Barre, MA population, income and ZIP codes

Barre CDP is a very small community in Massachusetts, with 550 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #237 of 248 ranked by population — larger than 4% of them. The median age here is 52 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Barre CDP earn a median of $55,625 a year, 29.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 44% below the $99,537 median for the 222 Massachusetts cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 2.9% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Barre CDP is valued at $313,100, 3.2% above the national figure and 37% below the $497,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,906 a month, 35.6% above the national figure, or roughly $22,872 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 41.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is severely stretched — a median-income renter clears the cost-burden line by a wide margin before utilities beyond the gross-rent definition. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 60.8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

A median age of 52 puts Barre CDP well into retirement-weighted territory, which pulls median household income down even where household wealth is high, because retirement draws are counted differently from wages. With 550 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Barre CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.