Barre vs Brookfield

A side-by-side comparison of Barre and Brookfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brookfield has the higher population (940 vs 550 in Barre). Brookfield has the higher median household income ($66,774 vs $55,625 in Barre). Brookfield has the higher median home value ($325,700 vs $313,100 in Barre).

Population, income & housing

	Barre	Brookfield
Population	550	940
Median age	52.0 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$66,774
Median home value	$313,100	$325,700
Median gross rent	$1,906	$1,087
Housing units	378	400
Homeownership rate	60.8%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barre	Brookfield
Population	986 → 550 (-44.2%)	690 → 940 (+36.2%)
Median household income	$50,268 → $55,625 (+10.7%)	$64,063 → $66,774 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$192,800 → $313,100 (+62.4%)	$211,000 → $325,700 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,117 → $1,087 (-2.7%)

Barre

Population

986550

Median household income

$50,268$55,625

Median home value

$192,800$313,100

Brookfield

Population

690940

Median household income

$64,063$66,774

Median home value

$211,000$325,700

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,087

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barre	Brookfield
Under 5	0.0%	1.9%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	29.6%	17.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	28.5%	14.8%
55 to 64	21.1%	2.8%
65 to 74	7.6%	16.0%
75 and over	6.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barre	Brookfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	9.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barre	Brookfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.1%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barre	Brookfield
Drove alone	35.1%	85.1%
Carpooled	36.5%	6.0%
Public transit	15.1%	0.0%
Walked	9.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barre	Brookfield
1-unit, detached	64.6%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	35.8%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	1.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barre	Brookfield
Poverty rate	2.9%	10.4%
Average household size	1.65	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	45	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938