Compare Berkshire County, MA vs Massachusetts (MA) vs United States

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Metric	Berkshire County, MA County	Massachusetts (MA) State	United States Country
Overview
Total population	129,430	7,044,056	334,922,499
Rent	$1,097	$1,762	$1,413
Year built	1956	1964	1980
Household income	$76,013	$103,960	$80,734
Per capita income	$49,365	$57,897	$44,673
Poverty rate	11.4%	10.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.0%	4.0%
Household size	2.1	2.4	2.5
Rent over 30% of income	49.6%	48.9%	47.6%
Demographics
Total population	129,430	7,044,056	334,922,499
Adults over 25	96,087	4,987,302	230,807,303
Total households	57,585	2,785,042	129,227,496
Household size	2.1	2.4	2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income	$76,013	$103,960	$80,734
Per capita income	$49,365	$57,897	$44,673
Poverty rate	11.4%	10.0%	12.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.0%	4.0%
Rent over 30% of income	49.6%	48.9%	47.6%
Housing
Rent	$1,097	$1,762	$1,413
Year built	1956	1964	1980
Households that rent	30.1%	37.5%	34.8%
Households that own	69.9%	62.5%	65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes)	5.7	5.5	5.5
Race
White	85.9%	68.6%	61%
Black	2.6%	6.8%	12.2%
Asian	1.9%	7.3%	6%
Two or more races	6.9%	11.1%	12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	13.3%	19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino	94.1%	86.7%	80.7%
Commute
Commute rate	85.8%	81.4%	84.9%
Commute time to work	21.0 min	29.0 min	26.0 min
Work from home	14.2%	18.6%	15.1%
Education
Less than high school	22.4%	21.1%	27.5%
High school graduate or GED	28.8%	22.6%	26%
Some college or associate degree	8.9%	9%	10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	40%	47.3%	35.7%