Amherst Town vs Hatfield

A side-by-side comparison of Amherst Town and Hatfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Amherst Town has the higher population (35,472 vs 1,361 in Hatfield). Hatfield has the higher median household income ($109,625 vs $65,938 in Amherst Town). Hatfield has the higher median home value ($460,300 vs $454,000 in Amherst Town).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst Town	Hatfield
Population	35,472	1,361
Median age	21.3 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,938	$109,625
Median home value	$454,000	$460,300
Median gross rent	$1,570	$846
Housing units	10,400	620
Homeownership rate	45.9%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.8%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst Town	Hatfield
Population	39,995 → 35,472 (-11.3%)	1,305 → 1,361 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$56,906 → $65,938 (+15.9%)	$64,688 → $109,625 (+69.5%)
Median home value	$369,600 → $454,000 (+22.8%)	$311,500 → $460,300 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,275 → $1,570 (+23.1%)	$859 → $846 (-1.5%)

Amherst Town

Population

39,99535,472

Median household income

$56,906$65,938

Median home value

$369,600$454,000

Median gross rent

$1,275$1,570

Hatfield

Population

1,3051,361

Median household income

$64,688$109,625

Median home value

$311,500$460,300

Median gross rent

$859$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst Town	Hatfield
Under 5	1.9%	1.8%
5 to 17	6.8%	10.9%
18 to 24	58.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	5.2%	5.0%
35 to 44	5.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	5.6%	10.8%
55 to 64	6.3%	16.7%
65 to 74	6.2%	20.4%
75 and over	3.7%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst Town	Hatfield
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	84.9%
Black or African American	4.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	13.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	6.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.9%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst Town	Hatfield
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.1%
High school graduate	8.6%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	52.1%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst Town	Hatfield
Drove alone	42.1%	72.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	5.7%
Public transit	8.2%	0.0%
Walked	21.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.3%	20.2%
Other means	0.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst Town	Hatfield
1-unit, detached	42.9%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	6.1%
20 or more units	18.5%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amherst Town	Hatfield
Poverty rate	24.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1974	1964