Bellingham vs Walpole

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

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

Walpole has the higher population (5,989 vs 4,939 in Bellingham). Walpole has the higher median household income ($132,411 vs $88,731 in Bellingham). Walpole has the higher median home value ($572,000 vs $385,300 in Bellingham).

Population, income & housing

	Bellingham	Walpole
Population	4,939	5,989
Median age	46.9 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,731	$132,411
Median home value	$385,300	$572,000
Median gross rent	$1,995	$1,952
Housing units	2,138	2,695
Homeownership rate	66.0%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.8%	62.3%
Unemployment rate	10.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellingham	Walpole
Population	4,383 → 4,939 (+12.7%)	6,197 → 5,989 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$87,045 → $88,731 (+1.9%)	$94,375 → $132,411 (+40.3%)
Median home value	$278,300 → $385,300 (+38.4%)	$418,000 → $572,000 (+36.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,311 → $1,995 (+52.2%)	$1,201 → $1,952 (+62.5%)

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

Walpole

Population

6,1975,989

Median household income

$94,375$132,411

Median home value

$418,000$572,000

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,952

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellingham	Walpole
Under 5	4.8%	7.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	11.6%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.9%	17.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	6.0%
45 to 54	15.3%	13.7%
55 to 64	16.9%	18.7%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.1%
75 and over	8.6%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellingham	Walpole
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	4.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellingham	Walpole
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	30.5%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	21.9%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	41.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellingham	Walpole
Drove alone	82.6%	68.9%
Carpooled	4.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.9%	5.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.5%	23.7%
Other means	0.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellingham	Walpole
1-unit, detached	55.3%	49.3%
1-unit, attached	12.0%	23.2%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	12.8%
20 or more units	13.8%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellingham	Walpole
Poverty rate	1.8%	5.9%
Average household size	2.31	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1979	1970