The median owner-occupied home in Hampshire County had a real-estate tax bill of $5,326 (± $125) a year, compared with $5,813 in Massachusetts and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $363,400 (± $5,426), compared with $525,800 in Massachusetts and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Hampshire County | Massachusetts | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 156,595 | 6,992,395 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $5,326 ± $125 | $5,813 ± $18 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $363,400 ± $5,426 | $525,800 ± $2,244 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $86,391 ± $2,372 | $101,341 ± $539 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 1.47% ± 0.04 points | 1.11% ± 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 68.8% ± 1.2 points | 62.6% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 37.1% ± 1.1 points | 31.9% ± 0.2 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 24.0% ± 1.6 points | 26.3% ± 0.3 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Hampshire County (3)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
Census-designated places in Hampshire County (5)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
Towns and townships in Hampshire County (20)
- Amherst Town city
- Belchertown
- Chesterfield
- Cummington
- Easthampton Town city
- Goshen
- Granby
- Hadley
- Hatfield
- Huntington
- Middlefield
- Northampton city
- Pelham
- Plainfield
- South Hadley
- Southampton
- Ware
- Westhampton
- Williamsburg
- Worthington
Other named communities in Hampshire County (67)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Aldrich Mills
- Amherst Center
- Bancroft
- Bardwell
- Bay State
- Bisbee Mill
- Blush Hollow
- Bradstreet
- Bryant Four Corners
- Camp Howe
- Cold Spring
- Cooks Corner
- Cushman
- Dwight
- East Hadley
- East Village
- Enfield (historical)
- Factory Hollow
- Florence
- Fomer
- Gibbs Crossing
- Goss Heights
- Great Swamp
- Haydenville
- Highland Glen Estates
- Hockanum
- Knights Corner
- Knightville
- Laurel Park
- Leeds
- Lithia
- Loudville
- Meads Corner
- Mill Valley
- Moody Corner
- Mount Tom
- North Amherst
- North Farms
- North Hadley
- North Hatfield
- Norwich
- Norwich Bridge
- Packardville
- Pine Grove
- Plainville
- Ringville
- Russellville
- Searsville
- South Amherst
- South Hadley Falls
- South Quabbin Villa
- South Worthington
- Swanson Corners
- Swift River
- Thermopylae
- Ware Center
- West Chesterfield
- West Cummington
- West Farms
- West Hatfield
- West Pelham
- West Ware
- West Worthington
- Westbrook
- Williamsburg Station
- Worthington Center
- Worthington Corners