Bellingham vs Medfield

A side-by-side comparison of Bellingham and Medfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Medfield has the higher population (6,355 vs 4,939 in Bellingham). Medfield has the higher median household income ($186,625 vs $88,731 in Bellingham). Medfield has the higher median home value ($734,200 vs $385,300 in Bellingham).

Population, income & housing

	Bellingham	Medfield
Population	4,939	6,355
Median age	46.9 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,731	$186,625
Median home value	$385,300	$734,200
Median gross rent	$1,995	$1,667
Housing units	2,138	2,567
Homeownership rate	66.0%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	72.1%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellingham	Medfield
Population	4,383 → 4,939 (+12.7%)	6,966 → 6,355 (-8.8%)
Median household income	$87,045 → $88,731 (+1.9%)	$127,048 → $186,625 (+46.9%)
Median home value	$278,300 → $385,300 (+38.4%)	$615,200 → $734,200 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,995 (+52.2%)	$1,347 → $1,667 (+23.8%)

Bellingham

Population

4,3834,939

Median household income

$87,045$88,731

Median home value

$278,300$385,300

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,995

Medfield

Population

6,9666,355

Median household income

$127,048$186,625

Median home value

$615,200$734,200

Median gross rent

$1,347$1,667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellingham	Medfield
Under 5	4.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	6.3%
25 to 34	8.9%	9.8%
35 to 44	10.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	15.3%	11.9%
55 to 64	16.9%	19.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.6%
75 and over	8.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellingham	Medfield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	84.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellingham	Medfield
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.2%
High school graduate	30.5%	8.5%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	16.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	39.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	32.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellingham	Medfield
Drove alone	82.6%	51.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.6%
Public transit	0.9%	6.5%
Walked	0.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	34.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellingham	Medfield
1-unit, detached	55.3%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	7.4%
20 or more units	13.8%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellingham	Medfield
Poverty rate	1.8%	3.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	34	34
Median year structure built	1979	1965