Ipswich vs Topsfield

A side-by-side comparison of Ipswich and Topsfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Ipswich and Topsfield are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ipswich has the higher population (4,806 vs 2,573 in Topsfield). Topsfield has the higher median household income ($169,468 vs $92,969 in Ipswich). Topsfield has the higher median home value ($793,300 vs $570,500 in Ipswich).

Population, income & housing

	Ipswich	Topsfield
Population	4,806	2,573
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$92,969	$169,468
Median home value	$570,500	$793,300
Median gross rent	$1,456	$866
Housing units	2,188	942
Homeownership rate	58.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.5%	65.3%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ipswich	Topsfield
Population	4,699 → 4,806 (+2.3%)	3,216 → 2,573 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$65,893 → $92,969 (+41.1%)	$135,444 → $169,468 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$418,100 → $570,500 (+36.5%)	$578,600 → $793,300 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,090 → $1,456 (+33.6%)	$850 → $866 (+1.9%)

Ipswich

Population

4,6994,806

Median household income

$65,893$92,969

Median home value

$418,100$570,500

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,456

Topsfield

Population

3,2162,573

Median household income

$135,444$169,468

Median home value

$578,600$793,300

Median gross rent

$850$866

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ipswich	Topsfield
Under 5	3.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	17.4%	14.9%
45 to 54	15.8%	9.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.4%	12.0%
75 and over	5.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ipswich	Topsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	87.6%	82.4%
Black or African American	2.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ipswich	Topsfield
No high school diploma	3.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	15.3%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ipswich	Topsfield
Drove alone	72.7%	76.6%
Carpooled	2.5%	7.1%
Public transit	2.3%	1.5%
Walked	6.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	12.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ipswich	Topsfield
1-unit, detached	41.9%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	29.2%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ipswich	Topsfield
Poverty rate	5.3%	5.4%
Average household size	2.23	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1938	1962