City safety & data profile
PittsfieldMA
Pittsfield, MA is a 43K-resident city in Berkshire County with a median household income of $70,582.
Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Pittsfield, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Pittsfield has a population larger than 76% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $256,900, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 43K
- Population (place)
- Top 24%
- By size
- $70,582
- Median income (place)
- $256,900
- Median home (place)
- 14.9%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Pittsfield
Pittsfield posts a median household income higher than 38% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Pittsfield area.
- Bottom 39%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Pittsfield
Composite score · Pittsfield, MA
42/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Curious how Pittsfield stacks up nationwide? See the full tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Pittsfield income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$70,582 Bottom 38% higher than 38% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
MA cities ranked by population
Population among 78 MA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Boston
Boston, MA
653,833 residents
- Worcester 206,518
Worcester, MA
206,518 residents
- Springfield 154,341
Springfield, MA
154,341 residents
- Lowell 110,699
Lowell, MA
110,699 residents
- Cambridge 110,402
Cambridge, MA
110,402 residents
- New Bedford 101,079
New Bedford, MA
101,079 residents
- Brockton 95,314
Brockton, MA
95,314 residents
- Fall River 94,000
Fall River, MA
94,000 residents
- Quincy 93,618
Quincy, MA
93,618 residents
- Lynn 92,457
Lynn, MA
92,457 residents
What this shows Boston is the largest MA city on this list; Wellesley leads median income.
MA cities ranked by median household income
Median household income among the same 78-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Wellesley
Wellesley, MA
$250,001 median
- Lexington
Lexington, MA
$238,444 median
- Winchester
Winchester, MA
$230,198 median
- Needham
Needham, MA
$214,308 median
- Newton
Newton, MA
$190,304 median
- Milton
Milton, MA
$188,529 median
- Belmont
Belmont, MA
$183,137 median
- Marblehead
Marblehead, MA
$182,132 median
- Lynnfield
Lynnfield, MA
$175,265 median
- Wilmington
Wilmington, MA
$168,152 median
What this shows Wellesley leads this pool on median income; Boston is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Pittsfield, MA beyond the headline numbers
Pittsfield sits inside Berkshire County, Massachusetts, at roughly 42.45°N, -73.25°W. Population 43,303, $70,582 median household income. Median home value $256,900, median rent $1,134. Poverty rate 14.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Pittsfield, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 46.1°F annual average, 44.3" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 12.5% in Pittsfield, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.
7% unemployment puts Pittsfield in the toughest quarter of reporting cities for job availability.
At 42.4 years, Pittsfield's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.
Poverty in Pittsfield, MA stands at 14.9%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Median rent in Pittsfield, MA runs $1,134/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.
Remote work covers 10.2% of Pittsfield workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
The median home in Pittsfield costs roughly 3.6 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
34.2% of Pittsfield adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Pittsfield from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Berkshire County): Pittsfield's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economic Snapshot
Pittsfield's median rent of $1,134/mo runs 26% below the tracked-city average, the most notable of the economic figures Areazine tracks here. Median household income runs 21% below average too, at $70,582.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 14.9% +20% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 7% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 34.2% |
| Work From Home | 10.2% |
| Public Transit | 1.9% |
By the Numbers
Health Snapshot 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Nearby Healthcare 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsCost of Living
BEA 20244.9% below national average
Metro area: Pittsfield, MA (MSA)
Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.
Flood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $85K across 17 flood insurance claims filed in Berkshire County.
The largest single contributor was Hurricane Ida, accounting for 3 claims.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Pittsfield?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Pittsfield right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet MA-PITTSFIELD · Pittsfield
Pittsfield: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Pittsfield; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Massachusetts state hubs · Methodology
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Similar poverty or income, nationwide 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Pittsfield, both outside Massachusetts so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MA (14.9% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MA ($70,582 here).
Compare Pittsfield with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Places 8
What to do with Pittsfield's numbers
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Pittsfield area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
- Compare Pittsfield against Massachusetts peers on any ranking lens. Explore Massachusetts
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Berkshire County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.