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Wales town, Hampden County, MA

2,117 Population
15.8 square miles 134.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampden County: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$27,669 ±$3,113 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Hampden County: $29,020 ±$472
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$54,103 ±$8,165 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Hampden County: $53,403 ±$860
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

6% ±2.8% (126  ±61) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Hampden County: 17.1% 77,830 (±0.6% / ±2,806)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

32.1 minutes ±1.1 (32,515  ±4,254) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hampden County: 22.6 4,638,180 (±0.3 / ±70,080)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

858 ±79 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 179,043 ±946
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.5 ±0.1 (2,117  ±231) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hampden County: 2.5 454,428 (±0 / ±737)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

2.7% ±2.6% (12  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Hampden County: 5% 5,537 (±0.5% / ±534)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

994 ±81 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 193,525 ±304
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$182,700 ±$13,118 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hampden County: $203,100 ±$2,360
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

8.4% ±4.4% (175  ±93.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hampden County: 12.5% 58,135 (±0.6% / ±2,942.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

93.3% ±3.5% (1,362  ±138.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampden County: 85.3% 269,803 (±1% / ±3,217.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
20.3% ±4.2% (297  ±67.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Hampden County: 27.2% 85,913 (±0.6% / ±1,849.4)
  • about half 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

4.2% ±2.4% (88  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Hampden County: 8.6% 40,514 (±0.4% / ±1,697)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

11.3% ±2.5% (180  ±44) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hampden County: 7.2% 26,372 (±0.3% / ±1,013)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
180 Total veterans ±44 167 Male ±43 13 Female ±15

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