Hatfield vs Northampton

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

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

Northampton has the higher population (28,640 vs 1,361 in Hatfield). Hatfield has the higher median household income ($109,625 vs $78,467 in Northampton). Hatfield has the higher median home value ($460,300 vs $398,000 in Northampton).

Population, income & housing

	Hatfield	Northampton
Population	1,361	28,640
Median age	53.7 yrs	41.7 yrs
Median household income	$109,625	$78,467
Median home value	$460,300	$398,000
Median gross rent	$846	$1,404
Housing units	620	13,217
Homeownership rate	85.4%	57.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.6%	61.3%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hatfield	Northampton
Population	1,305 → 1,361 (+4.3%)	28,516 → 28,640 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$64,688 → $109,625 (+69.5%)	$66,522 → $78,467 (+18.0%)
Median home value	$311,500 → $460,300 (+47.8%)	$332,100 → $398,000 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$859 → $846 (-1.5%)	$1,158 → $1,404 (+21.2%)

Hatfield

Population

1,3051,361

Median household income

$64,688$109,625

Median home value

$311,500$460,300

Median gross rent

$859$846

Northampton

Population

28,51628,640

Median household income

$66,522$78,467

Median home value

$332,100$398,000

Median gross rent

$1,158$1,404

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hatfield	Northampton
Under 5	1.8%	3.4%
5 to 17	10.9%	12.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	14.0%
25 to 34	5.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.7%	12.6%
65 to 74	20.4%	12.5%
75 and over	11.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hatfield	Northampton
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	80.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hatfield	Northampton
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	22.5%	13.7%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.6%	34.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hatfield	Northampton
Drove alone	72.4%	59.7%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	2.9%
Walked	0.0%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	20.2%	21.9%
Other means	1.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hatfield	Northampton
1-unit, detached	64.7%	44.8%
1-unit, attached	14.4%	8.7%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	23.5%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	13.6%
20 or more units	3.5%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Hatfield	Northampton
Poverty rate	5.6%	12.5%
Average household size	2.28	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1964	1956