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Amherst Town, MA

38,182 Population
27.6 square miles 1,382.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

21.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.4
  • about half the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$30,708 ±$3,175 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $45,568 ±$1,512
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$66,968 ±$7,106 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $87,001 ±$3,028
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

23.7% ±3.1% (5,115  ±676) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 11.3% 15,746 (±0.9% / ±1,191)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

18 minutes ±0.9 (226,380  ±19,313) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 23.2 1,512,885 (±0.5 / ±47,197)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

9,700 ±449 Number of households
  • the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 62,114 ±588
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2.2 ±0.1 (21,472  ±170) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 2.2 138,851 (±0 / ±175)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

0.8% ±0.5% (114  ±79) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 1.9% † 859 (±0.4% / ±190)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

10,925 ±392 Number of housing units
  • the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 66,786 ±115
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$484,900 ±$21,231 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $390,300 ±$6,175
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

45.7% ±3.4% (17,396  ±1,284.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 19.9% 32,125 (±1.1% / ±1,821.9)
  • more than double the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

96.9% ±4.5% (12,276  ±884.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 95.4% 96,227 (±2.2% / ±2,229.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
75.6% ±4.6% (9,576  ±782.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 51.6% 52,034 (±1.6% / ±1,656.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)

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

16.1% ±1.8% (6,159  ±682) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 8.4% 13,680
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

1.3% ±0.4% (452  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 5.1% 7,119 (±0.4% / ±602)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
452 Total veterans ±133 395 Male ±115 57 Female ±52

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