Brookfield vs Petersham

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

Brookfield and Petersham 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 252 in Petersham). Petersham has the higher median household income ($105,938 vs $66,774 in Brookfield). Petersham has the higher median home value ($372,400 vs $325,700 in Brookfield).

Population, income & housing

	Brookfield	Petersham
Population	940	252
Median age	38.7 yrs	57.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,774	$105,938
Median home value	$325,700	$372,400
Median gross rent	$1,087	$1,550
Housing units	400	137
Homeownership rate	70.9%	92.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	49.1%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brookfield	Petersham
Population	690 → 940 (+36.2%)	259 → 252 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$64,063 → $66,774 (+4.2%)	$66,458 → $105,938 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$211,000 → $325,700 (+54.4%)	$289,300 → $372,400 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,087 (-2.7%)	$1,300 → $1,550 (+19.2%)

Brookfield

Population

690940

Median household income

$64,063$66,774

Median home value

$211,000$325,700

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,087

Petersham

Population

259252

Median household income

$66,458$105,938

Median home value

$289,300$372,400

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,550

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brookfield	Petersham
Under 5	1.9%	1.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	6.0%
18 to 24	7.0%	4.0%
25 to 34	17.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	17.0%	5.2%
45 to 54	14.8%	13.5%
55 to 64	2.8%	22.6%
65 to 74	16.0%	29.4%
75 and over	5.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brookfield	Petersham
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	92.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	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	9.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brookfield	Petersham
No high school diploma	1.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	50.7%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	28.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brookfield	Petersham
Drove alone	85.1%	91.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	8.8%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brookfield	Petersham
1-unit, detached	63.2%	86.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	35.8%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brookfield	Petersham
Poverty rate	10.4%	7.9%
Average household size	2.51	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1938	1938