Deerfield vs Northfield

A side-by-side comparison of Deerfield and Northfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northfield has the higher population (908 vs 441 in Deerfield). Since 2019, Northfield's population has grown faster (-12.0% vs -29.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Deerfield	Northfield
Population	441	908
Median age	41.5 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$74,875
Median home value	—	$279,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,071
Housing units	162	570
Homeownership rate	44.4%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.6%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deerfield	Northfield
Population	621 → 441 (-29.0%)	1,032 → 908 (-12.0%)
Median household income	—	$82,000 → $74,875 (-8.7%)
Median home value	$231,000 → $246,600 (+6.8%)	$227,400 → $279,300 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$649 → $1,071 (+65.0%)

Deerfield

Population

621441

Median home value

$231,000$246,600

Northfield

Population

1,032908

Median household income

$82,000$74,875

Median home value

$227,400$279,300

Median gross rent

$649$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deerfield	Northfield
Under 5	0.5%	1.2%
5 to 17	10.7%	9.9%
18 to 24	15.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	5.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	23.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	18.4%	18.2%
55 to 64	22.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	5.4%	15.5%
75 and over	0.0%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deerfield	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	92.4%
Black or African American	5.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deerfield	Northfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	4.3%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	25.2%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	47.9%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deerfield	Northfield
Drove alone	29.1%	60.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	62.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	24.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deerfield	Northfield
1-unit, detached	49.4%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	8.2%
20 or more units	15.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deerfield	Northfield
Poverty rate	17.4%	13.3%
Average household size	2.06	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	8	25
Median year structure built	1964	1938