Mansfield Center vs Smith Mills

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

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

Mansfield Center has the higher population (7,232 vs 4,467 in Smith Mills). Mansfield Center has the higher median household income ($101,546 vs $56,250 in Smith Mills). Mansfield Center has the higher median home value ($449,200 vs $384,600 in Smith Mills).

Population, income & housing

	Mansfield Center	Smith Mills
Population	7,232	4,467
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,546	$56,250
Median home value	$449,200	$384,600
Median gross rent	$1,601	$599
Housing units	3,406	1,974
Homeownership rate	61.4%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mansfield Center	Smith Mills
Population	7,905 → 7,232 (-8.5%)	4,678 → 4,467 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$92,642 → $101,546 (+9.6%)	$70,692 → $56,250 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$347,400 → $449,200 (+29.3%)	$305,700 → $384,600 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,257 → $1,601 (+27.4%)	$560 → $599 (+7.0%)

Mansfield Center

Population

7,9057,232

Median household income

$92,642$101,546

Median home value

$347,400$449,200

Median gross rent

$1,257$1,601

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)

	Mansfield Center	Smith Mills
Under 5	4.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.1%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.4%
25 to 34	17.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	16.7%
45 to 54	17.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.5%
75 and over	5.9%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mansfield Center	Smith Mills
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	85.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mansfield Center	Smith Mills
No high school diploma	3.4%	19.4%
High school graduate	27.8%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	16.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mansfield Center	Smith Mills
Drove alone	71.7%	89.7%
Carpooled	3.2%	1.3%
Public transit	3.7%	1.0%
Walked	4.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	7.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mansfield Center	Smith Mills
1-unit, detached	45.2%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	20.9%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	7.3%
20 or more units	12.5%	11.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mansfield Center	Smith Mills
Poverty rate	2.8%	9.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1958	1967