Lunenburg vs North Brookfield

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

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

North Brookfield has the higher population (2,477 vs 2,163 in Lunenburg). Lunenburg has the higher median household income ($112,422 vs $75,956 in North Brookfield). Lunenburg has the higher median home value ($439,600 vs $235,000 in North Brookfield).

Population, income & housing

	Lunenburg	North Brookfield
Population	2,163	2,477
Median age	41.3 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,422	$75,956
Median home value	$439,600	$235,000
Median gross rent	—	$982
Housing units	822	1,299
Homeownership rate	95.2%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lunenburg	North Brookfield
Population	1,778 → 2,163 (+21.7%)	2,466 → 2,477 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$113,750 → $112,422 (-1.2%)	$73,393 → $75,956 (+3.5%)
Median home value	$259,200 → $439,600 (+69.6%)	$228,300 → $235,000 (+2.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$867 → $982 (+13.3%)

Lunenburg

Population

1,7782,163

Median household income

$113,750$112,422

Median home value

$259,200$439,600

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)

	Lunenburg	North Brookfield
Under 5	4.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	22.7%	17.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.6%
25 to 34	8.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	14.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	8.4%	8.9%
55 to 64	20.6%	19.7%
65 to 74	6.0%	6.8%
75 and over	9.0%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lunenburg	North Brookfield
White (non-Hispanic)	77.9%	93.3%
Black or African American	5.7%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.4%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lunenburg	North Brookfield
No high school diploma	6.9%	5.7%
High school graduate	21.9%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	17.7%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.6%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lunenburg	North Brookfield
Drove alone	76.9%	86.9%
Carpooled	8.1%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lunenburg	North Brookfield
1-unit, detached	82.6%	40.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	11.9%	39.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lunenburg	North Brookfield
Poverty rate	3.1%	16.7%
Average household size	2.90	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	29	38
Median year structure built	1956	1938