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Northfield, MA

1,070 Population
4.5 square miles 240.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±5.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: 47.2 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 40 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$41,670 ±$8,960 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: $42,563 ±$1,191
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Massachusetts: $57,897 ±$291
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,333 ±$35,103 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: $74,907 ±$3,304
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Massachusetts: $103,960 ±$527
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.1% ±6.4% (108  ±72) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: 12.1% † 8,472 (±1.3% / ±881)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 10% 684,548 (±0.2% / ±9,915)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31.1 minutes ±6.6 (17,765  ±7,824) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: 23.8 713,475 (±0.7 / ±27,707)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Massachusetts: 29.1 85,790,930 (±0.1 / ±442,067)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

558 ±141 Number of households
  • the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: 31,570 ±357
  • Massachusetts: 2,785,042 ±5,182
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.9 ±0.6 (1,053  ±229) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: 2.2 69,330 (±0 / ±37)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Massachusetts: 2.4 6,798,980
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

626 ±143 Number of housing units
  • the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: 34,528 ±118
  • Massachusetts: 3,030,406 ±453
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$300,500 ±$63,479 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: $329,000 ±$5,825
  • about half the amount in Massachusetts: $562,100 ±$2,169
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±8.4% (104  ±92.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: 8.4% † 5,886 (±0.9% / ±648)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 11.7% 814,835 (±0.2% / ±10,826.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±29.3% (816  ±173.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: 94.5% 51,386 (±2.2% / ±1,180.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Massachusetts: 91.4% 4,556,673 (±0.4% / ±17,302.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
43.5% ±7.4% (380  ±109.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: 40.6% 22,083 (±1.5% / ±790.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Massachusetts: 47.3% 2,357,947 (±0.2% / ±11,582.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2.3% ±3.4% (25  ±37) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: 5% 3,541
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Massachusetts: 18.1% 1,271,206
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.4% ±3.3% (41  ±32) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Greenfield, MA Micro Area: 6.1% † 3,575 (±0.7% / ±393)
  • a little higher than the rate in Massachusetts: 4.3% 243,596 (±0.1% / ±3,368)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
41 Total veterans ±32 41 Male ±32 N/A Female ±14

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