Blandford vs Monson Center

A side-by-side comparison of Blandford and Monson Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Monson Center has the higher population (1,794 vs 437 in Blandford). Blandford has the higher median household income ($93,500 vs $58,603 in Monson Center). Monson Center has the higher median home value ($279,500 vs $224,600 in Blandford).

Population, income & housing

	Blandford	Monson Center
Population	437	1,794
Median age	48.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$93,500	$58,603
Median home value	$224,600	$279,500
Median gross rent	—	$770
Housing units	216	906
Homeownership rate	94.9%	59.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blandford	Monson Center
Population	278 → 437 (+57.2%)	1,881 → 1,794 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $93,500 (+6.9%)	$64,673 → $58,603 (-9.4%)
Median home value	$220,000 → $224,600 (+2.1%)	$220,000 → $279,500 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$903 → $770 (-14.7%)

Blandford

Population

278437

Median household income

$87,500$93,500

Median home value

$220,000$224,600

Monson Center

Population

1,8811,794

Median household income

$64,673$58,603

Median home value

$220,000$279,500

Median gross rent

$903$770

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blandford	Monson Center
Under 5	5.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.7%	11.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	5.9%	8.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	14.0%
45 to 54	23.3%	10.2%
55 to 64	17.2%	16.8%
65 to 74	14.6%	17.2%
75 and over	0.5%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blandford	Monson Center
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blandford	Monson Center
No high school diploma	6.5%	9.3%
High school graduate	45.8%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blandford	Monson Center
Drove alone	91.0%	75.2%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	0.0%	15.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blandford	Monson Center
1-unit, detached	92.6%	50.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	34.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blandford	Monson Center
Poverty rate	0.9%	26.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	34	44
Median year structure built	1938	1938