Great Barrington vs Pittsfield

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

Great Barrington 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 1,953 in Great Barrington). Pittsfield has the higher median household income ($68,386 vs $57,071 in Great Barrington). Great Barrington has the higher median home value ($459,000 vs $233,700 in Pittsfield).

Population, income & housing

	Great Barrington	Pittsfield
Population	1,953	43,559
Median age	55.0 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,071	$68,386
Median home value	$459,000	$233,700
Median gross rent	$1,142	$1,094
Housing units	1,075	21,589
Homeownership rate	64.5%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.0%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Great Barrington	Pittsfield
Population	2,070 → 1,953 (-5.7%)	42,766 → 43,559 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$49,368 → $57,071 (+15.6%)	$51,411 → $68,386 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$384,600 → $459,000 (+19.3%)	$174,300 → $233,700 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,142 (+12.4%)	$893 → $1,094 (+22.5%)

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

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)

	Great Barrington	Pittsfield
Under 5	7.3%	5.2%
5 to 17	8.9%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	7.9%	14.5%
35 to 44	5.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	21.6%	11.8%
75 and over	14.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Great Barrington	Pittsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	77.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Great Barrington	Pittsfield
No high school diploma	7.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	30.5%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	14.6%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.8%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Great Barrington	Pittsfield
Drove alone	65.7%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.5%
Public transit	3.4%	1.8%
Walked	5.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	16.1%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Great Barrington	Pittsfield
1-unit, detached	60.6%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	11.3%
20 or more units	11.8%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Great Barrington	Pittsfield
Poverty rate	4.6%	13.6%
Average household size	1.93	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	13	18
Median year structure built	1938	1950