Berkshire County, Massachusetts

• White (non-Hispanic) 109,712 84.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,591 5.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,310 2.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,458 1.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,621 4.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 151 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 13 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 574 0.4%

• Under 18 20,662 16.0%
• 18–24 12,681 9.8%
• 25–44 28,424 22.0%
• 45–64 35,246 27.2%
• 65 and over 32,417 25.0%

Median household income

$76,177

90% interval $71,361–$80,993

−$28,392 vs MA · 12th of 14

Below poverty line

11.3%

90% interval 9.3%–13.3%

+1.5 pp vs MA · 4th of 14

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+0.02 pp vs. state

County GDP

$9.2B

1.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$67,487

Establishments

5,582

• Education & health services 18,932 32.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,581 16.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 8,458 14.6%
• Professional & business services 5,243 9.1%
• Manufacturing 3,267 5.7%
• Other services 2,025 3.5%
• Public administration 1,732 3.0%
• Construction 250 0.4%
• Information 128 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 85.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.9%

+7.4 pp vs MA · 6th of 14

Median gross rent

$1,097

−$665 vs MA · 14th of 14

Owner-occupied

40,263

Renter-occupied

17,322

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $90,421/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Information, $29,052/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 47,094 68.9%
• Republican 19,805 29.0%
• Other / third-party 1,442 2.1%

• Spanish 4,606 3.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 822 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 609 0.5%
• Chinese 568 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 538 0.4%
• Korean 169 0.1%
• Vietnamese 131 0.1%
• Arabic 97 0.1%
• Tagalog 55 0.0%

Households

57,585

Family households

32,639

56.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,480

19.9% of families

Single-mother families

3,543

10.9% of families

Veterans

6,411

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 38,682 30.0%
• Mainline Protestant 6,266 4.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,344 4.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,392 3.4%
• Black Protestant 384 0.3%
• Orthodox 181 0.1%

Health insured

98.3%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

1.7%

±0.4 pp

13th of 14

With a disability

16.0%

±0.9 pp

3rd of 14

Bachelor's or higher

40.0%

±1.4 pp

−7.3 pp vs MA · 11th of 14

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

3.2%

90% interval 2.8%–3.6% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Berkshire County Superior Court

Judges

2 (Superior Court Justice base assignments per county (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 mass.gov/orgs/superior-court. Under Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, Justices may be reassigned across counties by the Chief Justice of the Superior Court Department; counts here reflect typical base allocations rather than a permanently-fixed roster. Other Trial Court departments (District Court, Boston Municipal Court, Probate and Family Court, Juvenile Court, Land Court, Housing Court) handle limited-jurisdiction matters and are not counted here.)

Court seats

Pittsfield

Traffic fatalities

13

11.95 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

13