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Plainfield town, Hampshire County, MA

688 Population
21.1 square miles 32.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

49.4 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hampshire County: 36.6 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.6 ±0.1

Economics

$37,157 ±$9,713 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Hampshire County: $36,600 ±$1,406
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $45,555 ±$231
$65,417 ±$18,998 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hampshire County: $73,518 ±$2,175
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $84,385 ±$511

14.8% ±11.9% (102  ±84) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Hampshire County: 10.6% 14,691 (±0.9% / ±1,231)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 653,454 (±0.2% / ±10,187)

40.5 minutes ±3.6 (12,095  ±2,937) Mean travel time to work
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Hampshire County: 23.8 1,748,885 (±0.6 / ±55,466)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Massachusetts: 30 97,551,415 (±0.1 / ±515,573)

Families

289 ±36 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 59,607 ±672
  • Massachusetts: 2,646,980 ±4,188
2.4 ±0.3 (683  ±118) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hampshire County: 2.3 137,975 (±0 / ±973)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,624,698

4.9% ±6.3% (6  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Hampshire County: 2.7% † 1,215 (±0.6% / ±282)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,447 (±0.1% / ±2,126)

Housing

362 ±47 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 64,114 ±419
  • Massachusetts: 2,913,009 ±462

$241,200 ±$26,742 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hampshire County: $289,300 ±$4,361
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $398,800 ±$1,388

5.3% ±2.6% (36  ±18.4) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Hampshire County: 21.2% 33,950 (±1.2% / ±1,882.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.6% 856,902 (±0.2% / ±11,187.8)

Social

96.4% ±4.6% (480  ±59.6) 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% (229  ±41.3) 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

4.5% ±1.9% (31  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Hampshire County: 8.8% 14,155 (±0.6% / ±942)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.9% 1,158,909 (±0.1% / ±9,780)

10.6% ±4% (58  ±23) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Hampshire County: 5.8% 7,926 (±0.4% / ±586)
  • about double the rate in Massachusetts: 5.3% 290,648 (±0.1% / ±3,865)
58 Total veterans ±23 58 Male ±23 N/A Female ±13

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