Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area

165,399 Population
527.2 square miles 313.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

37.4 ±1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$43,603 ±$1,998 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$81,732 ±$6,643 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.1% ±1.8% (17,177  ±2,543) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.6 minutes ±1.4 (1,588,975  ±124,622) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

63,886 ±1,217 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0 (141,268  ±292) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

2.2% ±1.4% (1,028  ±674) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

67,378 ±142 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$413,400 ±$18,321 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

15.2% ±2.1% (25,035  ±3,459.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.9% ±4.5% (99,066  ±4,829.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
54.6% ±3.5% (56,406  ±3,675) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

8.5% (14,000  ±2,137) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.5% ±0.7% (6,470  ±1,048) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
6,470 Total veterans ±1,048 5,812 Male ±1,014 658 Female ±402

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.