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Ware town, Hampshire County, MA

9,801 Population
34.4 square miles 285.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44 ±3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Hampshire County: 36.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.5 ±0.1

Economics

$30,603 ±$2,023 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hampshire County: $34,838 ±$839
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $43,761 ±$193
$54,446 ±$6,067 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hampshire County: $70,876 ±$2,028
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $81,215 ±$429

13.3% ±4.5% (1,298  ±435) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Hampshire County: 12.2% 16,800 (±0.9% / ±1,306)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10.3% 680,962 (±0.2% / ±10,241)

32.5 minutes ±2.4 (147,110  ±15,234) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Hampshire County: 23.6 1,794,070 (±0.4 / ±44,464)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 30.2 101,408,620 (±0.1 / ±497,208)

Families

4,351 ±213 Number of households
  • Hampshire County: 58,838 ±617
  • Massachusetts: 2,617,497 ±4,909
2.3 ±0.1 (9,795  ±35) 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

6.1% ±3.4% (121  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Hampshire County: 2.7% † 1,240 (±0.6% / ±280)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 74,969 (±0.1% / ±2,361)

Housing

4,917 ±246 Number of housing units
  • Hampshire County: 63,873 ±331
  • Massachusetts: 2,897,259 ±493

$202,600 ±$13,661 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Hampshire County: $283,100 ±$3,805
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $381,600 ±$975

7.1% ±2.2% (685  ±215.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Hampshire County: 21.3% 34,007 (±1% / ±1,577.3)
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 12.7% 862,481 (±0.2% / ±10,411.7)

Social

90.8% ±6.6% (6,614  ±532.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hampshire County: 94.8% 94,876 (±1.8% / ±1,805.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 90.8% 4,339,739 (±0.3% / ±14,478.7)
25.3% ±4.1% (1,842  ±305.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Hampshire County: 48.3% 48,392 (±1.2% / ±1,186.9)
  • about three-fifths of 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

4.5% ±2.7% (440  ±267) 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)

8.7% ±1.7% (679  ±136) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Hampshire County: 6% 8,207 (±0.4% / ±521)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 5.5% 303,534 (±0.1% / ±3,541)
679 Total veterans ±136 592 Male ±121 87 Female ±65

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