South Amherst is a

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(CDP) in the town of Amherst in Hampshire County,

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, United States. The population was 4,994 at the 2010 census. The CDP includes the village of South Amherst and residential subdivisions south of the Amherst town center. South Amherst is part of the

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Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

South Amherst is located in the southwest part of the town of Amherst at (42.339586, -72.522426). It is bordered to the north by Amherst Center and to the west by the Hadley town line. The CDP extends south to Bay Road. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.58%, are water. The original village of South Amherst is near the eastern edge of the CDP, at the junction of Shays Street, South East Street, and Station Road. The village has a

town common Common land is collective land (sometimes only open to those whose nation governs the land) in which all persons have certain common rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect Wood fuel, wood, or to cut turf for fuel. ...

area between South East and Middle streets, known as the South Amherst Common or Fiddlers Green,Scott Merzbac
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''Hampshire Gazette'', June 30, 2017. which, together with several of the surrounding houses, constitutes the South Amherst Common Historic District.

Demographics

At the 2000

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, there were 5,039 people, 1,500 households and 870 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 458.9/km (1,187.2/mi). There were 1,530 housing units at an average density of 139.3/km (360.5/mi). The racial makeup of the CDP was 71.66%

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, 7.01%

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, 0.22% Native American, 10.82% Asian, 0.12%

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, 5.40% from other races, and 4.78% from two or more races.

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or Latino were 9.82% of the population. There were 1,500 households, of which 34.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.5% were

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living together, 17.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.0% were non-families. 18.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.12. 19.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 37.4% from 18 to 24, 21.6% from 25 to 44, 15.4% from 45 to 64, and 5.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 23 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.1 males. The

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was $44,628 and the median family income was $58,438. Males had a median income of $43,793 compared with $35,288 for females. The

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for the CDP was $17,191. About 8.3% of families and 17.4% of the population were below the

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, including 3.1% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

References

External links

Amherst Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
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