Belchertown vs Hatfield

A side-by-side comparison of Belchertown and Hatfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belchertown has the higher population (2,299 vs 1,361 in Hatfield). Hatfield has the higher median household income ($109,625 vs $68,393 in Belchertown). Hatfield has the higher median home value ($460,300 vs $331,500 in Belchertown).

Population, income & housing

	Belchertown	Hatfield
Population	2,299	1,361
Median age	52.1 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,393	$109,625
Median home value	$331,500	$460,300
Median gross rent	$913	$846
Housing units	1,300	620
Homeownership rate	62.0%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	47.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belchertown	Hatfield
Population	2,874 → 2,299 (-20.0%)	1,305 → 1,361 (+4.3%)
Median household income	$78,578 → $68,393 (-13.0%)	$64,688 → $109,625 (+69.5%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $331,500 (+27.4%)	$311,500 → $460,300 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $913 (+25.2%)	$859 → $846 (-1.5%)

Belchertown

Population

2,8742,299

Median household income

$78,578$68,393

Median home value

$260,300$331,500

Median gross rent

$729$913

Hatfield

Population

1,3051,361

Median household income

$64,688$109,625

Median home value

$311,500$460,300

Median gross rent

$859$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belchertown	Hatfield
Under 5	6.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	11.0%	10.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	9.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	5.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.8%
55 to 64	18.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	15.5%	20.4%
75 and over	13.5%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belchertown	Hatfield
White (non-Hispanic)	87.3%	84.9%
Black or African American	7.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.9%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belchertown	Hatfield
No high school diploma	2.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	26.3%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.7%	22.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belchertown	Hatfield
Drove alone	81.3%	72.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	20.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belchertown	Hatfield
1-unit, detached	51.2%	64.7%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	14.4%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	23.8%	6.1%
20 or more units	3.5%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belchertown	Hatfield
Poverty rate	16.5%	5.6%
Average household size	1.83	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1985	1964