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Pelham town, Hampshire County, MA

1,283 Population
25.1 square miles 51.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.1 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Hampshire County: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$53,038 ±$6,900 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Hampshire County: $34,838 ±$839
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$94,479 ±$13,957 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Hampshire County: $70,876 ±$2,028
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

5.3% ±2.9% (68  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Hampshire County: 12.2% 16,800 (±0.9% / ±1,306)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

21.3 minutes ±0.5 (13,075  ±1,877) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hampshire County: 23.6 1,794,070 (±0.4 / ±44,464)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

571 ±48 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 58,838 ±617
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.3 ±0.1 (1,283  ±113) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hampshire County: 2.4 138,012 (±0 / ±750)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,601,918

0.8% ±1.6% (2  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hampshire County: 2.7% † 1,240 (±0.6% / ±280)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

636 ±46 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 63,873 ±331
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$334,500 ±$14,011 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Hampshire County: $283,100 ±$3,805
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

14.8% ±7% (189  ±90.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hampshire County: 21.3% 34,007 (±1% / ±1,577.3)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

98.7% ±6.5% (990  ±109.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 94.8% 94,876 (±1.8% / ±1,805.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
66.8% ±5.2% (670  ±79.1) 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

4.8% ±2.1% (62  ±27) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Hampshire County: 8.8% 14,213 (±0.6% / ±880)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.8% 1,148,909 (±0.1% / ±9,328)

5.8% ±1.9% (62  ±21) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Hampshire County: 6% 8,207 (±0.4% / ±521)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
62 Total veterans ±21 62 Male ±21 N/A Female ±12

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