Fitchburg vs Southbridge Town

A side-by-side comparison of Fitchburg and Southbridge Town: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fitchburg has the higher population (41,633 vs 17,806 in Southbridge Town). Fitchburg has the higher median household income ($70,659 vs $59,397 in Southbridge Town). Fitchburg has the higher median home value ($295,500 vs $267,000 in Southbridge Town).

Population, income & housing

	Fitchburg	Southbridge Town
Population	41,633	17,806
Median age	37.5 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,659	$59,397
Median home value	$295,500	$267,000
Median gross rent	$1,131	$1,157
Housing units	17,945	7,644
Homeownership rate	56.4%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	17.7%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fitchburg	Southbridge Town
Population	40,702 → 41,633 (+2.3%)	16,887 → 17,806 (+5.4%)
Median household income	$57,207 → $70,659 (+23.5%)	$51,270 → $59,397 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$196,600 → $295,500 (+50.3%)	$198,400 → $267,000 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,016 → $1,131 (+11.3%)	$895 → $1,157 (+29.3%)

Fitchburg

Population

40,70241,633

Median household income

$57,207$70,659

Median home value

$196,600$295,500

Median gross rent

$1,016$1,131

Southbridge Town

Population

16,88717,806

Median household income

$51,270$59,397

Median home value

$198,400$267,000

Median gross rent

$895$1,157

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fitchburg	Southbridge Town
Under 5	5.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	13.5%	11.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.0%
75 and over	5.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fitchburg	Southbridge Town
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	53.9%
Black or African American	5.7%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	40.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fitchburg	Southbridge Town
No high school diploma	12.6%	18.3%
High school graduate	32.5%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	12.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fitchburg	Southbridge Town
Drove alone	73.4%	75.3%
Carpooled	10.3%	10.7%
Public transit	2.3%	0.2%
Walked	3.4%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	9.3%	5.3%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fitchburg	Southbridge Town
1-unit, detached	44.5%	37.3%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	29.2%	40.1%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	15.7%
20 or more units	10.6%	5.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Fitchburg	Southbridge Town
Poverty rate	15.5%	16.2%
Average household size	2.37	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1950	1952