Athol vs Whitinsville

A side-by-side comparison of Athol and Whitinsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Athol has the higher population (8,711 vs 7,250 in Whitinsville). Whitinsville has the higher median household income ($93,504 vs $61,742 in Athol). Whitinsville has the higher median home value ($440,100 vs $227,000 in Athol).

Population, income & housing

	Athol	Whitinsville
Population	8,711	7,250
Median age	36.7 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,742	$93,504
Median home value	$227,000	$440,100
Median gross rent	$1,018	$1,271
Housing units	3,784	3,146
Homeownership rate	63.8%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Athol	Whitinsville
Population	8,617 → 8,711 (+1.1%)	7,220 → 7,250 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$49,653 → $61,742 (+24.3%)	$77,340 → $93,504 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$146,400 → $227,000 (+55.1%)	$319,200 → $440,100 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,018 (+18.6%)	$1,031 → $1,271 (+23.3%)

Athol

Population

8,6178,711

Median household income

$49,653$61,742

Median home value

$146,400$227,000

Median gross rent

$858$1,018

Whitinsville

Population

7,2207,250

Median household income

$77,340$93,504

Median home value

$319,200$440,100

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,271

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Athol	Whitinsville
Under 5	6.1%	4.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.7%	10.1%
25 to 34	14.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.6%
75 and over	4.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Athol	Whitinsville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	84.4%
Black or African American	2.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Athol	Whitinsville
No high school diploma	11.7%	6.1%
High school graduate	39.2%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Athol	Whitinsville
Drove alone	71.5%	76.0%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.4%
Public transit	1.1%	1.6%
Walked	6.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	13.4%
Other means	1.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Athol	Whitinsville
1-unit, detached	62.6%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	20.4%
2 to 4 units	26.3%	24.0%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	7.6%
20 or more units	3.9%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Athol	Whitinsville
Poverty rate	18.1%	10.2%
Average household size	2.56	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1944	1963