Millers Falls vs Northfield

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

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

Millers Falls has the higher population (1,081 vs 908 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median household income ($74,875 vs $63,646 in Millers Falls). Northfield has the higher median home value ($279,300 vs $222,600 in Millers Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Millers Falls	Northfield
Population	1,081	908
Median age	43.6 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,646	$74,875
Median home value	$222,600	$279,300
Median gross rent	$1,291	$1,071
Housing units	519	570
Homeownership rate	71.3%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	44.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millers Falls	Northfield
Population	1,284 → 1,081 (-15.8%)	1,032 → 908 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $63,646 (+9.9%)	$82,000 → $74,875 (-8.7%)
Median home value	$180,800 → $222,600 (+23.1%)	$227,400 → $279,300 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $1,291 (+63.4%)	$649 → $1,071 (+65.0%)

Millers Falls

Population

1,2841,081

Median household income

$57,917$63,646

Median home value

$180,800$222,600

Median gross rent

$790$1,291

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)

	Millers Falls	Northfield
Under 5	5.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	16.2%	9.9%
18 to 24	2.7%	2.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	14.5%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	18.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	12.2%	15.5%
75 and over	7.8%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millers Falls	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millers Falls	Northfield
No high school diploma	3.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	35.8%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millers Falls	Northfield
Drove alone	82.7%	60.4%
Carpooled	2.6%	12.8%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	24.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millers Falls	Northfield
1-unit, detached	61.1%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.5%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Millers Falls	Northfield
Poverty rate	14.6%	13.3%
Average household size	2.12	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1938	1938