Fiskdale vs Sturbridge

A side-by-side comparison of Fiskdale and Sturbridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fiskdale has the higher population (2,564 vs 2,277 in Sturbridge). Sturbridge has the higher median household income ($129,413 vs $92,273 in Fiskdale). Sturbridge has the higher median home value ($404,700 vs $359,200 in Fiskdale).

Population, income & housing

	Fiskdale	Sturbridge
Population	2,564	2,277
Median age	37.6 yrs	49.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,273	$129,413
Median home value	$359,200	$404,700
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,682
Housing units	1,202	1,078
Homeownership rate	70.0%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	55.0%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fiskdale	Sturbridge
Population	3,087 → 2,564 (-16.9%)	2,243 → 2,277 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$70,952 → $92,273 (+30.0%)	$102,059 → $129,413 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$309,900 → $359,200 (+15.9%)	$273,700 → $404,700 (+47.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,097 → $1,071 (-2.4%)	$1,480 → $1,682 (+13.6%)

Fiskdale

Population

3,0872,564

Median household income

$70,952$92,273

Median home value

$309,900$359,200

Median gross rent

$1,097$1,071

Sturbridge

Population

2,2432,277

Median household income

$102,059$129,413

Median home value

$273,700$404,700

Median gross rent

$1,480$1,682

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fiskdale	Sturbridge
Under 5	4.5%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.5%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.1%
35 to 44	20.2%	9.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	25.9%
55 to 64	13.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	6.4%	12.1%
75 and over	5.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fiskdale	Sturbridge
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	94.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fiskdale	Sturbridge
No high school diploma	0.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	25.6%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.4%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.2%	26.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fiskdale	Sturbridge
Drove alone	83.6%	71.9%
Carpooled	0.1%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fiskdale	Sturbridge
1-unit, detached	62.3%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	9.3%
20 or more units	17.7%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fiskdale	Sturbridge
Poverty rate	8.0%	1.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	50	32
Median year structure built	1986	1959