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Belchertown town, Hampshire County, MA

15,228 Population
52.6 square miles 289.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$43,421 ±$2,873 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $38,695 ±$1,398
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $48,617 ±$231
$101,109 ±$8,698 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hampshire County: $76,959 ±$2,504
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

7.1% ±2.9% (1,084  ±445) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hampshire County: 10.5% 14,581 (±0.7% / ±1,028)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

29.8 minutes ±1.4 (232,350  ±16,926) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 23.8 1,677,335 (±0.6 / ±58,545)
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

5,888 ±306 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 60,903 ±669
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.6 ±0.1 (15,223  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 2.3 138,051 (±0 / ±827)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

6.1% ±2.9% (196  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Hampshire County: 2% † 929 (±0.5% / ±215)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

6,208 ±302 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 65,784 ±369
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$288,000 ±$8,332 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Hampshire County: $299,600 ±$5,556
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

9.7% ±3.7% (1,460  ±560.9) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Hampshire County: 21.5% 34,589 (±1.2% / ±2,000)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

97.6% ±6.5% (10,467  ±811.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hampshire County: 95.3% 95,411 (±2.1% / ±2,141.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
47.4% ±4.8% (5,084  ±554.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hampshire County: 50.2% 50,304 (±1.6% / ±1,556.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

5.3% ±1.9% (811  ±287) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hampshire County: 8.9% 14,367 (±0.5% / ±832)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

5.3% ±1.4% (641  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Hampshire County: 5.4% 7,393 (±0.4% / ±499)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
641 Total veterans ±166 613 Male ±163 28 Female ±33

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