Granby is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) comprising the main village in the town of Granby in

Hampshire County, Massachusetts Hampshire County is a historical and judicial county located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. As of the 2020 census, the population was 162,308. Its most populous municipality is Amherst (due to seasonal student population; the largest y ...

, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,368 at the 2010 census, out of a total town population of 6,240. It is part of the

Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield is the most populous city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, and its county seat. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ea ...

Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

The Granby CDP is located in the west-central part of the town of Granby at (42.258128, -72.52186). It includes the village of Granby plus rural land to the west, north and east.

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(State Street) forms much of the southern edge of the CDP, except around the village center, where the border extends to the south along Center Street and Taylor Street. Elsewhere, the CDP extends east to Greenmeadow Lane and Ingraham Brook; north to Batchelor Brook, Batchelor Street, and Easton Street; and west to Amherst Street and Cold Hill Road. US 202 leads east to Belchertown and southwest to

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. South Hadley is to the west, via West Street, and downtown Springfield is to the south. According to the

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, the Granby CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.11%, are water. The village is drained to the north by Batchelor Brook, a westward-flowing tributary of the

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, and to the south by tributaries of Stony Brook, which also flows west to the Connecticut.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,344 people, 530 households, and 357 families residing in the CDP. The

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was . There were 541 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.43%

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, 0.67%

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, 0.15% Native American, 0.45% Asian, 0.07%

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, 1.04% from other races, and 1.19% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 2.31% of the population. There were 530 households, out of which 27.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.8% were

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living together, 7.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.6% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.12. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 21.7% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 27.8% from 25 to 44, 26.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.2 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $51,250, and the median income for a family was $59,960. Males had a median income of $40,611 versus $31,964 for females. The

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for the CDP was $21,631. None of the families and 1.5% of the population were living below the

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, including no under eighteens and 3.0% of those over 64.

References

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