East Douglas vs North Brookfield

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

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

East Douglas has the higher population (2,842 vs 2,477 in North Brookfield). East Douglas has the higher median household income ($141,042 vs $75,956 in North Brookfield). East Douglas has the higher median home value ($400,900 vs $235,000 in North Brookfield).

Population, income & housing

	East Douglas	North Brookfield
Population	2,842	2,477
Median age	42.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$141,042	$75,956
Median home value	$400,900	$235,000
Median gross rent	$1,249	$982
Housing units	1,159	1,299
Homeownership rate	61.4%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.5%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Douglas	North Brookfield
Population	2,592 → 2,842 (+9.6%)	2,466 → 2,477 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$73,841 → $141,042 (+91.0%)	$73,393 → $75,956 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$287,100 → $400,900 (+39.6%)	$228,300 → $235,000 (+2.9%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $1,249 (+31.8%)	$867 → $982 (+13.3%)

East Douglas

Population

2,5922,842

Median household income

$73,841$141,042

Median home value

$287,100$400,900

Median gross rent

$948$1,249

North Brookfield

Population

2,4662,477

Median household income

$73,393$75,956

Median home value

$228,300$235,000

Median gross rent

$867$982

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Douglas	North Brookfield
Under 5	2.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	19.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	7.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	16.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	19.7%
65 to 74	7.7%	6.8%
75 and over	8.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Douglas	North Brookfield
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Douglas	North Brookfield
No high school diploma	0.6%	5.7%
High school graduate	16.5%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Douglas	North Brookfield
Drove alone	80.3%	86.9%
Carpooled	3.5%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Douglas	North Brookfield
1-unit, detached	59.2%	40.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	39.3%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	15.2%
20 or more units	6.2%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Douglas	North Brookfield
Poverty rate	8.3%	16.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1941	1938