Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Chesterfield
Chesterfield spreads across about 31 square miles of hills west of Northampton, and it is an older and more settled town than most: about one resident in four is 65 or over, and fewer than one in five is under 18. Almost nine in ten of its homes are owner-occupied, households average 2.4 people, and the median household income is just over one hundred thousand dollars. Figures below are from the U.S. Census Bureau and the Secretary of the Commonwealth. Follow the source links for the latest.
Key Figures
Sources: US Census Bureau (data.census.gov).
Population & Households
- Population (2020 Census): 1,186
- Households: 398
- Persons per household: 2.4
- Foreign-born: 0.3% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 24.5%
- Under 18: 19.4%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 95.6%
- Asian: 0.0%
- Black or African American: 1.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 1.6%
- Two or more races: 2.4%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 3.4%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $102,031
- Poverty rate: 6.7%
- Median home value: $382,400
- Median gross rent: $1,042
- Homeownership: 87.7% of units
- In the labor force: 73.3%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s most recent enrollment snapshot. As in most of the state, Chesterfield’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 1,026
- Unenrolled (no party): 673 (65.59%)
- Democrats: 251 (24.46%)
- Republicans: 94 (9.16%)
Sources
See how Chesterfield fits into the broader Commonwealth.