Rockport vs Topsfield

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

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

Rockport has the higher population (4,795 vs 2,573 in Topsfield). Topsfield has the higher median household income ($169,468 vs $86,250 in Rockport). Topsfield has the higher median home value ($793,300 vs $694,300 in Rockport).

Population, income & housing

	Rockport	Topsfield
Population	4,795	2,573
Median age	61.5 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$86,250	$169,468
Median home value	$694,300	$793,300
Median gross rent	$1,848	$866
Housing units	3,170	942
Homeownership rate	68.8%	79.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.1%	65.3%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockport	Topsfield
Population	5,260 → 4,795 (-8.8%)	3,216 → 2,573 (-20.0%)
Median household income	$81,765 → $86,250 (+5.5%)	$135,444 → $169,468 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$563,900 → $694,300 (+23.1%)	$578,600 → $793,300 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,352 → $1,848 (+36.7%)	$850 → $866 (+1.9%)

Rockport

Population

5,2604,795

Median household income

$81,765$86,250

Median home value

$563,900$694,300

Median gross rent

$1,352$1,848

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)

	Rockport	Topsfield
Under 5	3.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	6.7%	15.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.5%
25 to 34	7.7%	9.2%
35 to 44	5.1%	14.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.0%
55 to 64	18.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	29.1%	12.0%
75 and over	13.9%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockport	Topsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	82.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockport	Topsfield
No high school diploma	3.6%	1.7%
High school graduate	11.8%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	29.9%	34.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockport	Topsfield
Drove alone	65.8%	76.6%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.1%
Public transit	2.6%	1.5%
Walked	4.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	12.0%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockport	Topsfield
1-unit, detached	69.0%	74.5%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	7.5%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rockport	Topsfield
Poverty rate	3.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1951	1962