Adams vs Housatonic

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

Adams and Housatonic 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 1,054 in Housatonic). Housatonic has the higher median household income ($86,920 vs $48,750 in Adams). Housatonic has the higher median home value ($429,200 vs $189,100 in Adams).

Population, income & housing

	Adams	Housatonic
Population	5,584	1,054
Median age	47.9 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$86,920
Median home value	$189,100	$429,200
Median gross rent	$909	$1,259
Housing units	3,294	618
Homeownership rate	54.8%	66.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	53.6%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams	Housatonic
Population	5,335 → 5,584 (+4.7%)	753 → 1,054 (+40.0%)
Median household income	$48,252 → $48,750 (+1.0%)	$35,481 → $86,920 (+145.0%)
Median home value	$158,300 → $189,100 (+19.5%)	$275,000 → $429,200 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $909 (+23.5%)	$1,269 → $1,259 (-0.8%)

Adams

Population

5,3355,584

Median household income

$48,252$48,750

Median home value

$158,300$189,100

Median gross rent

$736$909

Housatonic

Population

7531,054

Median household income

$35,481$86,920

Median home value

$275,000$429,200

Median gross rent

$1,269$1,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams	Housatonic
Under 5	5.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.7%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	17.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	15.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	20.4%
65 to 74	16.4%	8.1%
75 and over	11.8%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams	Housatonic
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	84.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams	Housatonic
No high school diploma	6.7%	0.8%
High school graduate	38.0%	12.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	23.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams	Housatonic
Drove alone	82.0%	76.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	2.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	21.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams	Housatonic
1-unit, detached	39.3%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	37.8%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	6.8%	6.6%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Adams	Housatonic
Poverty rate	17.2%	4.5%
Average household size	1.88	1.97
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938