Greenfield vs South Deerfield

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

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

Greenfield has the higher population (17,662 vs 1,822 in South Deerfield). South Deerfield has the higher median household income ($97,250 vs $53,961 in Greenfield). South Deerfield has the higher median home value ($419,100 vs $252,000 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	South Deerfield
Population	17,662	1,822
Median age	44.1 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$53,961	$97,250
Median home value	$252,000	$419,100
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,333
Housing units	8,670	1,006
Homeownership rate	54.6%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	South Deerfield
Population	17,353 → 17,662 (+1.8%)	2,041 → 1,822 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $53,961 (+16.7%)	$78,462 → $97,250 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $252,000 (+28.2%)	$327,700 → $419,100 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,097 (+24.4%)	$996 → $1,333 (+33.8%)

Greenfield

Population

17,35317,662

Median household income

$46,250$53,961

Median home value

$196,600$252,000

Median gross rent

$882$1,097

South Deerfield

Population

2,0411,822

Median household income

$78,462$97,250

Median home value

$327,700$419,100

Median gross rent

$996$1,333

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	South Deerfield
Under 5	5.0%	1.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	2.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	12.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	29.7%
65 to 74	14.8%	10.8%
75 and over	9.0%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	South Deerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	89.1%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	South Deerfield
No high school diploma	8.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	27.0%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	South Deerfield
Drove alone	70.0%	66.3%
Carpooled	7.8%	12.2%
Public transit	0.6%	4.2%
Walked	7.1%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	15.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	South Deerfield
1-unit, detached	48.9%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	28.1%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	12.2%
20 or more units	6.7%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	South Deerfield
Poverty rate	15.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.07	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	18	13
Median year structure built	1947	1961