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Place dossier plate
SheetMA-HANSCOM-AFB-MA · Hanscom AFB, MA 1,745 pop · income 78th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Hanscom AFB
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hanscom AFB on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Glenwood · lowest
33,889
Glenwood · lowest
33,889 median HH income
21.7% of the leader · rank #1
Dyer · near
101,183
Dyer · near
101,183 median HH income
64.8% of the leader · rank #2
Belle Rose · near
101,184
Belle Rose · near
101,184 median HH income
64.8% of the leader · rank #3
Mount Vista · near
101,189
Mount Vista · near
101,189 median HH income
64.8% of the leader · rank #4
Hanscom AFB · this city
101,194
Hanscom AFB · this city
101,194 median HH income
64.8% of the leader · rank #5
Caldwell · near
101,196
Caldwell · near
101,196 median HH income
64.8% of the leader · rank #6
Essex · highest
156,094
Essex · highest
156,094 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Hanscom AFB on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,745.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Hanscom AFB lands in the 78th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
78th
percentile, household income
98th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Hanscom AFB, MA
1,745 people live in Hanscom AFB, Massachusetts - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Hanscom AFB report a median income of $101,194 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 27.9 years. About 39.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 26.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Massachusetts carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Massachusetts scores 105.8 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,261 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Massachusetts's average monthly utility costs around $330 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 78.8 out of 100 (High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Hanscom AFB's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Hanscom AFB, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Hanscom AFB?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 81.0%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Hanscom AFB?
Within Massachusetts, the closest population matches are Shelburne Falls (1,755 residents, $52,604 income); Teaticket (1,728 residents, $85,669 income); Bourne (1,765 residents, $125,366 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Union Point, GA (1,745 residents); Mapleton, MN (1,745 residents); Mantachie, MS (1,745 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B+
$101,194
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B+
39.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
105.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Hanscom AFB profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 77/100 (B+) · $101,194
Bachelor's+ share: 75/100 (B+) · 39.8%
Cost of living: 18/100 (F) · 105.8 index
How does Hanscom AFB compare to other US cities?
Where Hanscom AFB sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income78% higher than other cities
Median rent98% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Hanscom AFB against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Massachusetts only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Massachusetts-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Hanscom AFB near the bottom of Massachusetts's cities
Among the 247 Massachusetts cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hanscom AFB ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hanscom AFB only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#108 of 233
54th percentile in Massachusetts
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 247
0th percentile in Massachusetts
Poverty Rate
#208 of 247
0th percentile in Massachusetts
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#153 of 247
38th percentile in Massachusetts
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Massachusetts only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
78th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$101,194Hanscom AFB, MA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Hanscom AFB, MA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Hanscom AFB, MA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)39.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)26.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,745
Median Income
$101,194
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
27.9
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
26.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
39.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
81.0%
Carpool
0.9%
Public Transit
2.2%
Walk
1.3%
Work from Home
13.9%
Other
0.7%
Based on 783 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Massachusetts statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $330
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Massachusetts at $330 (electricity about $160 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are Massachusetts statewide averages, not a meter reading for Hanscom AFB. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Massachusetts's BEA cost-of-living index is 105.8 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Hanscom AFB is $2,261/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Massachusetts statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 78.8 / 100 (High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Massachusetts statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Hanscom AFB sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Hanscom AFB compares to similar-size Massachusetts cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.