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Northfield town, Franklin County, MA

2,871 Population
34.3 square miles 83.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±3.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 47.1 ±0.3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$47,383 ±$6,357 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $40,282 ±$1,258
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Massachusetts: $53,513 ±$287
$94,775 ±$8,376 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Franklin County: $70,383 ±$2,141
  • about the same as the amount in Massachusetts: $96,505 ±$551

7.2% ±4.1% (204  ±118) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Franklin County: 12% 8,360 (±1.2% / ±834)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Massachusetts: 9.9% 672,361 (±0.2% / ±11,769)

25.2 minutes ±5.8 (33,440  ±5,263) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 24 732,315 (±0.2 / ±22,180)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Massachusetts: 29.4 90,231,104 (±0.1 / ±461,562)

Families

1,225 ±98 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 31,234 ±361
  • Massachusetts: 2,740,995 ±5,239
2.3 ±0.2 (2,844  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.2 69,441 (±0 / ±34)
  • a little less than the figure in Massachusetts: 2.5 6,755,387

1.2% ±2% (8  ±13) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Franklin County: 5.1% † 723 (±1.3% / ±191)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 4.4% 73,661 (±0.2% / ±2,434)

Housing

1,348 ±109 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 34,395 ±96
  • Massachusetts: 2,999,314 ±412

$314,000 ±$34,925 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Franklin County: $284,100 ±$5,754
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $483,900 ±$1,329

3.1% ±2.1% (88  ±60.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Franklin County: 8.9% † 6,258 (±0.9% / ±,652.7)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 12.2% 844,491 (±0.2% / ±12,252.6)

Social

91.2% ±10.2% (1,969  ±,245.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Franklin County: 93.7% 50,679 (±2.3% / ±1,253.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.2% 4,488,514 (±0.3% / ±16,301.1)
45.1% ±6.6% (973  ±153) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 39.8% 21,530 (±1.4% / ±,777.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 45.9% 2,258,811 (±0.2% / ±10,925.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.5% ±3.8% (130  ±110) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 5% 3,542
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Massachusetts: 17.6% 1,227,846

6.7% ±2.6% (160  ±62) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 7.5% 4,433 (±0.7% / ±421)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Massachusetts: 4.8% 266,304 (±0.1% / ±4,154)
160 Total veterans ±62 160 Male ±62 N/A Female ±14

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