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Northampton city, Hampshire County, MA

28,552 Population
34.2 square miles 833.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 36.6 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$38,950 ±$2,348 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $36,600 ±$1,406
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$71,866 ±$5,906 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Hampshire County: $73,518 ±$2,175
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

10.9% ±2.2% (2,718  ±539) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 10.6% 14,691 (±0.9% / ±1,231)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

21.8 minutes ±0.8 (270,095  ±18,925) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampshire County: 23.8 1,748,885 (±0.6 / ±55,466)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

11,352 ±424 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 59,607 ±672
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.2 ±0.1 (24,727  ±375) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hampshire County: 2.3 137,975 (±0 / ±973)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

2.3% ±0.9% (211  ±85) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 2.7% † 1,215 (±0.6% / ±282)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

12,137 ±419 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 64,114 ±419
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$337,100 ±$10,438 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $289,300 ±$4,361
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

17.3% ±1.9% (4,894  ±544.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 21.2% 33,950 (±1.2% / ±1,882.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

93.5% ±3.5% (18,130  ±845.5) 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)
60.8% ±3.1% (11,793  ±680.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 48.9% 48,952 (±1.5% / ±1,535.8)
  • about 1.4 times 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

7.6% ±1.2% (2,162  ±347) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 8.8% 14,155 (±0.6% / ±942)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

3.8% ±0.7% (925  ±174) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hampshire County: 5.8% 7,926 (±0.4% / ±586)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
925 Total veterans ±174 902 Male ±171 23 Female ±29

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