Amherst, Massachusetts


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Amherst
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Elevation:295 feet
Foreign born:13.2% (7.7% Asia, 2.2% Europe, 2.1% Latin America)
County:Hampshire
Races
White Non-Hispanic:76.7%
Hispanic:6.2%
Black:5.1%
Chinese:3.4%
Two or more races:3.4%
Other race:2.9%
Asian Indian:1.6%
Other Asian:1.4%
Korean:1.3%
American Indian:0.9%
Japanese:0.6%
Vietnamese:0.5%
Marital Status
Never married:64.9%
Now married:26.8%
Divorced:4.7%
Widowed:2.7%
Separated:0.9%
Median
House value:$177,000
Household income:$40,017
Resident age:21.8 years
Amherst Compared to Massachusetts State Average
Number of college students:much above
Median house value:above
Hispanic race population percentage:above
Black race population percentage:much below
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher:much above
Foreign-born population percentage:much above
Median age:much below
Renting percentage:above
Education
High school or higher:95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher:68.7%
Graduate or professional degree:41.7%
Unemployed:8.2%
Crime Statistics
2002 larceny counts:311 (880.9 per 100,000)
2002 burglaries:221 (626.0 per 100,000)
2002 crime index:155.4 - nationwide average is 329, higher means more crime
2002 assaults:70 (198.3 per 100,000)
2002 auto thefts:35 (99.1 per 100,000)
2002 rapes:17 (48.2 per 100,000)
2002 robberies:9 (25.5 per 100,000)
2002 murders:none
Ancestries
Irish:19.6%
English:12.4%
German:10.1%
Italian:9.7%
Polish:6.6%
French:5.2%
 

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North Amherst, MA2.11 miles (3.40 km) 
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Leverett, MA5.08 miles (8.17 km) 
Worthington, MA5.86 miles (9.43 km) 
Sunderland, MA6.61 miles (10.65 km) 
Whately, MA7.03 miles (11.31 km) 
Northampton, MA7.14 miles (11.50 km)28,979
Shutesbury, MA7.82 miles (12.59 km) 
South Deerfield, MA7.98 miles (12.84 km) 
Granby, MA8.58 miles (13.80 km) 
South Hadley, MA8.84 miles (14.22 km) 
Belchertown, MA9.49 miles (15.28 km) 
Williamsburg, MA10.61 miles (17.07 km) 
Montague, MA10.76 miles (17.31 km) 
Easthampton, MA10.83 miles (17.43 km)16,180
Deerfield, MA12.11 miles (19.49 km) 
Conway, MA12.70 miles (20.43 km) 
New Salem, MA12.98 miles (20.90 km) 
Holyoke, MA13.08 miles (21.05 km)39,869
Wendell, MA13.28 miles (21.37 km) 
Goshen, MA14.71 miles (23.68 km) 
Bondsville, MA14.74 miles (23.73 km) 
Greenfield, MA14.85 miles (23.90 km) 
Southampton, MA14.88 miles (23.94 km) 
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