ±$3,575
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

7.7% ±2.4% (636  ±197.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Franklin County: 11% 7,727 (±1% / ±705.7)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

90.6% ±5.6% (5,760  ±432.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 93.1% 49,540 (±2% / ±1,071.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
27.5% ±3.8% (1,748  ±250.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 37.2% 19,786 (±1.3% / ±701.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

7.3% ±2.9% (606  ±238) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Franklin County: 5.5% † 3,898 (±0.6% / ±405)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

10.5% ±2.2% (727  ±154) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 9% 5,270 (±0.5% / ±292)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
727 Total veterans ±154 680 Male ±145 47 Female ±36

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