Devens vs Rutland

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

Devens and Rutland 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 1,796 in Rutland). Devens has the higher median household income ($113,125 vs $102,885 in Rutland). Devens has the higher median home value ($464,000 vs $357,700 in Rutland).

Population, income & housing

	Devens	Rutland
Population	1,871	1,796
Median age	46.3 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$113,125	$102,885
Median home value	$464,000	$357,700
Median gross rent	$1,628	$1,134
Housing units	326	722
Homeownership rate	79.0%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	41.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Devens	Rutland
Population	1,969 → 1,871 (-5.0%)	2,360 → 1,796 (-23.9%)
Median household income	$92,426 → $113,125 (+22.4%)	$84,833 → $102,885 (+21.3%)
Median home value	$330,000 → $464,000 (+40.6%)	$225,900 → $357,700 (+58.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,160 → $1,134 (-2.2%)

Devens

Population

1,9691,871

Median household income

$92,426$113,125

Median home value

$330,000$464,000

Rutland

Population

2,3601,796

Median household income

$84,833$102,885

Median home value

$225,900$357,700

Median gross rent

$1,160$1,134

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Devens	Rutland
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	10.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	12.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.1%	8.2%
45 to 54	22.9%	11.2%
55 to 64	19.2%	16.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	15.0%
75 and over	5.1%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Devens	Rutland
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	92.4%
Black or African American	24.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Devens	Rutland
No high school diploma	18.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	29.4%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Devens	Rutland
Drove alone	61.6%	81.2%
Carpooled	23.9%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	9.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Devens	Rutland
1-unit, detached	63.8%	70.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	6.2%
20 or more units	19.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Devens	Rutland
Poverty rate	17.2%	2.7%
Average household size	2.52	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1979	1977