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Monson town, Hampden County, MA

8,210 Population
44.2 square miles 185.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.7 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Hampden County: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,590 ±$4,396 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $33,375 ±$503
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$72,305 ±$6,089 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $61,310 ±$1,065
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

11.9% ±4.2% (962  ±342) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hampden County: 15.9% 71,736 (±0.7% / ±3,018)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

31.9 minutes ±5.7 (115,280  ±14,297) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hampden County: 23 4,459,565 (±0.4 / ±97,649)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

3,422 ±176 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 183,309 ±895
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.4 ±0.1 (8,108  ±29) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hampden County: 2.5 451,920 (±0 / ±758)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

4.7% ±3.8% (68  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 5.3% † 5,780 (±0.6% / ±700)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

3,663 ±235 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 196,596 ±271
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$261,900 ±$10,544 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $228,700 ±$2,353
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

3.8% ±1.6% (311  ±130.3) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Hampden County: 10.6% 49,099 (±0.7% / ±3,097.9)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

90.1% ±7% (5,660  ±497.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampden County: 86.1% 274,453 (±1.2% / ±3,911.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
25.5% ±3.6% (1,601  ±237.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampden County: 28.2% 89,906 (±0.7% / ±2,101.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

2.4% ±1% (196  ±81) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hampden County: 9.2% 42,791 (±0.5% / ±2,297)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

11% ±2.4% (753  ±164) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Hampden County: 6.4% 23,324 (±0.3% / ±1,043)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
753 Total veterans ±164 719 Male ±160 34 Female ±33

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