id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-4433 Amherst, Massachusetts - Wikipedia .html text/html 6008 794 67 Amherst (/ˈæmərst/ (listen))[4] is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley. According to the United States Census Bureau, Amherst has a total area of 27.7 square miles (71.8 km2), of which 27.6 square miles (71.5 km2) are land and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2), or 0.48%, are water.[5] The town is bordered by Hadley to the west, Sunderland and Leverett to the north, Shutesbury, Pelham, and Belchertown to the east, and Granby and South Hadley to the south. The reason for the large population living below the poverty line is the large number of students that live in Amherst.[citation needed] According to the 2010 5-year American Community Survey estimates, occupied housing units had a median household income of $50,063, which includes both renter and owner-occupied units. "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Census Summary File 1 (G001): Amherst town, Hampshire County, Massachusetts". ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-4433.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-4433.txt