Barre vs South Ashburnham

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

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

South Ashburnham has the higher population (1,174 vs 550 in Barre). South Ashburnham has the higher median household income ($82,006 vs $55,625 in Barre). South Ashburnham has the higher median home value ($323,400 vs $313,100 in Barre).

Population, income & housing

	Barre	South Ashburnham
Population	550	1,174
Median age	52.0 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$82,006
Median home value	$313,100	$323,400
Median gross rent	$1,906	—
Housing units	378	419
Homeownership rate	60.8%	85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.8%	13.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barre	South Ashburnham
Population	986 → 550 (-44.2%)	924 → 1,174 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$50,268 → $55,625 (+10.7%)	$79,670 → $82,006 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$192,800 → $313,100 (+62.4%)	$189,100 → $323,400 (+71.0%)

Barre

Population

986550

Median household income

$50,268$55,625

Median home value

$192,800$313,100

South Ashburnham

Population

9241,174

Median household income

$79,670$82,006

Median home value

$189,100$323,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barre	South Ashburnham
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.5%	12.6%
25 to 34	29.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	28.5%	17.1%
55 to 64	21.1%	21.1%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.7%
75 and over	6.5%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barre	South Ashburnham
White (non-Hispanic)	96.4%	81.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barre	South Ashburnham
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.2%
High school graduate	31.9%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	12.3%	51.4%
Bachelor's degree	40.1%	12.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barre	South Ashburnham
Drove alone	35.1%	84.4%
Carpooled	36.5%	0.0%
Public transit	15.1%	0.0%
Walked	9.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	15.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barre	South Ashburnham
1-unit, detached	64.6%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Barre	South Ashburnham
Poverty rate	2.9%	16.0%
Average household size	1.65	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	45	30
Median year structure built	1938	1976