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01201

Pittsfield, MA · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
44,848
Median household income
$71,093
People below poverty
14.7%
Median home value
$259,800

Income

The median income of households in 01201 was $71,093. An estimated 5.5% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 8.4% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 01201 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 5.5
$10,000 to $14,999 3.6
$15,000 to $24,999 8.3
$25,000 to $34,999 7.6
$35,000 to $49,999 11.8
$50,000 to $74,999 16
$75,000 to $99,999 13.6
$100,000 to $149,999 19.7
$150,000 to $199,999 5.5
$200,000 or more 8.4

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 01201 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 63549
Female 60441

An estimated 72.6% of households received earnings. An estimated 33.5% of households received Social Security and an estimated 26.5 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $21,807. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 01201 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 72.6
Social Security 33.5
Retirement income 26.5
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 8.9
Cash public assistance income 4.9

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 14.7 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 24.6% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 9.4% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 13.6% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 01201 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 14.7
Children under 18 years below poverty 24.6
People 65 years old and over below poverty 9.4
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 13.6

In 2020-2024, 23 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 37.2% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 32.1% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 29.2% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 01201 in 2020-2024, 98% had health insurance coverage and 2% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 63.8% and public coverage was 49.8%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0.7%.


In 2020-2024, 01201 had a total population of 44,848 - 22,497 (50.2%) females and 22,351 (49.8%) males. The median age was 42.8 years. An estimated 17.6% of the population was under 18 years, 32.8% was 19 to 44 years, 27.8% was 45 to 64 years, and 19.6 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 01201 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 1242 939
5 to 9 1255 1072
10 to 14 962 943
15 to 19 1303 1185
20 to 24 1367 1116
25 to 29 1435 1514
30 to 34 1764 1513
35 to 39 1698 1685
40 to 44 1303 1309
45 to 49 1272 1198
50 to 54 1315 1565
55 to 59 1547 1805
60 to 64 1762 1994
65 to 69 1627 1526
70 to 74 956 1111
75 to 79 627 861
80 to 84 617 473
85 and over 299 688

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 78.9% were White; 5.2% were Black or African American; 7.2% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 1.2% were Asian; 2.3% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 10.3% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 9.8% of the people in 01201 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 76.9% of the people in 01201 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 20,143 households in 01201. The average household size was 2.17 people.

Married-couple households made up 37.4% of the households in 01201 while cohabiting couple households made up 10.9% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 29.8% of all households, while 21.9% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 16% of households were male householders living alone, and 18.7% were female householders living alone, for a total of 34.7% of all households.

In 01201, 22.6% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 32.8% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 01201 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 37.4
Cohabiting Couples 10.9
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
21.9
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
29.8

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 42.4% of males and 39.9% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 43 36.7
Now married, except separated 42.4 39.9
Separated 1.9 1.8
Widowed 3.2 8
Divorced 9.5 13.6

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 01201, 336 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 48.2% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 92.5% of the people living in 01201 were U.S. natives. 67.9% of the 01201 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 7.5% of 01201 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 45.5% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 56.5 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 01201 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 01201.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 01201 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 39.6
Asia 14.5
Europe 17.4
Africa 25.6
Northern America 2.5
Oceania 0.4

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 01201 in 2020-2024, 11.5 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 6.4% of people at least five years old; 4.6% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 01201 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 6.4
Other Indo-European languages 3.3
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0.8
Other languages 1

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 88 % of the people at least one year old living in 01201 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 01201 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 88
Different house, same county 6.7
Different county, same state 1.2
Different state 3.2
Abroad 0.8

Education

In 2020-2024, 92.4 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 34.4% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 7.5% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 01201 was 9,100 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 497 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 5,852. College or graduate school enrollment was 2,751.

Educational Attainment of People in 01201 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 7.5
High school diploma or equivalency 29.4
Some college, no degree 19.2
Associate's degree 9.4
Bachelor's degree 21
Graduate or professional degree 13.4

Disability

In 01201, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 18.3 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 9.8% of people under 18 years old, to 17.6% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 28.5% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 01201, 59.6 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 36.1% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 78.6% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 14% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 7.3 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 17,757 78.6
Federal, state, or local government workers 3,154 14
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 1,646 7.3

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 01201 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 01201 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 1
Construction 4.5
Manufacturing 7.8
Wholesale trade 1.7
Retail trade 14.2
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 3.4
Information 1.6
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 5.4
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 10
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 31
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 8.2
Other Services, except public administration 6.6
Public administration 4.7

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 01201 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 10,104 44.8
Service occupations 4,681 20.7
Sales and office occupations 4,138 18.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 1,502 6.7
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 2,153 9.5

Commuting to Work

An estimated 74.4% of 01201 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 8.6% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 18.7 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 01201 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 74.4
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 8.6
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 1.9
Walked 3
Other means 2.1
Worked from home 10.1

In 2020-2024, 01201 had a total of 21,960 housing units. Of these housing units, 57.5% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 41.4% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 1.2% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 01201 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 57.5
Apartments in multi-unit structures 41.4
Mobile homes 1.2
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

2.6% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 37.3% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 01201 was 5.6 rooms, and of these housing units 54.4% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 01201 had 20,143 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 1,817 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 63.5% while renters occupied 36.5%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.26 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.02.

4.9% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 15.2% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 13.3% and another 12.2% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 01201:

House Heating Fuel Used in 01201 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 62.3
Electricity 10.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 24.2
All other fuels 2.5
No fuel used 0.3

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 01201 was $259,800.

Of the owner-occupied households, 60.9 % had a mortgage. 39.1% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $1,693 and for owners without a mortgage it was $814.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 01201 was $1,139. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.