Adams vs Pittsfield

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

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

Pittsfield has the higher population (43,559 vs 5,584 in Adams). Pittsfield has the higher median household income ($68,386 vs $48,750 in Adams). Pittsfield has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $189,100 in Adams).

Population, income & housing

	Adams	Pittsfield
Population	5,584	43,559
Median age	47.9 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,750	$68,386
Median home value	$189,100	$233,700
Median gross rent	$909	$1,094
Housing units	3,294	21,589
Homeownership rate	54.8%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adams	Pittsfield
Population	5,335 → 5,584 (+4.7%)	42,766 → 43,559 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$48,252 → $48,750 (+1.0%)	$51,411 → $68,386 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$158,300 → $189,100 (+19.5%)	$174,300 → $233,700 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $909 (+23.5%)	$893 → $1,094 (+22.5%)

Adams

Population

5,3355,584

Median household income

$48,252$48,750

Median home value

$158,300$189,100

Median gross rent

$736$909

Pittsfield

Population

42,76643,559

Median household income

$51,411$68,386

Median home value

$174,300$233,700

Median gross rent

$893$1,094

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adams	Pittsfield
Under 5	5.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	9.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	16.4%	11.8%
75 and over	11.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adams	Pittsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adams	Pittsfield
No high school diploma	6.7%	7.5%
High school graduate	38.0%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adams	Pittsfield
Drove alone	82.0%	75.7%
Carpooled	8.4%	9.5%
Public transit	0.6%	1.8%
Walked	0.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.6%	8.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adams	Pittsfield
1-unit, detached	39.3%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	37.8%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	11.3%
20 or more units	6.8%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Adams	Pittsfield
Poverty rate	17.2%	13.6%
Average household size	1.88	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1938	1950