Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $1,996 (1.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $2,020 (1.2%)
Area name: Pittsfield, MA HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Berkshire County is $542 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $672 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $864 a month.
Cities in this county include: Pittsfield
, North Adams
, Tyngsborough
, Adams
, Williamstown
, Great Barrington
, Dalton
, Lee
, Lenox
, Cheshire
.
2005 air pollution in Berkshire County:
Ozone (1-hour): 0.097 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.087 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3):
11.8 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5)
24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3):
34 µg/m3.
Near U.S. average.
Neighboring
counties: Bennington County, Vermont
, Litchfield County, Connecticut
, Franklin County
, Hampden County
, Hampshire County
, Columbia County, New York
, Dutchess County, New York
, Rensselaer County, New York
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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:
Notable locations in Berkshire County: Lenox
House Country Shops
(A),
Mount Greylock Ski Club
(B),
Mount Hope Farm
(C),
North Adams Country Club
(D),
Oak-N-Spruce Resort Golf Club
(E),
Otis Ridge Ski Area
(F),
Phillips Woolen Mill
(G),
Pine Valley Mobile Home Park
(H),
Renfrew Mill Number 2
(I),
Bacons Farm
(J),
Roycroft Lookout
(K),
Skyline Country Club
(L),
Southbridge Industrial Park
(M),
Stockbridge Golf Course
(N),
Bas-Ridge Country Club
(O),
Susan B Anthony Birthplace
(P),
The Center at Lenox
(Q),
Thiel Farm
(R),
United States Fish Hatchery
(S),
Wahconah County Club
(T)
Shopping Centers: Lenox
Country Shops Shopping Center
(1),
Lenox House Country Shops Shopping Center
(2),
Shops at Brushwood Farms Shopping Center
(3),
Barrington Plaza Shopping Center
(4),
The Center at Lenox Shopping Center
(5),
Berkshire Mall Shopping Center
(6)
Churches in Berkshire County include: West
Stockbridge Congregational Church
(A),
Calvary Christian Chapel
(B),
United Church of New Marlboro
(C),
Union Church
(D),
The Marian Fathers Monastery
(E),
Church on the Hill
(F),
Community Bible Church
(G),
Congregational Church
(H),
Dalton United Methodist Church
(I)
Cemeteries: West
Center Cemetery
(1),
Lanesborough Center Cemetery
(2),
South Lee Cemetery
(3),
Fairview Cemetery
(4),
Riverside Cemetery
(5),
Peru Cemetery
(6),
Bellevue Cemetery
(7)
Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Mirror
Lake
(A),
Averic, Lake
(B),
Fountain Pond
(C),
Mohawk Lake
(D),
Ward Pond
(E),
Leet Ore Bed Pond
(F),
Becker Pond
(G),
Anthony Pond
(H)
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Lenox
Mountain Brook
(A),
Cowan Brook
(B),
Spectacle Pond Brook
(C),
Patton Brook
(D),
Mount Lebanon Brook
(E),
Lee Pond Brook
(F),
Town Brook
(G),
Mad River
(H),
Mill Brook
(I)
Parks in Berkshire County include: North
Becket Village Historic District
(1),
Pioneer Monument
(2),
Kennedy Park
(3),
Stafford Hill Wildlife Management Area
(4),
Mount Greylock State Reservation
(5),
American Legion Park
(6),
Schermerhorn Park
(7),
Mount Hope Park
(8),
Sheffield Plain Historic District
(9)
Post offices: Hinsdale
Post Office
(A),
Sheffield Post Office
(B),
Ashley Falls Post Office
(C),
South Egremont Post Office
(D),
Cheshire Post Office
(E),
Becket Post Office
(F),
Berkshire Post Office
(G),
Lanesboro Post Office
(H),
Lenoxdale Post Office
(I)
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Unemployment in September 2007:
| Here: |
4.1% | | Massachusetts: | 4.4% |
Current college students: 8,313
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 85.1%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 26.0%
Number of foreign born residents: 4,946 (55% naturalized citizens)
| Berkshire
County: |
3.7% | | Whole
state: | 12.2% |
Year
of entry for the foreign-born population
|
- 1995
to March 2000: 1,038
- 1990
to 1994: 608
- 1985
to 1989: 329
- 1980
to 1984: 338
- 1975
to 1979: 261
- 1970
to 1974: 277
- 1970
to 1974: 303
- 1965
to 1969: 1,792
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Mean travel time to work: 19.2 minutes
Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 92.7%
Housing units in structures:
- One,
detached: 41,315
- One,
attached: 1,328
- Two:
8,254
- 3
or 4: 6,274
- 5
to 9: 3,161
- 10
to 19: 1,625
- 20
or more: 2,605
- Mobile
homes: 1,720
- Boats,
RVs, vans, etc.: 19
Housing units in Berkshire County with a mortgage: 18,928 (1,241 second mortgage, 2,884 home equity loan, 60 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10,199 Agriculture
in Berkshire County
Average size of farms: 171 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $54178
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $512.67
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 28.10%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 55.32%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $57974
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 27.59%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $58867
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 84.04%
Average age of principal farm operators: 56 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 12.57
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 45.93%
Corn for grain: 581 harvested acres
Vegetables: 683 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 181 acresBerkshire
County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is near Massachusetts state average. It is 1.5 times above overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 3 fatalities and 24 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 5/29/1995, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado killed 3 people and injured 24 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.
Most
common industries for males:
|
- Construction
(12%)
- Educational
services (9%)
- Accommodation
and food services (7%)
- Health
care (6%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (5%)
- Paper
(4%)
- Public
administration (4%)
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Most
common industries for females: |
- Health
care (20%)
- Educational
services (17%)
- Accommodation
and food services (9%)
- Finance
and insurance (5%)
- Professional,
scientific, and technical services (4%)
- Food
and beverage stores (4%)
- Social
assistance (4%)
|
Most
common occupations for males |
- Other
production occupations including supervisors (5%)
- Other
management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
- Building
and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
- Electrical
equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
- Material
recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
- Driver/sales
workers and truck drivers (3%)
|
Most
common occupations for females |
- Other
office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)
- Secretaries
and administrative assistants (5%)
- Preschool,
kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (5%)
- Registered
nurses (4%)
- Other
sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)
- Information
and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)
- Other
teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)
|
Most
common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
|
- Canada
(12%)
- United
Kingdom (10%)
- Italy
(9%)
- Germany
(7%)
- Poland
(7%)
- India
(4%)
- Jamaica
(3%)
|
Most
common first ancestries reported in Berkshire County:
|
- Italian
(16%)
- Irish
(16%)
- French
(except Basque) (11%)
- English
(10%)
- Polish
(8%)
- German
(7%)
- United
States or American (6%)
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Means of transportation to work
- Drove
a car alone: 50,702 (79%)
- Carpooled:
6,213 (10%)
- Bus
or trolley bus: 666 (1%)
- Streetcar
or trolley car: 10 (0%)
- Subway
or elevated: 73 (0%)
- Railroad:
34 (0%)
- Taxi:
155 (0%)
- Motorcycle:
65 (0%)
- Bicycle:
170 (0%)
- Walked:
3,392 (5%)
- Other
means: 258 (0%)
- Worked
at home: 2,320 (4%)
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People
in group quarters in Berkshire County, Massachusetts
- 2847
people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
- 1701
people in nursing homes
- 279
people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
- 238
people in other nonhousehold living situations
- 235
people in homes for the mentally retarded
- 150
people in homes for the mentally ill
- 129
people in other noninstitutional group quarters
- 102
people in religious group quarters
- 96
people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
- 85
people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
- 71
people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
- 64
people in unknown juvenile institutions
- 51
people in other group homes
- 49
people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
- 11
people in other workers' dormitories
- 8
people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
- 7
people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
- 5
people in homes for the physically handicapped
- 4
people in agriculture workers' dormitories on farms
Average
gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $52,553.
3.71% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($51,107 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
3.71% | | Massachusetts
average: | 6.31% |
0.19% of residents moved from foreign countries ($561 average AGI)
| Berkshire
County: |
0.19% | | Massachusetts
average: | 0.28% |
0.86% relocated from other counties in Massachusetts ($10,774 average AGI)
2.66% relocated from other states ($39,772 average AGI)
| Berkshire
County: |
2.66% | | Massachusetts
average: |
2.46% |
Top
counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
| from
Hampden County, MA
|
0.23% ($35,441 average AGI) |
| from
Middlesex County, MA
|
0.15% ($73,234) |
| from
Columbia County, NY
|
0.12% ($36,952) |
| from
Hampshire County, MA
|
0.11% ($34,407) |
| from
Litchfield County, CT
|
0.11% ($49,145) |
| from
Bennington County, VT
|
0.10% ($44,078) |
| from
Worcester County, MA
|
0.10% ($36,360) |
4.39% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($41,132 average adjusted gross income)
| Here: |
4.39% | | Massachusetts
average: | 6.91% |
0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($1,035 average AGI)
| Berkshire
County: |
0.08% | | Massachusetts
average: | 0.11% |
1.16% relocated to other counties in Massachusetts ($9,916 average AGI)
3.14% relocated to other states ($30,181 average AGI)
| Berkshire
County: |
3.14% | | Massachusetts
average: | 3.26% |
Top
counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
| to
Middlesex County, MA
|
0.23% ($35,108 average AGI) |
| to
Hampden County, MA
|
0.21% ($36,750) |
| to
Hampshire County, MA
|
0.20% ($30,755) |
| to
Suffolk County, MA
|
0.17% ($32,897) |
| to
Bennington County, VT
|
0.11% ($31,089) |
| to
Worcester County, MA
|
0.10% ($33,604) |
| to
New York County, NY
|
0.10% ($87,059) |
Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.3
Births
per 1000 population in Berkshire County
|
Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 11.8
Deaths
per 1000 population in Berkshire County |
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 4.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 4.3
Infant
deaths per 1000 live births in Berkshire County |
Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 26,737 (22,718 aged, 4,019 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Household
type by relationship
Households: 128,830
- In
family households: 104,424 (25,906 male householders, 9,319 female householders)
27,280
spouses, 35,838 children (33,499 natural, 980 adopted, 1,359 stepchildren), 1,009 grandchildren, 701 brothers or sisters, 656 parents, 1,111 other relatives, 2,604 non-relatives
- In
nonfamily households: 24,406 (8,645 male householders (7,012 living alone)), 12,004 female householders (10,628 living alone)), 3,757 nonrelatives
- In
group quarters: 6,123 (2,553 institutionalized population)
Size of family households: 17,021 2-persons, 7,985 3-persons, 6,629 4-persons, 2,507 5-persons, 744 6-persons, 339 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 17,640 1-person, 2,590 2-persons, 255 3-persons, 100 4-persons, 36 5-persons, 18 6-persons, 10 7-or-more-persons.
19,886 married couples with children.
7,840 single-parent households (1,582 men, 6,258 women).
93.6% of residents of Berkshire County speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (66% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all). In
fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $1,173,789,000 ($8860 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $225,609,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $370,051,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $245,124,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,778,000
Federal grants: $188,283,000
Federal procurement contracts: $325,446,000 ($198,968,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $43,106,000 ($18,322,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $6,739,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $23,854,000
Federal Government insurance: $102,036,000
Population
change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 6,471
| Here: |
49 per 1000 residents | | State: | 67
per 1000 residents |
Deaths: 8,274
| Here: |
63 per 1000 residents | | State: |
46 per 1000 residents |
Net international migration: +866
| Here: |
+7 per 1000 residents | | State: | +25
per 1000 residents |
Net internal migration: -2,016
| Here: |
-15 per 1000 residents | | State: |
-37 per 1000 residents |
Population
growth in Berkshire County |
Total
withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 18.77 millions of gallons per day (21% from ground, 79% from surface)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median
number of rooms in apartments:
Year
house built: |
- 1999
to March 2000: 437
- 1995
to 1998: 1,393
- 1990
to 1994: 2,089
- 1980
to 1989: 6,617
- 1970
to 1979: 6,940
- 1960
to 1969: 6,906
- 1950
to 1959: 8,466
- 1940
to 1949: 6,612
- 1939
or earlier: 26,841
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Rooms
in owner-occupied houses in Berkshire County, Massachusetts:
|
- 1
room: 8
- 2
rooms: 123
- 3
rooms: 806
- 4
rooms: 3,030
- 5
rooms: 7,369
- 6
rooms: 9,947
- 7
rooms: 6,906
- 8
rooms: 4,503
- 9
or more rooms: 4,796
|
Rooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Berkshire County, Massachusetts: |
- 1
room: 403
- 2
rooms: 1,636
- 3
rooms: 4,359
- 4
rooms: 4,307
- 5
rooms: 3,595
- 6
rooms: 2,516
- 7
rooms: 853
- 8
rooms: 408
- 9
or more rooms: 441
|
Bedrooms
in owner-occupied houses and condos in Berkshire County: |
- no
bedroom: 16
- 1
bedroom: 1,414
- 2
bedrooms: 7,821
- 3
bedrooms: 18,684
- 4
bedrooms: 7,252
- 5
or more bedrooms: 2,301
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Bedrooms
in renter-occupied apartments in Berkshire County: |
- no
bedroom: 543
- 1
bedroom: 6,788
- 2
bedrooms: 6,221
- 3
bedrooms: 3,731
- 4
bedrooms: 963
- 5
or more bedrooms: 272
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Cars
and other vehicles available in Berkshire County in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
- no
vehicle: 1,783
- 1
vehicle: 12,299
- 2
vehicles: 17,426
- 3
vehicles: 4,609
- 4
vehicles: 1,025
- 5
or more vehicles: 346
|
Cars
and other vehicles available in Berkshire County in renter-occupied apartments
|
- no
vehicle: 4,357
- 1
vehicle: 10,003
- 2
vehicles: 3,453
- 3
vehicles: 515
- 4
vehicles: 50
- 5
or more vehicles: 140
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62% of Berkshire County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out
of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out
of people who lived in different counties, 23% lived in Massachusetts.
| Berkshire
County: |
62.2% | | State
average: |
60.6% |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This
state: 93441
- Northeast:
25007
- Midwest:
3732
- South:
4102
- West:
2689
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $93,600 Housing
units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%
Housing
units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
|
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (56%)
- Utility
gas (28%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Electricity
(5%)
- Wood
(4%)
|
Most
commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
|
- Utility
gas (42%)
- Fuel
oil, kerosene, etc. (35%)
- Electricity
(14%)
- Bottled,
tank, or LP gas (6%)
- Wood
(1%)
|
Private
vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,463
| Here: |
10.1% | | Massachusetts: | 10.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 524
| Here: |
7.0% | | Massachusetts: | 12.2% |
Students in private undegraduate colleges: 2,807
| Here: |
38.7% | | Massachusetts: | 48.2% |
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