Northfield vs Orange

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

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

Orange has the higher population (3,793 vs 908 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median household income ($74,875 vs $53,014 in Orange). Northfield has the higher median home value ($279,300 vs $217,200 in Orange).

Population, income & housing

	Northfield	Orange
Population	908	3,793
Median age	49.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,875	$53,014
Median home value	$279,300	$217,200
Median gross rent	$1,071	$991
Housing units	570	1,620
Homeownership rate	76.6%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	14.0%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northfield	Orange
Population	1,032 → 908 (-12.0%)	3,772 → 3,793 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$82,000 → $74,875 (-8.7%)	$57,547 → $53,014 (-7.9%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $279,300 (+22.8%)	$155,200 → $217,200 (+39.9%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $1,071 (+65.0%)	$953 → $991 (+4.0%)

Northfield

Population

1,032908

Median household income

$82,000$74,875

Median home value

$227,400$279,300

Median gross rent

$649$1,071

Orange

Population

3,7723,793

Median household income

$57,547$53,014

Median home value

$155,200$217,200

Median gross rent

$953$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Northfield	Orange
Under 5	1.2%	4.0%
5 to 17	9.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	2.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	16.1%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	18.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.0%
65 to 74	15.5%	13.8%
75 and over	14.0%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northfield	Orange
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northfield	Orange
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.8%
High school graduate	27.7%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northfield	Orange
Drove alone	60.4%	76.8%
Carpooled	12.8%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.8%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northfield	Orange
1-unit, detached	78.6%	60.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	24.0%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	14.4%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Northfield	Orange
Poverty rate	13.3%	22.0%
Average household size	1.87	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1938	1938