Great Barrington vs North Adams

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

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

North Adams has the higher population (12,660 vs 1,953 in Great Barrington). Great Barrington has the higher median household income ($57,071 vs $48,521 in North Adams). Great Barrington has the higher median home value ($459,000 vs $185,300 in North Adams).

Population, income & housing

	Great Barrington	North Adams
Population	1,953	12,660
Median age	55.0 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,071	$48,521
Median home value	$459,000	$185,300
Median gross rent	$1,142	$777
Housing units	1,075	6,833
Homeownership rate	64.5%	53.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Barrington	North Adams
Population	2,070 → 1,953 (-5.7%)	12,959 → 12,660 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$49,368 → $57,071 (+15.6%)	$41,471 → $48,521 (+17.0%)
Median home value	$384,600 → $459,000 (+19.3%)	$140,900 → $185,300 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,142 (+12.4%)	$757 → $777 (+2.6%)

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

North Adams

Population

12,95912,660

Median household income

$41,471$48,521

Median home value

$140,900$185,300

Median gross rent

$757$777

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Great Barrington	North Adams
Under 5	7.3%	3.4%
5 to 17	8.9%	13.2%
18 to 24	7.2%	12.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	10.7%
35 to 44	5.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	21.6%	13.7%
75 and over	14.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Barrington	North Adams
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Barrington	North Adams
No high school diploma	7.9%	10.6%
High school graduate	30.5%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Barrington	North Adams
Drove alone	65.7%	72.1%
Carpooled	9.4%	8.3%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	9.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	16.1%	9.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Barrington	North Adams
1-unit, detached	60.6%	45.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	31.1%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	11.4%
20 or more units	11.8%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Great Barrington	North Adams
Poverty rate	4.6%	18.1%
Average household size	1.93	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1938	1938