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Great Barrington, MA

2,331 Population
1.4 square miles 1,617.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±7.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 47.3 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,563 ±$12,331 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: $49,365 ±$2,153
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$64,506 ±$23,742 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: $76,013 ±$3,051
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.9% ±9.7% (296  ±228) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 11.4% † 14,169 (±1.1% / ±1,408)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.1 minutes ±5.2 (17,945  ±8,353) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 21.2 1,130,325 (±0.7 / ±48,512)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,033 ±210 Number of households
  • the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 57,585 ±622
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.6 (2,277  ±424) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 2.1 123,286 (±0 / ±71)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,122 ±214 Number of housing units
  • the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 70,004 ±96
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$524,700 ±$138,041 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: $305,400 ±$9,204
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.6% ±6.8% (224  ±163.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 11.3% 14,561 (±1.1% / ±1,441.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.3% ±6.1% (1,573  ±329) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 94.1% 90,419 (±2.1% / ±2,066.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
45.7% ±10% (779  ±230.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 40% 38,388 (±1.4% / ±1,341.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

7.4% ±4.3% (172  ±106) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 6.2% 7,974
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.9% ±2.9% (55  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Pittsfield, MA Metro Area: 5.9% 6,411 (±0.5% / ±539)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
55 Total veterans ±56 41 Male ±49 14 Female ±24

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