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Amherst town, Hampshire County, MA

39,814 Population
27.6 square miles 1,441.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Hampshire County: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$22,363 ±$1,354 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hampshire County: $34,838 ±$839
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$56,905 ±$9,100 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hampshire County: $70,876 ±$2,028
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

27.5% ±3.5% (6,426  ±834) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Hampshire County: 12.2% 16,800 (±0.9% / ±1,306)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

17.7 minutes ±1.2 (279,440  ±24,025) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Hampshire County: 23.6 1,794,070 (±0.4 / ±44,464)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

9,162 ±457 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 58,838 ±617
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.5 ±0.1 (23,305  ±643) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 2.4 138,012 (±0 / ±750)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

1.6% ±1% (248  ±150) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hampshire County: 2.7% † 1,240 (±0.6% / ±280)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

10,292 ±506 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 63,873 ±331
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$358,700 ±$13,484 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $283,100 ±$3,805
  • a little less than the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

50% ±3.1% (19,820  ±1,213.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Hampshire County: 21.3% 34,007 (±1% / ±1,577.3)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

95.3% ±2% (12,354  ±790.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hampshire County: 94.8% 94,876 (±1.8% / ±1,805.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
65.7% ±3% (8,513  ±643.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hampshire County: 48.3% 48,392 (±1.2% / ±1,186.9)
  • about 1.5 times 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

17.7% ±1.7% (7,032  ±688) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Hampshire County: 8.8% 14,213 (±0.6% / ±880)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

2% ±0.5% (719  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in Hampshire County: 6% 8,207 (±0.4% / ±521)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
719 Total veterans ±180 697 Male ±177 22 Female ±24

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