MA area data
Amherst, MA
Amherst, MA.
Population: 13,510 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 467.4 (+2.1% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Above Average)
- 105.8 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 30.5¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $25.10/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- hurricane, iceStorm, inlandFlooding, lightning, strongWind
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 50.2 in
- Annual snowfall
- 43.4 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 35
- Days with Good air quality
- 324
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 4
- Nearest national park
- New England National Scenic Trail (8 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Northampton Airport (3 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Westover Metropolitan Airport / Westover Air Reserve Base (CEF) (13 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 28
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.0 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 184
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (3.8 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,976
- Households with broadband internet
- 75.0%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 48,352
- Average weekly wage
- $1,082
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Education, Accommodation & Food
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 113
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