North Adams vs Pittsfield

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

North 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 12,660 in North Adams). Pittsfield has the higher median household income ($68,386 vs $48,521 in North Adams). Pittsfield has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $185,300 in North Adams).

Population, income & housing

	North Adams	Pittsfield
Population	12,660	43,559
Median age	44.4 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$48,521	$68,386
Median home value	$185,300	$233,700
Median gross rent	$777	$1,094
Housing units	6,833	21,589
Homeownership rate	53.2%	61.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Adams	Pittsfield
Population	12,959 → 12,660 (-2.3%)	42,766 → 43,559 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$41,471 → $48,521 (+17.0%)	$51,411 → $68,386 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$140,900 → $185,300 (+31.5%)	$174,300 → $233,700 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$757 → $777 (+2.6%)	$893 → $1,094 (+22.5%)

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

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)

	North Adams	Pittsfield
Under 5	3.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.2%	12.6%
18 to 24	12.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	14.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	11.8%
75 and over	8.9%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Adams	Pittsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	77.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.4%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Adams	Pittsfield
No high school diploma	10.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	38.4%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Adams	Pittsfield
Drove alone	72.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	8.3%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	9.4%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.7%	8.5%
Other means	0.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Adams	Pittsfield
1-unit, detached	45.9%	52.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	31.1%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	11.3%
20 or more units	8.5%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	North Adams	Pittsfield
Poverty rate	18.1%	13.6%
Average household size	2.05	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	17	18
Median year structure built	1938	1950