Adams vs Great Barrington

A side-by-side comparison of Adams and Great Barrington: population, income, housing, and more.

Adams and Great Barrington are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Adams has the higher population (5,584 vs 1,953 in Great Barrington). Great Barrington has the higher median household income ($57,071 vs $48,750 in Adams). Great Barrington has the higher median home value ($459,000 vs $189,100 in Adams).

Population, income & housing

	Adams	Great Barrington
Population	5,584	1,953
Median age	47.9 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$57,071
Median home value	$189,100	$459,000
Median gross rent	$909	$1,142
Housing units	3,294	1,075
Homeownership rate	54.8%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams	Great Barrington
Population	5,335 → 5,584 (+4.7%)	2,070 → 1,953 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$48,252 → $48,750 (+1.0%)	$49,368 → $57,071 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$158,300 → $189,100 (+19.5%)	$384,600 → $459,000 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $909 (+23.5%)	$1,016 → $1,142 (+12.4%)

Adams

Population

5,3355,584

Median household income

$48,252$48,750

Median home value

$158,300$189,100

Median gross rent

$736$909

Great Barrington

Population

2,0701,953

Median household income

$49,368$57,071

Median home value

$384,600$459,000

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,142

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams	Great Barrington
Under 5	5.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	9.7%	8.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.9%
35 to 44	10.8%	5.9%
45 to 54	9.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.9%
65 to 74	16.4%	21.6%
75 and over	11.8%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams	Great Barrington
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams	Great Barrington
No high school diploma	6.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	38.0%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams	Great Barrington
Drove alone	82.0%	65.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.6%	3.4%
Walked	0.8%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	16.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams	Great Barrington
1-unit, detached	39.3%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	37.8%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	16.4%
20 or more units	6.8%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Adams	Great Barrington
Poverty rate	17.2%	4.6%
Average household size	1.88	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	13
Median year structure built	1938	1938