Franklin County, Massachusetts

• White (non-Hispanic) 62,047 87.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,839 5.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 897 1.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,436 2.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,293 3.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 23 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 21 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 388 0.5%

• Under 18 11,803 16.6%
• 18–24 4,736 6.7%
• 25–44 17,300 24.4%
• 45–64 19,645 27.7%
• 65 and over 17,460 24.6%

Median household income

$74,594

90% interval $69,486–$79,702

−$29,975 vs MA · 13th of 14

Below poverty line

10.2%

90% interval 8.1%–12.3%

+0.4 pp vs MA · 6th of 14

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.26 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.7B

0.48% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,610

Establishments

2,623

• Education & health services 5,770 23.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,157 16.6%
• Manufacturing 3,241 13.0%
• Public administration 1,853 7.4%
• Professional & business services 1,377 5.5%

The sectors listed cover 65.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.1%

+7.6 pp vs MA · 5th of 14

Median gross rent

$1,177

−$585 vs MA · 12th of 14

Owner-occupied

22,143

Renter-occupied

9,427

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.4× the lowest ($71,946 vs $51,986/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Democratic 28,305 67.3%
• Republican 12,428 29.6%
• Other / third-party 1,321 3.1%

• Spanish 2,121 3.1%
• Chinese 560 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 259 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 246 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 119 0.2%
• Tagalog 84 0.1%
• Arabic 58 0.1%
• Vietnamese 51 0.1%
• Korean 37 0.1%

Households

31,570

Family households

18,396

58.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,392

23.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,566

8.5% of families

Veterans

3,575

6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 9,238 13.0%
• Mainline Protestant 3,012 4.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,633 3.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,888 2.7%

Health insured

97.9%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

2.1%

±0.3 pp

11th of 14

With a disability

17.5%

±0.8 pp

1st of 14

Bachelor's or higher

40.6%

±1.5 pp

−6.7 pp vs MA · 10th 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

Franklin 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

Greenfield

Traffic fatalities

8

13.53 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7