Bliss Corner vs Smith Mills

A side-by-side comparison of Bliss Corner and Smith Mills: population, income, housing, and more.

Bliss Corner and Smith Mills are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bliss Corner has the higher population (5,666 vs 4,467 in Smith Mills). Bliss Corner has the higher median household income ($73,919 vs $56,250 in Smith Mills). Bliss Corner has the higher median home value ($430,700 vs $384,600 in Smith Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Bliss Corner	Smith Mills
Population	5,666	4,467
Median age	45.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$73,919	$56,250
Median home value	$430,700	$384,600
Median gross rent	$1,186	$599
Housing units	2,393	1,974
Homeownership rate	65.6%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bliss Corner	Smith Mills
Population	5,150 → 5,666 (+10.0%)	4,678 → 4,467 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$63,958 → $73,919 (+15.6%)	$70,692 → $56,250 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$320,100 → $430,700 (+34.6%)	$305,700 → $384,600 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$829 → $1,186 (+43.1%)	$560 → $599 (+7.0%)

Bliss Corner

Population

5,1505,666

Median household income

$63,958$73,919

Median home value

$320,100$430,700

Median gross rent

$829$1,186

Smith Mills

Population

4,6784,467

Median household income

$70,692$56,250

Median home value

$305,700$384,600

Median gross rent

$560$599

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bliss Corner	Smith Mills
Under 5	1.8%	3.9%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.4%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.3%
65 to 74	12.9%	8.5%
75 and over	8.9%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bliss Corner	Smith Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	3.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bliss Corner	Smith Mills
No high school diploma	14.6%	19.4%
High school graduate	36.0%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bliss Corner	Smith Mills
Drove alone	82.7%	89.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	1.3%
Public transit	0.1%	1.0%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.0%	7.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bliss Corner	Smith Mills
1-unit, detached	56.7%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	27.2%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	8.7%	7.3%
20 or more units	1.5%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bliss Corner	Smith Mills
Poverty rate	7.9%	9.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1959	1967