Millers Falls vs South Deerfield

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

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

South Deerfield has the higher population (1,822 vs 1,081 in Millers Falls). South Deerfield has the higher median household income ($97,250 vs $63,646 in Millers Falls). South Deerfield has the higher median home value ($419,100 vs $222,600 in Millers Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Millers Falls	South Deerfield
Population	1,081	1,822
Median age	43.6 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,646	$97,250
Median home value	$222,600	$419,100
Median gross rent	$1,291	$1,333
Housing units	519	1,006
Homeownership rate	71.3%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Millers Falls	South Deerfield
Population	1,284 → 1,081 (-15.8%)	2,041 → 1,822 (-10.7%)
Median household income	$57,917 → $63,646 (+9.9%)	$78,462 → $97,250 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$180,800 → $222,600 (+23.1%)	$327,700 → $419,100 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $1,291 (+63.4%)	$996 → $1,333 (+33.8%)

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

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)

	Millers Falls	South Deerfield
Under 5	5.2%	1.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	13.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	2.0%
25 to 34	12.6%	8.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	9.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.1%	29.7%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.8%
75 and over	7.8%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Millers Falls	South Deerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	97.7%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
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%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Millers Falls	South Deerfield
No high school diploma	3.2%	3.0%
High school graduate	35.8%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Millers Falls	South Deerfield
Drove alone	82.7%	66.3%
Carpooled	2.6%	12.2%
Public transit	1.5%	4.2%
Walked	2.6%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	15.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Millers Falls	South Deerfield
1-unit, detached	61.1%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	28.5%	21.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	12.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Millers Falls	South Deerfield
Poverty rate	14.6%	3.2%
Average household size	2.12	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	26	13
Median year structure built	1938	1961