Blandford vs Russell

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

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

Russell has the higher population (568 vs 437 in Blandford). Russell has the higher median household income ($103,456 vs $93,500 in Blandford). Russell has the higher median home value ($280,000 vs $224,600 in Blandford).

Population, income & housing

	Blandford	Russell
Population	437	568
Median age	48.3 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,500	$103,456
Median home value	$224,600	$280,000
Median gross rent	—	$881
Housing units	216	301
Homeownership rate	94.9%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	32.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blandford	Russell
Population	278 → 437 (+57.2%)	526 → 568 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $93,500 (+6.9%)	$49,073 → $103,456 (+110.8%)
Median home value	$220,000 → $224,600 (+2.1%)	$175,000 → $280,000 (+60.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$885 → $881 (-0.5%)

Blandford

Population

278437

Median household income

$87,500$93,500

Median home value

$220,000$224,600

Russell

Population

526568

Median household income

$49,073$103,456

Median home value

$175,000$280,000

Median gross rent

$885$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blandford	Russell
Under 5	5.5%	3.0%
5 to 17	11.7%	6.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	15.5%
25 to 34	5.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	19.0%
45 to 54	23.3%	12.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	17.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	9.2%
75 and over	0.5%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blandford	Russell
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.9%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blandford	Russell
No high school diploma	6.5%	3.1%
High school graduate	45.8%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blandford	Russell
Drove alone	91.0%	85.6%
Carpooled	9.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blandford	Russell
1-unit, detached	92.6%	67.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Blandford	Russell
Poverty rate	0.9%	7.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	34	27
Median year structure built	1938	1956