South Deerfield vs Turners Falls

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

South Deerfield 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 1,822 in South Deerfield). South Deerfield has the higher median household income ($97,250 vs $56,729 in Turners Falls). South Deerfield has the higher median home value ($419,100 vs $235,500 in Turners Falls).

Population, income & housing

	South Deerfield	Turners Falls
Population	1,822	3,949
Median age	56.2 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$97,250	$56,729
Median home value	$419,100	$235,500
Median gross rent	$1,333	$1,133
Housing units	1,006	2,102
Homeownership rate	68.0%	55.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Deerfield	Turners Falls
Population	2,041 → 1,822 (-10.7%)	4,010 → 3,949 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$78,462 → $97,250 (+23.9%)	$38,899 → $56,729 (+45.8%)
Median home value	$327,700 → $419,100 (+27.9%)	$205,600 → $235,500 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$996 → $1,333 (+33.8%)	$879 → $1,133 (+28.9%)

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

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)

	South Deerfield	Turners Falls
Under 5	1.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.4%	12.3%
18 to 24	2.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.0%
55 to 64	29.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	13.0%
75 and over	12.6%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Deerfield	Turners Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	87.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Deerfield	Turners Falls
No high school diploma	3.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	17.5%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	19.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Deerfield	Turners Falls
Drove alone	66.3%	68.0%
Carpooled	12.2%	22.4%
Public transit	4.2%	1.0%
Walked	1.5%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Deerfield	Turners Falls
1-unit, detached	58.5%	49.2%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	21.0%	31.1%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	16.3%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	South Deerfield	Turners Falls
Poverty rate	3.2%	10.5%
Average household size	1.81	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	13	21
Median year structure built	1961	1948