Southfield, Massachusetts.
. Pittsfield, MA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,861 (+118%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Massachusetts$3,439
- United States$1,922
Living in Southfield, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
The Census does not count Southfield on its own, so the figures here are Berkshire County's. Half the county's households earn more than $76,013 a year and half less; 11% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 70% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 30% are rented. Unemployment in Berkshire County was 4.1% in August 2026, and the county had 0.2% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Berkshire County work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Southfield is a small town in Berkshire County, in the hilly western part of Massachusetts. Winters are cold and snowy, with colder winters than most of the country, and summers are mild and warm enough for outdoor life. Across Berkshire County, most homes are lived in by their owners, and many residents are middle-aged or older.
Work. Across Berkshire County, unemployment has edged up a little over the past year, and there are slightly fewer jobs than before. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in shops, in professional and business services, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across the county, a large share of adults hold a degree, and many people work from home.
Things to do. Campbell Falls State Park Reserve is a protected area in or beside town, so it is one of the easiest outings for residents. Bartholomew's Cobble, another protected area, is a short drive away. The Norman Rockwell Museum is a longer drive away and is one of the best known museums in the area.
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- 57,585households
- 47.3median age
- 40%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What people in Berkshire County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Berkshire County had 57,806 jobs in 2025, 0.2% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 14°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 60°. About 75 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Norfolk Southwest weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Berkshire County
- Berkshire Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,275FTE
- Williams CollegeUniversity or college1,351
- Pittsfield SchoolsSchool district944FTE
- Berkshire County ArcGroup homes, intellectual and developmental disability792
- General Dynamics Mission SystemsSearch, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical systems and instrument manufacturing530
- Butternut BasinAlpine skiing facilities without accommodations425
- THE Brien Center for Mental Health and Substance Abuse ServicesMental health centers and clinics, outpatient417
- General Dynamics Mission SystemsSearch, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical systems and instrument manufacturing405
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 99 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 11,288 people in all. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
- HurricanesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Berkshire County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Berkshire County and the Pittsfield, MA metro.
Southfield home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Southfield11
Zip codes with a Southfield address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Southfield — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.