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Northampton city, Hampshire County, MA

29,379 Population
34.2 square miles 857.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 36.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$41,663 ±$2,482 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
$72,687 ±$6,180 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Hampshire County: $76,959 ±$2,504
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $89,026 ±$495

11.4% ±1.9% (2,940  ±496) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 10.5% 14,581 (±0.7% / ±1,028)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 668,780 (±0.2% / ±11,582)

21.4 minutes ±1 (260,465  ±19,387) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampshire County: 23.8 1,677,335 (±0.6 / ±58,545)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.6 93,753,936 (±0.1 / ±545,814)

Families

11,949 ±366 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 60,903 ±669
  • Massachusetts: 2,714,448 ±4,158
2.1 ±0.1 (25,496  ±441) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hampshire County: 2.3 138,051 (±0 / ±827)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,744,826

1.6% ±0.9% (147  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 2% † 929 (±0.5% / ±215)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,648 (±0.1% / ±2,253)

Housing

12,748 ±373 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 65,784 ±369
  • Massachusetts: 2,979,634 ±699

$341,600 ±$11,510 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $299,600 ±$5,556
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $424,700 ±$1,321

17.3% ±2.1% (5,062  ±613.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 21.5% 34,589 (±1.2% / ±2,000)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 12.5% 862,370 (±0.2% / ±11,414.3)

Social

93.8% ±3.9% (18,961  ±922.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hampshire County: 95.3% 95,411 (±2.1% / ±2,141.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,469,653 (±0.3% / ±16,460.8)
62.3% ±3.4% (12,604  ±756.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 50.2% 50,304 (±1.6% / ±1,556.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 45.2% 2,216,349 (±0.2% / ±11,163)

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

8.1% ±1.3% (2,371  ±375) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 8.9% 14,367 (±0.5% / ±832)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 17.3% 1,209,717 (±0.2% / ±10,227)

4.4% ±0.9% (1,091  ±214) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Hampshire County: 5.4% 7,393 (±0.4% / ±499)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 5% 277,442 (±0.1% / ±3,409)
1,091 Total veterans ±214 1,034 Male ±198 57 Female ±60

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