With 43,457 people, Pittsfield is a city in Massachusetts. Households here earn about 32% less than in Massachusetts as a whole. At a median age of 42.4, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Getting to work takes 18 minutes on average. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $256,900. 8% of residents were born outside the United States.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $70,582, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.4
US median: 38.9
Average education
34% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 44%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Pittsfield
What changed most since 1990
Population48,622 → 43,457(−11%)US over the same years: +35%
Poverty rate9.7% → 14.9%(+5.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Pittsfield's population equals 34% of Berkshire County's. Its number of households without a car equals 48% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 24% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)20.9%(379)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)14.6%(265)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era33.1%(599)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.4%(61)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.4%(8)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,812 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Pittsfield, decade by decade
Pittsfield population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
48,622
$71,971
$265,688
19.2%
12.3
2000
45,793
$64,951
$178,887
20.5%
19.8
2010
44,737
$62,129
$245,996
25.6%
32.0
2020
43,927
$68,626
$214,288
31.2%
47.6
2024
43,457
$70,582
$256,900
34.2%
50.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
