Cheshire vs Great Barrington

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

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

Great Barrington has the higher population (1,953 vs 584 in Cheshire). Since 2019, Cheshire's population has grown faster (+8.3% vs -5.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Cheshire	Great Barrington
Population	584	1,953
Median age	59.7 yrs	55.0 yrs
Median household income	—	$57,071
Median home value	—	$459,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,142
Housing units	357	1,075
Homeownership rate	83.4%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	47.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheshire	Great Barrington
Population	539 → 584 (+8.3%)	2,070 → 1,953 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$79,107 → $94,167 (+19.0%)	$49,368 → $57,071 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$205,500 → $161,100 (-21.6%)	$384,600 → $459,000 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,016 → $1,142 (+12.4%)

Cheshire

Population

539584

Median household income

$79,107$94,167

Median home value

$205,500$161,100

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)

	Cheshire	Great Barrington
Under 5	0.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.4%	8.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	9.6%	7.9%
35 to 44	9.1%	5.9%
45 to 54	8.2%	13.1%
55 to 64	33.2%	13.9%
65 to 74	20.9%	21.6%
75 and over	4.6%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheshire	Great Barrington
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheshire	Great Barrington
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.9%
High school graduate	22.8%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	14.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.8%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheshire	Great Barrington
Drove alone	84.1%	65.7%
Carpooled	15.5%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	3.4%
Walked	0.4%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	16.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheshire	Great Barrington
1-unit, detached	81.5%	60.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheshire	Great Barrington
Poverty rate	11.5%	4.6%
Average household size	1.79	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	23	13
Median year structure built	1938	1938