Nahant vs Topsfield

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

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

Nahant has the higher population (3,328 vs 2,573 in Topsfield). Topsfield has the higher median household income ($169,468 vs $111,004 in Nahant). Topsfield has the higher median home value ($793,300 vs $686,000 in Nahant).

Population, income & housing

	Nahant	Topsfield
Population	3,328	2,573
Median age	58.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$111,004	$169,468
Median home value	$686,000	$793,300
Median gross rent	$1,790	$866
Housing units	1,810	942
Homeownership rate	84.2%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.7%	65.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nahant	Topsfield
Population	3,502 → 3,328 (-5.0%)	3,216 → 2,573 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$97,778 → $111,004 (+13.5%)	$135,444 → $169,468 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$625,400 → $686,000 (+9.7%)	$578,600 → $793,300 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,473 → $1,790 (+21.5%)	$850 → $866 (+1.9%)

Nahant

Population

3,5023,328

Median household income

$97,778$111,004

Median home value

$625,400$686,000

Median gross rent

$1,473$1,790

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)

	Nahant	Topsfield
Under 5	5.1%	7.7%
5 to 17	6.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	6.3%	9.2%
35 to 44	8.6%	14.9%
45 to 54	12.4%	9.0%
55 to 64	22.0%	15.8%
65 to 74	21.8%	12.0%
75 and over	10.5%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nahant	Topsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.0%	82.4%
Black or African American	1.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nahant	Topsfield
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	20.7%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	31.0%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nahant	Topsfield
Drove alone	69.3%	76.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.1%
Public transit	3.4%	1.5%
Walked	5.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	12.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nahant	Topsfield
1-unit, detached	76.2%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	8.1%	7.5%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nahant	Topsfield
Poverty rate	6.8%	5.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1938	1962