North Brookfield vs Upton

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

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

Upton has the higher population (2,985 vs 2,477 in North Brookfield). Upton has the higher median household income ($109,925 vs $75,956 in North Brookfield). Upton has the higher median home value ($474,600 vs $235,000 in North Brookfield).

Population, income & housing

	North Brookfield	Upton
Population	2,477	2,985
Median age	40.6 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,956	$109,925
Median home value	$235,000	$474,600
Median gross rent	$982	—
Housing units	1,299	1,181
Homeownership rate	53.7%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	46.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Brookfield	Upton
Population	2,466 → 2,477 (+0.4%)	2,292 → 2,985 (+30.2%)
Median household income	$73,393 → $75,956 (+3.5%)	$89,507 → $109,925 (+22.8%)
Median home value	$228,300 → $235,000 (+2.9%)	$363,500 → $474,600 (+30.6%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $982 (+13.3%)	$944 → $1,116 (+18.2%)

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

Upton

Population

2,2922,985

Median household income

$89,507$109,925

Median home value

$363,500$474,600

Median gross rent

$944$1,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Brookfield	Upton
Under 5	4.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	9.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	10.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.7%
55 to 64	19.7%	19.8%
65 to 74	6.8%	9.9%
75 and over	10.5%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Brookfield	Upton
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	86.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Brookfield	Upton
No high school diploma	5.7%	2.5%
High school graduate	53.9%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	26.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Brookfield	Upton
Drove alone	86.9%	66.8%
Carpooled	6.8%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Brookfield	Upton
1-unit, detached	40.7%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	39.3%	20.2%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	8.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Brookfield	Upton
Poverty rate	16.7%	3.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	38	39
Median year structure built	1938	1955