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01230

Great Barrington, MA · ACS 2020–2024

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

Total population
8,826
Median household income
$86,694
People below poverty
8%
Median home value
$527,300

Income

The median income of households in 01230 was $86,694. An estimated 5.7% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 19.3% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 01230 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 5.7
$10,000 to $14,999 0.6
$15,000 to $24,999 4.1
$25,000 to $34,999 8.1
$35,000 to $49,999 10.5
$50,000 to $74,999 14
$75,000 to $99,999 16
$100,000 to $149,999 13.1
$150,000 to $199,999 8.6
$200,000 or more 19.3

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 01230 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 80139
Female 47268

An estimated 73.3% of households received earnings. An estimated 39.3% of households received Social Security and an estimated 36.1 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $28,048. 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 01230 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 73.3
Social Security 39.3
Retirement income 36.1
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 3.5
Cash public assistance income 1.7

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 8 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 8.1% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 8.1% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 8% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 01230 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 8
Children under 18 years below poverty 8.1
People 65 years old and over below poverty 8.1
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 8

In 2020-2024, 7.3 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 19.9% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 55% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 14.8% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 01230 in 2020-2024, 99.3% had health insurance coverage and 0.7% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 77.4% and public coverage was 42.6%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0.6%.


In 2020-2024, 01230 had a total population of 8,826 - 4,587 (52%) females and 4,239 (48%) males. The median age was 50.6 years. An estimated 13.5% of the population was under 18 years, 28% was 19 to 44 years, 26.3% was 45 to 64 years, and 29.3 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 01230 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 161 88
5 to 9 118 137
10 to 14 213 161
15 to 19 219 346
20 to 24 455 361
25 to 29 186 125
30 to 34 198 167
35 to 39 173 226
40 to 44 322 258
45 to 49 275 144
50 to 54 277 284
55 to 59 283 423
60 to 64 291 348
65 to 69 245 510
70 to 74 324 323
75 to 79 271 308
80 to 84 154 158
85 and over 74 220

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 83.2% were White; 2.3% were Black or African American; 6.5% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 1% were Asian; 1.7% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 9% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 6.8% of the people in 01230 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 82.6% of the people in 01230 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 3,690 households in 01230. The average household size was 2.15 people.

Married-couple households made up 48% of the households in 01230 while cohabiting couple households made up 7% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 31.9% of all households, while 13.1% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 10.8% of households were male householders living alone, and 23.3% were female householders living alone, for a total of 34.1% of all households.

In 01230, 18% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 48.7% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 01230 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 48
Cohabiting Couples 7
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
13.1
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
31.9

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 51.4% of males and 46.7% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 39.4 31.1
Now married, except separated 51.4 46.7
Separated 0.3 1
Widowed 2 7.2
Divorced 6.9 14

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 01230, 96 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 5.2% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 90.7% of the people living in 01230 were U.S. natives. 38.9% of the 01230 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 9.3% of 01230 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 48.3% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 62.8 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 01230 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 01230.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 01230 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 52.3
Asia 10.1
Europe 22.5
Africa 6
Northern America 8
Oceania 1.1

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 01230 in 2020-2024, 10.5 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 5.3% of people at least five years old; 4.3% 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 01230 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 5.3
Other Indo-European languages 4.1
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0.5
Other languages 0.5

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 86.1 % of the people at least one year old living in 01230 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 01230 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 86.1
Different house, same county 4.5
Different county, same state 1
Different state 5.9
Abroad 2.5

Education

In 2020-2024, 95.3 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 52.3% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 4.7% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 01230 was 1,855 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 132 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 855. College or graduate school enrollment was 868.

Educational Attainment of People in 01230 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 4.7
High school diploma or equivalency 23.2
Some college, no degree 13.2
Associate's degree 6.7
Bachelor's degree 25.7
Graduate or professional degree 26.6

Disability

In 01230, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 11.2 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 1.4% of people under 18 years old, to 7.1% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 23.8% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 01230, 58.6 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 38.5% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 78.4% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 9.6% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 12 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 3,589 78.4
Federal, state, or local government workers 440 9.6
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 548 12

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 01230 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 01230 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 0.1
Construction 6.9
Manufacturing 7.5
Wholesale trade 1.6
Retail trade 7.9
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 1.9
Information 1.8
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 6
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 11.9
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 29.1
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 12.5
Other Services, except public administration 9.4
Public administration 3.5

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 01230 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 2,175 47.5
Service occupations 864 18.9
Sales and office occupations 732 16
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 414 9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 395 8.6

Commuting to Work

An estimated 59% of 01230 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 5.7% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 26.3 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 01230 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 59
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 5.7
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 1.6
Walked 9.9
Other means 0.2
Worked from home 23.6

In 2020-2024, 01230 had a total of 5,044 housing units. Of these housing units, 84.9% 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"). 15.1% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 0% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 01230 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 84.9
Apartments in multi-unit structures 15.1
Mobile homes 0
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

4.2% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 31.1% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 01230 was 6 rooms, and of these housing units 67% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 01230 had 3,690 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 1,354 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 72.7% while renters occupied 27.3%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.34 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.66.

3.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 12.4% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 3.3% and another 12.6% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 01230:

House Heating Fuel Used in 01230 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 50.4
Electricity 5.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 34.9
All other fuels 8.4
No fuel used 0.7

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 01230 was $527,300.

Of the owner-occupied households, 57.9 % had a mortgage. 42.1% 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 $2,263 and for owners without a mortgage it was $1,046.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 01230 was $1,357. 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.