Community & Data
Demographics
A Portrait of Hatfield
Hatfield is a small town, about 3,352 people across roughly 16 square miles of Connecticut River valley farmland, and an older one than most: about one resident in four is 65 or over, and only about one in six is under 18. Three quarters of its homes are owner-occupied, households average 2.3 people, and about one resident in fifteen was born outside the United States. 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): 3,352
- Households: 1,458
- Persons per household: 2.3
- Foreign-born: 6.5% of residents
- Age 65 and over: 23.1%
- Under 18: 15.9%
Race & Ethnicity
- White: 90.3%
- Asian: 1.4%
- Black or African American: 0.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race): 5.1%
- Two or more races: 4.6%
- Speak a language other than English at home: 8.3%
Economy & Housing
- Median household income: $100,381
- Poverty rate: 7.9%
- Median home value: $440,000
- Median gross rent: $1,212
- Homeownership: 74.8% of units
- In the labor force: 70.4%
Registered Voters
Massachusetts publishes voter-registration counts by town through the Secretary of the Commonwealth. As in most of the state, Hatfield’s largest bloc by far is voters who choose no party at all.
- Total registered: 2,725
- Unenrolled (no party): 1,745 (64.04%)
- Democrats: 750 (27.52%)
- Republicans: 209 (7.67%)
Sources
See how Hatfield fits into the broader Commonwealth.