Devens vs East Brookfield

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

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

Devens has the higher population (1,871 vs 1,349 in East Brookfield). Devens has the higher median household income ($113,125 vs $70,625 in East Brookfield). Devens has the higher median home value ($464,000 vs $337,500 in East Brookfield).

Population, income & housing

	Devens	East Brookfield
Population	1,871	1,349
Median age	46.3 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$113,125	$70,625
Median home value	$464,000	$337,500
Median gross rent	$1,628	$990
Housing units	326	630
Homeownership rate	79.0%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Devens	East Brookfield
Population	1,969 → 1,871 (-5.0%)	1,037 → 1,349 (+30.1%)
Median household income	$92,426 → $113,125 (+22.4%)	$74,821 → $70,625 (-5.6%)
Median home value	$330,000 → $464,000 (+40.6%)	$217,400 → $337,500 (+55.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,045 → $990 (-5.3%)

Devens

Population

1,9691,871

Median household income

$92,426$113,125

Median home value

$330,000$464,000

East Brookfield

Population

1,0371,349

Median household income

$74,821$70,625

Median home value

$217,400$337,500

Median gross rent

$1,045$990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Devens	East Brookfield
Under 5	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 17	10.5%	7.8%
18 to 24	12.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	22.9%	6.8%
55 to 64	19.2%	16.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	16.4%
75 and over	5.1%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Devens	East Brookfield
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	86.1%
Black or African American	24.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Devens	East Brookfield
No high school diploma	18.3%	2.4%
High school graduate	29.4%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Devens	East Brookfield
Drove alone	61.6%	85.7%
Carpooled	23.9%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	7.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	4.2%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Devens	East Brookfield
1-unit, detached	63.8%	77.8%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	17.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	1.0%
20 or more units	19.6%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Devens	East Brookfield
Poverty rate	17.2%	4.0%
Average household size	2.52	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1979	1956