Greenfield vs Turners Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Greenfield and Turners Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenfield and Turners Falls 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 3,949 in Turners Falls). Turners Falls has the higher median household income ($56,729 vs $53,961 in Greenfield). Greenfield has the higher median home value ($252,000 vs $235,500 in Turners Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Turners Falls
Population	17,662	3,949
Median age	44.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,961	$56,729
Median home value	$252,000	$235,500
Median gross rent	$1,097	$1,133
Housing units	8,670	2,102
Homeownership rate	54.6%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Turners Falls
Population	17,353 → 17,662 (+1.8%)	4,010 → 3,949 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $53,961 (+16.7%)	$38,899 → $56,729 (+45.8%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $252,000 (+28.2%)	$205,600 → $235,500 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$882 → $1,097 (+24.4%)	$879 → $1,133 (+28.9%)

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

Turners Falls

Population

4,0103,949

Median household income

$38,899$56,729

Median home value

$205,600$235,500

Median gross rent

$879$1,133

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	Turners Falls
Under 5	5.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.2%	12.3%
18 to 24	7.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	13.3%
65 to 74	14.8%	13.0%
75 and over	9.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Turners Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	87.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Turners Falls
No high school diploma	8.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	27.0%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Turners Falls
Drove alone	70.0%	68.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	22.4%
Public transit	0.6%	1.0%
Walked	7.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.7%	5.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Turners Falls
1-unit, detached	48.9%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	6.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	28.1%	31.1%
5 to 19 units	9.8%	16.3%
20 or more units	6.7%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Turners Falls
Poverty rate	15.6%	10.5%
Average household size	2.07	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1947	1948