Devens vs West Brookfield

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

Devens and West 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 1,518 in West Brookfield). Devens has the higher median household income ($113,125 vs $59,734 in West Brookfield). Devens has the higher median home value ($464,000 vs $282,900 in West Brookfield).

Population, income & housing

	Devens	West Brookfield
Population	1,871	1,518
Median age	46.3 yrs	58.7 yrs
Median household income	$113,125	$59,734
Median home value	$464,000	$282,900
Median gross rent	$1,628	$1,081
Housing units	326	744
Homeownership rate	79.0%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Devens	West Brookfield
Population	1,969 → 1,871 (-5.0%)	1,479 → 1,518 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$92,426 → $113,125 (+22.4%)	$51,680 → $59,734 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$330,000 → $464,000 (+40.6%)	$246,600 → $282,900 (+14.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,133 → $1,081 (-4.6%)

Devens

Population

1,9691,871

Median household income

$92,426$113,125

Median home value

$330,000$464,000

West Brookfield

Population

1,4791,518

Median household income

$51,680$59,734

Median home value

$246,600$282,900

Median gross rent

$1,133$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Devens	West Brookfield
Under 5	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	10.5%	11.8%
18 to 24	12.0%	0.6%
25 to 34	10.6%	11.3%
35 to 44	13.1%	4.0%
45 to 54	22.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	19.2%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.5%	20.6%
75 and over	5.1%	22.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Devens	West Brookfield
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	96.2%
Black or African American	24.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.8%
Asian	8.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Devens	West Brookfield
No high school diploma	18.3%	7.6%
High school graduate	29.4%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Devens	West Brookfield
Drove alone	61.6%	85.3%
Carpooled	23.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	3.8%
Other means	1.6%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Devens	West Brookfield
1-unit, detached	63.8%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	19.1%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	4.7%
20 or more units	19.6%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Devens	West Brookfield
Poverty rate	17.2%	14.5%
Average household size	2.52	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	35	39
Median year structure built	1979	1938