What is the population of Northampton city?

Northampton city has 28,640 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #53 of 248 in Massachusetts.

What is the median household income in Northampton city?

Median household income in Northampton city is $78,467 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Northampton city?

Median gross rent is $1,404 a month and the median home value is $398,000, so rent absorbs about 21.5% of median household income.

Is Northampton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Northampton city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Northampton, MA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Northampton, Massachusetts (Northampton, MA — Census place “Northampton city”) is 28,640 residents, ranking #53 of 248 places in Massachusetts. Median household income is $78,467, the median home is worth $398,000 and median gross rent runs $1,404 a month. Looking for the Northampton Massachusetts ZIP code list? 4 ZIP codes serve Northampton, MA: 01053, 01060, 01062, 01063.

Population: 28,640Northampton city residents
Median household income: $78,467Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $398,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,404Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 57.7%Owner-occupied households

Northampton ZIP codes (Massachusetts)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Northampton.

The Northampton MA ZIP code list below covers 4 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Northampton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Northampton city median would spend about 21.5% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 12.5% of residents and 57.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Northampton city, MA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Northampton city is a small city in Massachusetts, with 28,640 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #53 of 248 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 41.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Northampton city earn a median of $78,467 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538 and 21% below the $99,537 median for the 222 Massachusetts cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 12.5% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Northampton city is valued at $398,000, 31.2% above the national figure and 20% below the $497,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,404 a month, essentially level with the national figure, or roughly $16,848 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 57.7% 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.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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.

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What is the population of Northampton city?: Northampton city has 28,640 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #53 of 248 in Massachusetts.
What is the median household income in Northampton city?: Median household income in Northampton city is $78,467 a year, essentially level with the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Northampton city?: Median gross rent is $1,404 a month and the median home value is $398,000, so rent absorbs about 21.5% of median household income.
Is Northampton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Northampton city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Northampton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.