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Wales town, Hampden County, MA

1,996 Population
15.8 square miles 126.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.5 ±2.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Hampden County: 39.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$40,283 ±$4,357 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hampden County: $33,375 ±$503
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$86,354 ±$11,381 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Hampden County: $61,310 ±$1,065
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

4.2% ±2.2% (82  ±44) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hampden County: 15.9% 71,736 (±0.7% / ±3,018)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

33.3 minutes ±6.4 (32,645  ±4,412) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 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

813 ±79 Number of households
  • Hampden County: 183,309 ±895
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.5 ±0.2 (1,996  ±230) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hampden County: 2.5 451,920 (±0 / ±758)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

2.5% ±3.5% (10  ±14) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Hampden County: 5.3% † 5,780 (±0.6% / ±700)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

969 ±101 Number of housing units
  • Hampden County: 196,596 ±271
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$224,500 ±$16,469 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Hampden County: $228,700 ±$2,353
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

3.7% ±2.2% (74  ±44.1) 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

93.1% ±5.5% (1,322  ±155) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent 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)
26.8% ±5.5% (380  ±87.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than 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

1.5% ±0.8% (30  ±17) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Hampden County: 9.2% 42,791 (±0.5% / ±2,297)
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

11.8% ±3.4% (178  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double 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)
178 Total veterans ±54 153 Male ±47 25 Female ±26

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