Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Erving
Erving holds 1,665 people across 13.8 square miles of hills, forest and river valley, which works out to about 121 residents per square mile. That is a town where a hundred votes decide an election and a single household is a measurable share of the tax base. Three quarters of its homes are owner-occupied, households average 2.4 people, and one resident in five is 65 or over. The figures below come 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): 1,665
- Households: 685
- Persons per household: 2.4
- Foreign-born: 2.7% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 20.0%
- Under 18: 18.1%
- Under 5: 5.1%
- Veterans: 6.2%
- Land area: 13.8 square miles
- Density: about 121 residents per square mile
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 94.8%
- Asian: 0.0%
- Black or African American: 1.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 1.5%
- Two or more races: 3.5%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 2.9%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $74,550
- Poverty rate: 6.0%
- Median home value: $241,500
- Median gross rent: $992
- Homeownership: 76.6% of units
- In the labor force: 70.1%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth; the counts below are the state’s enrollment snapshot from February 1, 2025. Erving has 1,298 registered voters, and the largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all. That matters at the ballot box in September, because an unenrolled voter in Massachusetts may take any one party’s primary ballot and then go back to being unenrolled.
- Total registered: 1,298
- Unenrolled (no party): 989 (76.19%)
- Democrats: 186 (14.33%)
- Republicans: 105 (8.09%)
- Political designations: 18 (1.39%)
- Where to register: the Town Clerk, (413) 422-2800 ext. 1106
Sources
See how Erving fits into the broader Commonwealth.