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01060

16,492 Population
10.9 square miles 1,517.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±2.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 37.4 ±0.4
  • about the same as the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1

Economics

$51,436 ±$4,006 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $45,568 ±$1,512
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
$76,848 ±$5,763 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $87,001 ±$3,028
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527

15.5% ±3.5% (2,470  ±568) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 11.3% 15,746 (±0.9% / ±1,191)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)

21.7 minutes ±2.1 (144,135  ±20,056) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 23.2 1,512,885 (±0.5 / ±47,197)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)

Families

7,972 ±363 Number of households
  • the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 62,114 ±588
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
2 ±0 (15,818  ±798) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 2.2 138,851 (±0 / ±175)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980

1.5% ±1.2% (70  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 1.9% † 859 (±0.4% / ±190)
  • about one-third of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 74,761 (±0.1% / ±2,382)

Housing

8,407 ±394 Number of housing units
  • the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 66,786 ±115
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453

$453,400 ±$24,276 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: $390,300 ±$6,175
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169

21.8% ±4.2% (3,573  ±708) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 19.9% 32,125 (±1.1% / ±1,821.9)
  • nearly double the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)

Social

94.9% ±5.1% (11,211  ±795.2) 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)
68.9% ±4.7% (8,143  ±672.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 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

8.1% ±1.9% (1,339  ±319) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 8.4% 13,680
  • about half the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206

3.7% ±1.1% (496  ±155) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Amherst Town-Northampton, MA Metro Area: 5.1% 7,119 (±0.4% / ±602)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
496 Total veterans ±155 428 Male ±129 68 Female ±93

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