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Ware town, Hampshire County, MA

9,838 Population
34.4 square miles 286.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.3 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 36.3 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$30,131 ±$2,379 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hampshire County: $33,605 ±$801
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $41,794 ±$203
$51,908 ±$5,077 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hampshire County: $67,044 ±$1,955
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $77,378 ±$425

15.5% ±4.5% (1,511  ±439) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 13.3% 18,349 (±1% / ±1,322)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.8% 710,305 (±0.2% / ±10,546)

30.9 minutes ±3.1 (134,215  ±16,609) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Hampshire County: 23.3 1,759,545 (±0.5 / ±47,348)
  • a little higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.7 98,776,565 (±0.1 / ±435,192)

Families

4,324 ±217 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 58,665 ±647
  • Massachusetts: 2,601,914 ±4,637
2.3 ±0.1 (9,832  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Hampshire County: 2.4 138,282 (±0 / ±756)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,579,553

6.4% ±3.4% (133  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Hampshire County: 2.6% † 1,191 (±0.5% / ±231)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 75,766 (±0.1% / ±1,962)

Housing

4,926 ±233 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 63,667 ±348
  • Massachusetts: 2,882,739 ±709

$190,900 ±$10,228 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hampshire County: $277,200 ±$3,805
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $366,800 ±$1,044

6.3% ±2.1% (614  ±207.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Hampshire County: 21% 33,679 (±0.9% / ±1,479.4)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.9% 869,463 (±0.1% / ±9,750.7)

Social

91.1% ±6.4% (6,557  ±529.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hampshire County: 94.4% 93,818 (±1.8% / ±1,760.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.4% 4,294,435 (±0.3% / ±14,412.6)
22.5% ±4% (1,616  ±291.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Hampshire County: 46.5% 46,210 (±1.2% / ±1,184.5)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 42.9% 2,037,702 (±0.2% / ±9,541.1)

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

4% ±2.2% (396  ±214) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Hampshire County: 8.5% 13,673 (±0.5% / ±749)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 16.5% 1,129,732 (±0.1% / ±9,405)

9.4% ±2.2% (733  ±171) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hampshire County: 6.1% 8,323 (±0.4% / ±577)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.8% 315,859 (±0.1% / ±3,504)
733 Total veterans ±171 673 Male ±167 60 Female ±55

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