Petersham vs Warren

A side-by-side comparison of Petersham and Warren: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Warren has the higher population (705 vs 252 in Petersham). Petersham has the higher median household income ($105,938 vs $40,315 in Warren). Since 2019, Warren's population has grown faster (+38.2% vs -2.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Petersham	Warren
Population	252	705
Median age	57.8 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$105,938	$40,315
Median home value	$372,400	—
Median gross rent	$1,550	—
Housing units	137	559
Homeownership rate	92.0%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.1%	34.2%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	22.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Petersham	Warren
Population	259 → 252 (-2.7%)	510 → 705 (+38.2%)
Median household income	$66,458 → $105,938 (+59.4%)	$21,000 → $40,315 (+92.0%)
Median home value	$289,300 → $372,400 (+28.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,300 → $1,550 (+19.2%)	$647 → $1,011 (+56.3%)

Petersham

Population

259252

Median household income

$66,458$105,938

Median home value

$289,300$372,400

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,550

Warren

Population

510705

Median household income

$21,000$40,315

Median gross rent

$647$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Petersham	Warren
Under 5	1.2%	11.6%
5 to 17	6.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	25.0%
35 to 44	5.2%	27.0%
45 to 54	13.5%	4.1%
55 to 64	22.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	29.4%	16.9%
75 and over	9.1%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Petersham	Warren
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Petersham	Warren
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	18.8%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	20.5%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Petersham	Warren
Drove alone	91.2%	91.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	8.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Petersham	Warren
1-unit, detached	86.9%	41.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	29.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.7%

Poverty & households

	Petersham	Warren
Poverty rate	7.9%	18.2%
Average household size	2.23	1.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1938	1954