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Egremont’s best subject grades are an A− for health and safety and an A+ for history; its weakest is a C for schools. Egremont’s average trip to work is 44 minutes, against 30 minutes in Massachusetts’ towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. No town among the 278 in Massachusetts we compare has a lower rate of thefts and burglaries than Egremont. 33% of the land in Egremont is conserved, against 19% in Massachusetts’ towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include South Egremont Village Historic District and North Egremont Historic District. Egremont has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Egremont beats most towns.
Census counts: 759 in 1790, a low of 441 in 1920, 1,372 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1831 and 7 maps from 1885 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Massachusetts), ordered by how far Egremont is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Egremont. Close and well known come first.
10 mi MuseumNorman Rockwell Museum
36 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
14 mi TheatreTanglewood
35 mi MountainMount Greylock
20 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
36 mi National Historic SiteVanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site295K visitors a yearNorman Rockwell Museum: User:Rmrfstar, CC BY 2.5 · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · Olana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site: Daderot, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Egremont, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Egremont.
For adults in Egremont, the share who report frequent mental distress is 15%. The town does better than the Massachusetts average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 6.
| Egremont | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 82% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Egremont | MA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.6% | 11.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.8% | 12.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its one school is below. The Southern Berkshire school district runs its public schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| South EgremontLargest public school before high schoolGrades PK | Grades PK | 11 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MA on state tests and graduation
Egremont’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile. 17 miles of trail in 12 parks and preserves. Appalachian Trail Corridor, at 303 acres with 2.8 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jug End State Reservation & Wildlife Management Area | 6.4 mi | 1,483 |
| 2. French Park | 2.9 mi | 134 |
| 3. Appalachian Trail Corridor | 2.8 mi | 303 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
For Egremont, the violent offense rate is 1.5 per 1,000 residents.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Among 284 Massachusetts towns, just 9 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Egremont. Jobs in Egremont grew by 143 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 279. Half the trips to work are shorter than 22 miles. The top destinations are Great Barrington (16%), Sheffield (7%) and Pittsfield (5%).
| Egremont | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $101,000 | $120,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8% | 6% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Values rose 2% in the 12 months to September 2026. For Egremont, the median rent is $1,349 a month. Among households locally, 82% own their home.
| Egremont | Massachusetts towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 82% | 79% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,349 a month | $1,683 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expect July afternoons of 82° and January nights of 15°, with about 50 inches of snow a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Federal aid has come to Egremont households in 9 declared disasters; the latest was in 2013. Compared with 54% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in the town is lower. FEMA puts 74% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 10% to hurricanes. The town has had 6 paid flood insurance claims since 1982.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Egremont
About 4 of every 100 Egremont residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Massachusetts.
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
3 places in Egremont on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town in Massachusetts, United States
Egremont is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,372 at the 2020 census. Egremont consists of two villages, North Egremont and South Egremont, and their outlying areas, which are mostly lightly settled forests and farmland.
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Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
That is 10.8 years of the area's median household income ($76,013 across the Pittsfield, MA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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