Berkshire County vs Dukes County

A side-by-side comparison of Berkshire County and Dukes County: population, income, housing, and more.

Berkshire County and Dukes County are counties in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Berkshire County has the higher population (128,047 vs 20,751 in Dukes County). Dukes County has the higher median household income ($102,348 vs $72,565 in Berkshire County). Dukes County has the higher median home value ($1,104,100 vs $283,800 in Berkshire County).

Population, income & housing

	Berkshire County	Dukes County
Population	128,047	20,751
Median age	47.8 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,565	$102,348
Median home value	$283,800	$1,104,100
Median gross rent	$1,042	$1,371
Housing units	69,861	17,713
Homeownership rate	70.0%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.3%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkshire County	Dukes County
Population	126,425 → 128,047 (+1.3%)	17,312 → 20,751 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$59,230 → $72,565 (+22.5%)	$71,811 → $102,348 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$216,100 → $283,800 (+31.3%)	$699,500 → $1,104,100 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $1,042 (+19.5%)	$1,459 → $1,371 (-6.0%)

Berkshire County

Population

126,425128,047

Median household income

$59,230$72,565

Median home value

$216,100$283,800

Median gross rent

$872$1,042

Dukes County

Population

17,31220,751

Median household income

$71,811$102,348

Median home value

$699,500$1,104,100

Median gross rent

$1,459$1,371

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkshire County	Dukes County
Under 5	4.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	13.3%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	18.0%
65 to 74	14.3%	15.7%
75 and over	10.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkshire County	Dukes County
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	81.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.1%
Asian	1.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	2.5%
Two or more races	4.1%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkshire County	Dukes County
No high school diploma	6.3%	4.8%
High school graduate	29.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	26.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.9%	22.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkshire County	Dukes County
Drove alone	71.8%	64.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.7%
Public transit	1.4%	1.6%
Walked	5.2%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.7%	18.4%
Other means	0.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkshire County	Dukes County
1-unit, detached	65.7%	88.4%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	17.3%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	2.4%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Berkshire County	Dukes County
Poverty rate	11.0%	5.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1955	1981