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Amherst Town, MA

35,472 Population
27.6 square miles 1,284.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.3 ±0.2 Median age
  • about half the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 38.7 ±0.3
  • about half the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$29,347 ±$3,077 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $45,006 ±$1,600
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $56,284 ±$289
$65,938 ±$9,125 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $86,391 ±$2,372
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $101,341 ±$539

24.1% ±3.2% (4,840  ±649) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 10.9% 14,750 (±0.9% / ±1,264)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 676,516 (±0.2% / ±12,095)

19 minutes ±1.7 (219,775  ±26,735) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 23.5 1,512,990 (±0.6 / ±53,129)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.3 87,917,376 (±0.1 / ±449,257)

Families

9,039 ±405 Number of households
  • the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 61,770 ±606
  • Massachusetts: 2,762,070 ±5,223
2.2 ±0.1 (19,979  ±169) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 2.2 134,947 (±0 / ±166)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,759,181

0.6% ±0.5% (88  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 2.2% † 933 (±0.5% / ±201)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,953 (±0.1% / ±2,140)

Housing

10,400 ±368 Number of housing units
  • the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 66,490 ±84
  • Massachusetts: 3,014,657 ±502

$454,000 ±$22,773 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $363,400 ±$5,426
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $525,800 ±$2,244

50.7% ±3.2% (17,928  ±1,127.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 20.8% 32,447 (±1.1% / ±1,643.8)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 12% 831,356 (±0.2% / ±11,392.9)

Social

97.1% ±4.6% (11,315  ±789.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 95.5% 95,477 (±2.1% / ±2,133.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,520,421 (±0.4% / ±17,553.1)
73.8% ±4.5% (8,601  ±683) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 51.1% 51,116 (±1.5% / ±1,544.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 46.6% 2,305,899 (±0.3% / ±12,376.1)

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

15.8% ±1.6% (5,590  ±577) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 8.4% 13,156
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.7% 1,236,518

1.3% ±0.5% (416  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 5.7% 7,532 (±0.5% / ±644)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.5% 253,731 (±0.1% / ±3,490)
416 Total veterans ±155 399 Male ±150 17 Female ±23

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