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Berkshire town, Franklin County, VT

1,636 Population
41.7 square miles 39.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±7.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 40.6 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Vermont: 42.9 ±0.2

Economics

$33,103 ±$4,676 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $35,531 ±$1,150
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vermont: $41,680 ±$571
$73,281 ±$13,839 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $73,633 ±$4,436
  • about the same as the amount in Vermont: $74,014 ±$1,049

13.2% ±6.9% (212  ±114) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 10.4% † 5,151 (±1.4% / ±710)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Vermont: 10.4% 64,739 (±0.4% / ±2,485)

33.2 minutes ±3.6 (23,975  ±4,963) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Franklin County: 26 588,655 (±0.9 / ±29,456)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Vermont: 23.3 6,694,620 (±0.2 / ±88,211)

Families

565 ±76 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 19,233 ±415
  • Vermont: 265,858 ±1,435
2.9 ±0.5 (1,636  ±214) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.6 49,652 (±0.1 / ±22)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 2.3 618,873

5.3% ±2.9% (20  ±12) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 4.7% † 520 (±1.1% / ±120)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Vermont: 4.2% 5,960 (±0.3% / ±471)

Housing

647 ±82 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 22,714 ±47
  • Vermont: 335,138 ±227

$230,900 ±$21,652 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $263,200 ±$8,199
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vermont: $272,400 ±$2,448

7.6% ±2.9% (122  ±48.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 9.6% † 4,739 (±1.3% / ±,644.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vermont: 12.6% 80,226 (±0.4% / ±2,781.7)

Social

90.6% ±16.8% (942  ±,117.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 91.9% 32,447 (±3.1% / ±1,096.1)
  • a little less than the rate in Vermont: 94.2% 432,446 (±0.9% / ±3,907.5)
16.6% ±4.6% (173  ±53.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 27.4% 9,676 (±1.8% / ±,638.2)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Vermont: 41.7% 191,530 (±0.6% / ±2,610.8)

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

3.6% ±2.2% (58  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Franklin County: 2.5% 1,260
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Vermont: 4.4% 28,231

11.2% ±3.8% (130  ±47) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 6.8% † 2,672 (±0.9% / ±355)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vermont: 6.5% 34,025 (±0.2% / ±1,083)
130 Total veterans ±47 112 Male ±41 18 Female ±21

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