Blandford vs Wilbraham

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

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

Wilbraham has the higher population (4,247 vs 437 in Blandford). Blandford has the higher median household income ($93,500 vs $88,409 in Wilbraham). Wilbraham has the higher median home value ($361,600 vs $224,600 in Blandford).

Population, income & housing

	Blandford	Wilbraham
Population	437	4,247
Median age	48.3 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,500	$88,409
Median home value	$224,600	$361,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,148
Housing units	216	1,608
Homeownership rate	94.9%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	45.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blandford	Wilbraham
Population	278 → 437 (+57.2%)	3,466 → 4,247 (+22.5%)
Median household income	$87,500 → $93,500 (+6.9%)	$111,100 → $88,409 (-20.4%)
Median home value	$220,000 → $224,600 (+2.1%)	$320,100 → $361,600 (+13.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$777 → $1,148 (+47.7%)

Blandford

Population

278437

Median household income

$87,500$93,500

Median home value

$220,000$224,600

Wilbraham

Population

3,4664,247

Median household income

$111,100$88,409

Median home value

$320,100$361,600

Median gross rent

$777$1,148

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blandford	Wilbraham
Under 5	5.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.7%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	5.9%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.3%
45 to 54	23.3%	7.5%
55 to 64	17.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	20.3%
75 and over	0.5%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blandford	Wilbraham
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blandford	Wilbraham
No high school diploma	6.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	45.8%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	25.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blandford	Wilbraham
Drove alone	91.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blandford	Wilbraham
1-unit, detached	92.6%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blandford	Wilbraham
Poverty rate	0.9%	8.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1938	1959