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Pittsfield, MA population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Pittsfield, Massachusetts (Pittsfield, MA — Census place “Pittsfield city”) is 43,559 residents, ranking #32 of 248 places in Massachusetts. Median household income is $68,386, the median home is worth $233,700 and median gross rent runs $1,094 a month. Looking for the Pittsfield Massachusetts ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Pittsfield, MA: 01201.
- Population
- 43,559Pittsfield city residents
- Median household income
- $68,386Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $233,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,094Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 43.2 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 61.7%Owner-occupied households
Pittsfield ZIP codes (Massachusetts)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Pittsfield.
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What the numbers mean in Pittsfield city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Pittsfield city median would spend about 19.2% 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 3.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.6% of residents and 61.7% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Pittsfield city, MA in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Pittsfield city is a small city in Massachusetts, with 43,559 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #32 of 248 ranked by population — larger than 87% of them. The median age here is 43.2 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 Pittsfield city earn a median of $68,386 a year, 12.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 31% 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 13.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Pittsfield city is valued at $233,700, 23% below the national figure and 53% below the $497,400 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,094 a month, 22.2% below the national figure, or roughly $13,128 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 61.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Massachusetts.
- Beverly city 42,408
- Leominster city 43,697
- Fitchburg city 41,633
- Salem city 44,241
- Marlborough city 41,398
- Arlington CDP 46,015
- Woburn city 41,205
- Attleboro city 46,499
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Pittsfield city?
- Pittsfield city has 43,559 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #32 of 248 in Massachusetts.
- What is the median household income in Pittsfield city?
- Median household income in Pittsfield city is $68,386 a year, 12.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Pittsfield city?
- Median gross rent is $1,094 a month and the median home value is $233,700, so rent absorbs about 19.2% of median household income.
- Is Pittsfield city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Pittsfield city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Pittsfield 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.