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Belchertown town, Hampshire County, MA

15,080 Population
52.6 square miles 286.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 36.6 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,603 ±$3,474 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $36,600 ±$1,406
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$94,812 ±$7,380 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hampshire County: $73,518 ±$2,175
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

5% ±2.4% (747  ±360) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Hampshire County: 10.6% 14,691 (±0.9% / ±1,231)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

29.9 minutes ±1.9 (238,505  ±20,366) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 23.8 1,748,885 (±0.6 / ±55,466)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

5,667 ±332 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 59,607 ±672
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.7 ±0.2 (15,075  ±21) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 2.3 137,975 (±0 / ±973)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

6% ±2.5% (188  ±81) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Hampshire County: 2.7% † 1,215 (±0.6% / ±282)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

5,966 ±351 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 64,114 ±419
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$277,000 ±$8,652 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Hampshire County: $289,300 ±$4,361
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

9.3% ±3.7% (1,394  ±547) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hampshire County: 21.2% 33,950 (±1.2% / ±1,882.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

96.5% ±6.7% (10,218  ±830) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hampshire County: 95.1% 95,159 (±2.1% / ±2,164.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.1% 4,385,537 (±0.3% / ±16,151.2)
46.6% ±4.8% (4,928  ±545.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hampshire County: 48.9% 48,952 (±1.5% / ±1,535.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 44.5% 2,144,142 (±0.2% / ±10,973.2)

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

5.7% ±2.5% (861  ±369) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hampshire County: 8.8% 14,155 (±0.6% / ±942)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

6.1% ±1.5% (728  ±183) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 5.8% 7,926 (±0.4% / ±586)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
728 Total veterans ±183 686 Male ±175 42 Female ±41

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