Northfield vs Turners Falls

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

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

Turners Falls has the higher population (3,949 vs 908 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median household income ($74,875 vs $56,729 in Turners Falls). Northfield has the higher median home value ($279,300 vs $235,500 in Turners Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Northfield	Turners Falls
Population	908	3,949
Median age	49.6 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,875	$56,729
Median home value	$279,300	$235,500
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,133
Housing units	570	2,102
Homeownership rate	76.6%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.0%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northfield	Turners Falls
Population	1,032 → 908 (-12.0%)	4,010 → 3,949 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$82,000 → $74,875 (-8.7%)	$38,899 → $56,729 (+45.8%)
Median home value	$227,400 → $279,300 (+22.8%)	$205,600 → $235,500 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$649 → $1,071 (+65.0%)	$879 → $1,133 (+28.9%)

Northfield

Population

1,032908

Median household income

$82,000$74,875

Median home value

$227,400$279,300

Median gross rent

$649$1,071

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)

	Northfield	Turners Falls
Under 5	1.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	9.9%	12.3%
18 to 24	2.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.8%
45 to 54	18.2%	15.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	13.3%
65 to 74	15.5%	13.0%
75 and over	14.0%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northfield	Turners Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northfield	Turners Falls
No high school diploma	5.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	27.7%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northfield	Turners Falls
Drove alone	60.4%	68.0%
Carpooled	12.8%	22.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northfield	Turners Falls
1-unit, detached	78.6%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	31.1%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	16.3%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Northfield	Turners Falls
Poverty rate	13.3%	10.5%
Average household size	1.87	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1938	1948