Data Links for Northampton, the Pioneer Valley, and Massachusetts
Mayor's Office of Economic Development
Business, real estate, and economic data
Northampton Office of Planning & Development
Demographics, geographic data, maps, housing, and land use data.
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission
Regional demographics, data, maps for Hampshire and Hampden Counties of Western Massachusetts.
Franklin Regional Council of Governments
Demographics and geographic information for Franklin County. State Data Center affiliate.
Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce
Local business directory
Massachusetts Division of Career Services & Unemployment Assistance
Economic data for Massachusetts and municipalities - Employment statistics, labor market data, wage estimates, occupational projections.
Massachusetts Workforce Board Association
Employment data by labor market area.
Massachusetts Department of Revenue
Municipal data bank and personal and business tax information
MassGIS
Geographic information and maps for Massachusetts
Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research (MISER)
Lead Agency in the State Data Center (SDC) program. MISER is the liaison between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the U.S. Bureau of the Census. MISER is also the lead agency for the Business-Industry Data Center (BIDC), designed to provide information and technical assistance to businesses in the region. MISER Census data includes: Decennial Censuses, Economic censuses, County Business Patterns, Census of Governments.
University of Massachusetts DuBois Library
The University of Massachusetts Library offers a broad range of economic, business and marketing data, and research capability including: company and industry directories and reports, market researach databases, business journals, census information. Some of the data is accessible on-line.
Contact the Business Librarian at 413-545-0150
United States Census Bureau
United States and Massachusetts Census Data
America’s Career InfoNet
Occupation, industry, and labor market information. Customized wage and employment trend reports and profiles by location or by job category.
Western Massachusetts Economic Review
Published annually by Western Massachusetts Electric Company.
Massachusetts Family Economic Self Sufficiency Project
The Self-Sufficiency Standard measures the cost of living, working, raising a family, and paying taxes. The data provides a look at how much it costs to live in the cities and towns in Massachusetts including household expenses for housing, transportation, child care, health care, food, taxes and other needs. The research examines expenses according to household size, age of children and geographic location.