North Adams is a medium-sized city located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 12,483 people and four associated neighborhoods, North Adams is the 156th largest community in Massachusetts. North Adams has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

A relatively large number of people in North Adams telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.65% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One of the benefits of North Adams is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.08 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Being a small city, North Adams does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in North Adams who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 27.02% of adults in North Adams have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in North Adams in 2022 was $35,537, which is low income relative to Massachusetts, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $142,148 for a family of four. However, North Adams contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

North Adams is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call North Adams home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of North Adams residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in North Adams include Irish, Italian, French, English, and German.

The most common language spoken in North Adams is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.